Typical duties
- Prepare slings, shackles and lifting accessories
- Banksman and signalling duties
- Inspect equipment before use
- Maintain exclusion zones and lift communications
Controlled lifts
Riggers & lifting
Evidence-led profiles for workers who understand lift plans, exclusion zones, communications and the discipline required around suspended loads.
What the work can involve
Typical evidence
- OPITO-approved lifting competence where specified
- Banksman/slinger training
- Offshore medical
- BOSIET/FOET and MIST where required
Profile fields
- Lift categories
- Equipment experience
- Logbook evidence
- Banksman/slinger competence
Progression
Lifting operative → competent rigger → lifting supervisor.
Training routes
- 3t lifting operations
- OEG lifting and GWO