Career field
Rigging & Lifting Operations
Develop role-specific lifting capability through knowledge, structured practice, inspection, and planning activities.
- Representative audience
- Riggers, signal personnel, inspectors, lift planners, and supervisors
- Courses
- 4
- Estimated learning
- Up to 61.25 hours
- Practical/lab courses
- 4
Recommended progression
Build capability in a deliberate order.
The final assignment sequence can change with the role, prior experience, workplace, employer program, and applicable requirements.
- 01IMA-RIG-201
Qualified Rigger
Build applied rigging knowledge and demonstrate load-control tasks through a documented practical evaluation.
- 02IMA-SIG-201
Signal Person
Communicate crane movements through standard hand and radio signals and respond to communication failures.
- 03IMA-INS-201
Rigging & Sling Inspector
Apply inspection criteria to common slings, hardware, and below-the-hook devices and document findings.
- 04IMA-RIG-304
Lift Planning
Plan training lifts through load definition, rigging and crane capacity, geometry, ground and environmental controls, communications, contingencies, and capstone defense.
Plan this field for a workforce.
Map roles, sites, cohorts, practical responsibilities, and reporting requirements.