Fabricate, set up, and repair rigging, supporting structures, hoists, and pulling gear, using hand and power tools.

“Fabricate, set up, and repair rigging, supporting structures, hoists, and pulling gear, using hand and power tools.” is a core task performed by Riggers. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#13 most important). About 84% 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.

• Set up equipment. in Handling and Moving Objects

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

• Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability. · importance 4.6
• 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
• 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-13899,
  title  = {Fabricate, set up, and repair rigging, supporting structures, hoists, and pulling gear, using hand and power tools.},
  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-13899}
}