Rigger Job at Tidewater Staffing, Norfolk, VA

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  • Tidewater Staffing
  • Norfolk, VA

Job Description

Tidewater Staffing is currently seeking Riggers for work in Norfolk, VA.

Job Description:

JOURNEYPERSON 4 (Rigging)

  •   Fabricates, installs and repairs rigging and weight handling gear on ships. 
  • Attaches hoists and pulling gear to lift, move, remove, install or position machinery, equipment, structural parts and order heavy loads aboard ships. 
  • Selects and attaches chainfalls, jacks, rollers, levers and/or pulleys according to types of loads being moved. 
  • Signals cranes or other equipment to move loads.
  • Controls movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or in confined spaces. 
  • Lays out and handles lines on cleats or bollards and hauls in ships with capstans when assisting dock master in ship dry docking operations. 
  • Installs or repairs ships’ rigging such as mast on antenna wires, small boat handling gear, shipboard cranes, winches, windless, replenishment and weight handling equipment. 
  • Move barges and derricks with tug boats and yard boats. 
  • Works in engine rooms, boiler rooms, aloft or in confined spaces as required. 
  • Thorough knowledge of shackles, natural, synthetic and wire ropes, steamboat jacks, hydraulic jacks, turnbuckles, rollers, chainfalls, clamps, swivels, crane signals, shipboard nomenclature, forklifts and aerial lifts. 
  • Splice natural and synthetic ropes, tying knots, use of electric, pneumatic and hand powered tools. 
  • Knowledge of OSHA standards.


JOURNEYPERSON 3 (Rigging)

  • Attaches hoists and pulling gear to lift, move, remove, install or position machinery, equipment, structural parts and other heavy loads aboard ship. 
  • Selects and attaches chainfalls, jacks, rollers, lever and/or pulleys according to types of loads being moved. 
  • Signals cranes or other equipment to move loads, controls movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or in confined spaces. 
  • Handles lines on cleats or bollards when assisting the dock master in ship dry docking operations. 
  • Moves barges and derricks with tug boats and yard boats. 
  • Works in engine rooms, boiler rooms, aloft or in confined spaces as required. 
  • Knowledge of OSHA standards.



  JOURNEYPERSON 2 (Rigging)

  • Attaches hoists and pulling gear to lift, move, remove, install or position machinery, equipment, structural parts and other heavy loads aboard ships. 
  • Signals cranes or other equipment to move loads. 
  • Controls movement of equipment through narrow openings or in confined spaces, handles lines on cleats or bollards when assisting the dock master in the ship dry docking operations. 
  • Moves barges and derricks with tug boats. 
  • Works in engine rooms, boiler rooms, aloft or in confined spaces as required. 
  • Knowledge of shackles, chainfalls, natural, synthetic and wire ropes, turnbuckles, rollers, clamps and crane signals. 
  • Splice natural and synthetic ropes tying knots. 
  • Use if electric, pneumatic and hand tools.
  • Operate forklifts and aerial lifts.


JOURNEYPERSON 1 (Rigging)

  • Assist in attaching hoist and pulling gear to lift, move, remove, install or position machinery, equipment, structural parts or other loads abroad ship. 
  • Assist in the movement of equipment through narrow openings or in confined spaces. 
  • Assist in line handling operations, assist in the erection of staging in tanks, above decks, on mast, yardarms and ship’s sides. 
  • Works in engine rooms, boiler rooms, aloft or in confined spaces as required. 
  • Knowledge of shackles, chainfalls, natural, synthetic and wire ropes, turnbuckles, rollers, clamps and crane signals. 
  • Splicing natural ropes. 
  • Tying knots operate forklifts and aerial lifts. 
  • Use of hand tools.

About Tidewater Staffing:

Since 1992, Tidewater Staffing, Inc. has been providing unrivaled workforce solutions for our clients in the ship repair, warehousing, and light industrial/manufacturing industries. Through the years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to solving staffing challenges efficiently, economically, and with integrity by embodying our mission statement: “Put people to work. Do the right thing every day.”

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