Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability.

“Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability.” is a core task performed by Riggers. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#1 most important). About 93% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Test performance of equipment or systems. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Signal or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and materials. · importance 4.6
• Control movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces, using chainfalls, gin poles, gallows frames, and other equipment. · importance 4.3
• Select gear, such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weights and sizes, facilities, and work schedules. · importance 4.3
• Tilt, dip, and turn suspended loads to maneuver over, under, or around obstacles, using multi-point suspension techniques. · importance 4.3
• Dismantle and store rigging equipment after use. · importance 4.2
• Attach loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving, using hand and power tools. · importance 4.2
• Manipulate rigging lines, hoists, and pulling gear to move or support materials, such as heavy equipment, ships, or theatrical sets. · importance 4.2
• Align, level, and anchor machinery. · importance 4.2
• Install ground rigging for yarding lines, attaching chokers to logs and to the lines. · importance 4.1
• Load machines onto trucks to prepare for transportation. · importance 4.0
• Attach pulleys and blocks to fixed overhead structures, such as beams, ceilings, and gin pole booms, using bolts and clamps. · importance 3.9
• Fabricate, set up, and repair rigging, supporting structures, hoists, and pulling gear, using hand and power tools. · importance 3.8
• Clean and dress machine surfaces and component parts. · importance 3.5

See all tasks on the Riggers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-13893,
  title  = {Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-13893}
}