Pipe fitter, ship

Riggers and cable splicers install rigging equipment for moving and erecting facilities and structures, and install and maintain cables and ropes on construction sites, buildings and elsewhere.

• estimating the size, shape and weight of objects to be moved and selecting the type of equipment to be used;
• installing and repairing cables, ropes, belt conveyors, pulleys and other lifting equipment;
• splicing, repairing and attaching fittings to ropes and cables;
• working as part of teams erecting and repairing drilling rigs for water, gas and oil wells;
• hoisting and installing scenery, lighting and other stage equipment in theatres and on film sets;
• installing and maintaining communication facilities, overhead power lines, cableways, ski lifts and similar infrastructure.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Rigger
• Rigger, cables and ropes in shipbuilding and ship repair
• Rigger, oil and gas wells
• Rigger, lifting equipment
• Splicer, cables and wire ropes
• Bender, cables and wire ropes