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Will AI Replace Riggers?
Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.
66out of 100
High Risk
AI Risk Score
66/100
Risk Level
High
Job Zone
2/5
Entry
Total Tasks Analyzed
13
🤖 What AI Can Do
- ▸Select gear, such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weights and sizes, facilities, and work schedules.
👤 What Requires Humans
- ▸Fabricate, set up, and repair rigging, supporting structures, hoists, and pulling gear, using hand and power tools.
Task Breakdown
🤖AI Can Automate (1)
- Select gear, such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weights and sizes, facilities, and work schedules.
👤Requires Humans (1)
- Fabricate, set up, and repair rigging, supporting structures, hoists, and pulling gear, using hand and power tools.
⚡AI-Assisted (11)
- Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability.
- Signal or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and materials.
- Control movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces, using chainfalls, gin poles, gallows frames, and other equipment.
- Tilt, dip, and turn suspended loads to maneuver over, under, or around obstacles, using multi-point suspension techniques.
- Dismantle and store rigging equipment after use.
- Attach loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving, using hand and power tools.
- Manipulate rigging lines, hoists, and pulling gear to move or support materials, such as heavy equipment, ships, or theatrical sets.
- Align, level, and anchor machinery.
Key Skills Analysis
Operation and Control
Importance: 3.25/5.00
Reading ComprehensionAI-Vulnerable
Importance: 3.12/5.00
Active Listening
Importance: 3.12/5.00
Critical ThinkingAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.12/5.00
Monitoring
Importance: 3.12/5.00
CoordinationAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.12/5.00
Operations MonitoringAI-Vulnerable
Importance: 3.12/5.00
Speaking
Importance: 3.00/5.00
Complex Problem SolvingAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.00/5.00
Judgment and Decision MakingAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.00/5.00
Time ManagementAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.00/5.00
Equipment SelectionAI-Vulnerable
Importance: 2.88/5.00
Troubleshooting
Importance: 2.88/5.00
Quality Control AnalysisAI-Vulnerable
Importance: 2.88/5.00
Social PerceptivenessAI-Resistant
Importance: 2.75/5.00
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Frequently Asked Questions
Based on our analysis, Riggers have a high risk of AI replacement with a score of 66/100. Many routine tasks in this role can be automated, but human oversight remains important.
Last updated: 2026-03-28· Data from O*NET 30.2 & Frey/Osborne automation research