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Riggers
Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability.Mostly human for now
- 02Signal or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and materials.Mostly human for now
- 03Control movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces, using chainfalls, gin poles, gallows frames, and other equipment.Mostly human for now
- 04Tilt, dip, and turn suspended loads to maneuver over, under, or around obstacles, using multi-point suspension techniques.Mostly human for now
- 05Select gear, such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weights and sizes, facilities, and work schedules.Mostly human for now
- 06Dismantle and store rigging equipment after use.Mostly human for now
- 07Attach loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving, using hand and power tools.Mostly human for now
- 08Manipulate rigging lines, hoists, and pulling gear to move or support materials, such as heavy equipment, ships, or theatrical sets.Mostly human for now
- 09Align, level, and anchor machinery.Mostly human for now
- 10Load machines onto trucks to prepare for transportation.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
0%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 61% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 69% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- 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.