At RiggSafe Solutions, our purpose is to promote safe, useful, and efficient training and field references for the rigger, job superintendent, engineer, planner, and others involved in construction, building trades and maintenance industries.
The Rigger’s Reference Handbook provides a simple and understandable format that will be easily applied in the field. Watch for future practical reference training materials developed by RiggSafe Solutions to assist the professional rigger in the field as well as those involved in training riggers and crane operators.
RiggSafe Solutions, Inc. Training is designed to help our trainees develop rigging competence through innovative programs that utilize a straightforward, practical approach to rigging. The techniques used by our instructors focus on the needs of the “blue collar” student by using well-illustrated, real world examples presented in a supportive environment. Unique from other training companies, RiggSafe Solutions sets out to prove whether good or poor rigging practices listed in standards or rigging books are accurate by testing those concepts. Integrity and quality guides RiggSafe Solutions as we utilize the latest rigging applications, innovative products, and techniques to ensure that our students meet the challenges of today’s new demands for crane and rigging qualifications and certifications. RiggSafe Solutions recommends hand-on training for all courses.
The author, Mike Riggs has worked in the crane and rigging industry for over 43 years. He began his career as an Ironworker/rigger. Mikes expertise is formed by the unique perspective of having the real-life experience of working all three sides of the profession. He has rigged in the field, taught others how to rig and has fabricated the gear used to rig loads to cranes. Mike has opened and managed two successful sling fabrication facilities in Massachusetts and Tennessee for I & I Slingmax. Mike has designed, developed, and instructed crane and rigging programs for DOE, Slingmax® Rigging Solutions, and the private industry. He is an affiliate member of ASME, a ASME B30.9 sub-committee member, a past President of the Association of Crane and Rigging Professionals (ACRP) and Rigging Institute, LLC as well as a 2009 recipient of Crane Hotline’s Top Trainer award in the corporate category. Currently, Mike is an owner and vice president of RiggSafe Solutions, Inc. as well as the author of the Complete Rigger’s Reference Handbook and other field aids for the crane and rigging industry. Throughout this handbook, Mike shares his own experiences from the field, classroom instruction and manufacturing years, as well as gathered expertise of others respected and experienced in the crane and rigging industry. This unique combination provides the user with a comprehensive riggers reference handbook and a training experience that cannot be found anywhere else.
