Also called: Rigger (Film)
Builds big overhead rigs and scaffolding before the shooting crew arrives.
Rigging grips climb scaffolding and lifts to hang huge silks, truss, and lighting grids above a soundstage, days before the actors show up.
Approximate, based on IATSE local rate cards and typical weeks worked; freelance crew income depends on how much work they book.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 0 years after high school. Grip experience plus rigging and fall-protection training.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Construction Technology (trade school).
Growing about average. Follows production levels.
Low risk for 10 years. Planning software helps design rigs, but climbing, building truss and scaffolding and making it safe stays physical and human.
Classes: Construction CTE, Geometry, Physics, Theater tech crew.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-4099.
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