This is a two-day course on basic rigging principles. Subject matter will include: six basic knots, construction of wire rope and its application, inspection of wire rope, different hitch configurations for different loads, the duties and responsibilities of the rigger, and reading a sling capacity chart.

Advanced Rigging

This is a two-day course that deals with the duties and responsibilities of the rigger. Also involved will be the use of formulas to calculate the capacity of wire rope slings and the tensions imposed on them in relationship to sling configuration and load weight.