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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Riggers

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.

Riggers · O*NET 49-9096.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

5 of 5tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

12 matched to the tools riggers use. Showing 12.

  • Microsoft Outlook

    MCP server

    Microsoft Outlook is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services.

    Microsoft Outlook

  • Microsoft Excel

    MCP server

    Microsoft's Excel is a spreadsheet application used by millions of users across the world. It is part of the Office ecosystem and is considered the industry standard for spreadsheets. Only files on OneDrive for Business (available with Office 365 and Sharepoint server) are su

    Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Word

    MCP server

  • AutoCAD

    App

    AutoCAD is a design and drafting platform which supports automated design tasks and offers features such as 2D drafting, drawing and annotation, 3D modeling and visualization, and more.

  • Autodesk

    MCP server

  • Easy Autocad

    MCP server

  • Excel

    MCP server

  • Excel

    Skill

  • Microsoft 365 Excel

    App

    Make (make.com)

  • Microsoft Outlook

    App

  • Spreadsheet

    Skill

  • Spreadsheetcom

    App

The tools this job actually uses

5 documented for this occupation. Showing 5, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Autodesk AutoCADhot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Autodesk Maya

What this job involves

14 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 14.

  1. Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability.
  2. Signal or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and materials.
  3. Control movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces, using chainfalls, gin poles, gallows frames, and other equipment.
  4. Tilt, dip, and turn suspended loads to maneuver over, under, or around obstacles, using multi-point suspension techniques.
  5. Select gear, such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weights and sizes, facilities, and work schedules.
  6. Dismantle and store rigging equipment after use.
  7. Attach loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving, using hand and power tools.
  8. Manipulate rigging lines, hoists, and pulling gear to move or support materials, such as heavy equipment, ships, or theatrical sets.
  9. Align, level, and anchor machinery.
  10. Install ground rigging for yarding lines, attaching chokers to logs and to the lines.
  11. Load machines onto trucks to prepare for transportation.
  12. Attach pulleys and blocks to fixed overhead structures, such as beams, ceilings, and gin pole booms, using bolts and clamps.
  13. Fabricate, set up, and repair rigging, supporting structures, hoists, and pulling gear, using hand and power tools.
  14. Clean and dress machine surfaces and component parts.
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