Job Summary
UNDERGROUND RIGGER
Nelspruit area, Salary negotiable depending on experience.
Purpose of the job: Engaged in lifting, moving, transporting, positioning, pulling and securing heavy equipment machines and overside loads.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
• Grade 12 Certificate
• N2 Certificate
• Qualified with trade papers section 13 or 26D
• Code 8 Drivers License
• At least 5 years Rigger experience with winder steel wire ropes
• Own Transport as position requires standby
• Valid certificate of physical fitness
• Ability to read and write in English
• Be able to work shifts and call outs
MAIN ROLE OUTCOMES:
• Aligns, levels, and anchors machinery
• Attaches loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving, using hand and power tools
• Attaches pulleys and blocks to fixed overhead structures such as beams, ceilings, and gin pole booms, using bolts and clamps
• Controls movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces, using chain falls, gin poles, gallows frames, and other equipment
• Dismantles and stores rigging equipment after use
• Fabricates, sets up, and repairs rigging, supports structures, hoists, and pulls gear, uses hand and power tools
• Manipulates rigging lines, hoists, and pulling gear to move or support materials such as heavy equipment, ships, or theatrical sets
• Select gear such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weights and sizes, facilities, and work schedules
• Signals or verbally directs worker