Graduates of this programme will be able to:

• Prepare, inspect, and use rigging equipment and tools; and use common knots in rigging, and report equipment faults, when setting-up and controlling, movement of loads.
• Apply knowledge of risk management, slinging calculations, and industry recognised communication methods to direct and guide crane movements in relation to loads and equipment.
• Lift and place loads as part of a rigging team.
• Use elevated work platforms (EWPs) and report faults and damage of EWPs.
• Act on instructions, communicate within a team when setting up and controlling the movement of loads, and complete basic documentation.
• Maintain personal safety while working at heights, including the set up and use of fall arrest systems in accordance with health and safety legislation and the best practice guidelines for rigging systems.

• Be over 16 years of age.
• Hold a current comprehensive first aid certificate before enrolment (unit standards 6400, 6401, & 6402).
• Be in employment and engaging with work related to the scope of the programme. The employer and trainee, in conjunction with Vertical Horizonz, must complete a training agreement.
• Trainees need to have a nominated supervisor to observe and verify trainee competencies.
• Be physically fit and able to demonstrate physical competency for the skills being trained.
• This programme is funded by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). Candidates must be New Zealand or Australian Citizens or Residents and must be working in New Zealand.

Delivery is via a mixture of face-to-face learning on and off the job combined with extensive on-job learning, some e-learning may also be included. 

The learning journey generally starts with the Health and Safety components and finishes with the challenge assessment which is an integrated assessment covering knowledge and skills across a range of rigging standards.

Trainees must complete a final challenge (capstone) assessment that aligns with the Rigging Certificate of Competence.

EMPLOYMENT PATHWAY

Graduates are likely to be employed moving and lifting objects. Graduates may work on a variety of sites where rigging is required, and they may increase employment prospects by gaining further experience in specialised areas including telecommunications rigging, construction rigging, industrial rigging, cranes, and industrial rope access.

EDUCATION PATHWAY

This qualification is the first step in the New Zealand rigging qualifications. Graduates may pathway into the New Zealand Certificate in Rigging (Level 4) and New Zealand Certificates in Cranes and Industrial Rope Access. 

Funding and subsidies may be available for New Zealand and Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents living in New Zealand.

NOTE: Should the learner not complete the programme by the end of the stated duration or meet the funding requirements, they may be invoiced the price detailed in the Investment Schedule.