Metal and machinery
Rigger
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +2.4% (BLS).
The job
Riggers and cable splicers (ISCO 7215). Riggers and cable splicers assemble rigging gear to move and position equipment and structural components, or install and maintain cables, ropes and wires on construction sites, buildings or other structures.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
71 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
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- assistant technician
- assistant stage technician
- assistant theater technician
- assistant theatre technician
- boat checker
- boat rigger
- boat tester
- bucket high rigger
- climbing rigger
- commercial tent installer
- crane rigger
- deck rigger
- down rigger
- event scaffolder
- field installer
- ground rigger
- height rigger
- high rigger
- installation crew member
- installer
- lead rigger
- level rigger
- lifting and rigging supervisor
- lifting supervisor
- loader & stage hand
- loader & stagehand
- loader and stage hand
- loader and stagehand
- marine outboard rigger
- marine rigger
- marquee rigger
- party tent installer
- recreational tent installer
- rigger
- rigger/banksman
- rigger/slinger
- rigging and lifting supervisor
- rigging crew member
- rigging crew memeber
- rigging manager
- rigging superintendent
- rigging supervisor
- rope access rigger
- runner
- sail rigger
- scaffolding crew member
- scaffolding installer
- scaffolding team member
- scaffolding worker
- ship rigger
- stage assistant
- stage hand
- stage hand & loader
- stage hand and loader
- stage-hand
- stagehand
- stagehand & loader
- stagehand and loader
- tent builder
- tent crew installer
- tent installation crew member
- tent installation worker
- tent installer
- tent installer & warehouse worker
- tent installer/warehouse worker
- tent rigger
- theater assistant
- theatre assistant
- up rigger
- yacht rigger
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.