Riggers & Stage Builders
Moving What Matters
As a rigger, you’ll operate cranes throughout the shipyard in addition to forklifts with various capacities. These shipbuilders are also responsible for operating the shipyard’s tugboats and mooring ships. In this position, you’ll handle every component of a ship, from pipes and valves, pumps, motors to electronic equipment. Riggers work hand-in-hand with stage builders. As a stage builder, you’ll support the construction, installation and dismantling of scaffolding systems used in shipbuilding. These shipbuilders transport, organize and stage materials such as planks, pipes, couplers and ladders.
What You'll Do
Handle various components throughout the yard.
Safely transport materials.
Collaborate with other trades to complete projects.
Help build the most powerful ships in the world.
Voices From the Yard
“My work matters because at the end of the day, lives are going to depend on these ships. We’ve got to put in quality work. It takes a lot of thought and planning to put these ships together.”
Dezmond Harrel
Crane Rigger and Operator
“My work matters because at the end of the day, lives are going to depend on these ships. We’ve got to put in quality work. It takes a lot of thought and planning to put these ships together.”
Dezmond Harrel
Crane Rigger and Operator
Shipbuilders in Action
