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 of the Rigger’s Reference Handbook, Mike Riggs, has worked in the crane and rigging industry for over 30 years. Mike has written this handbook from his own experiences in the field, classroom instruction and manufacturing years, as well as gathering input, suggestions, and expertise from people who are involved in the crane and rigging industry to provide the end user with a comprehensive riggers handbook. Mike has a unique perspective to base this handbook from in that he has "walked and breathed" from one end to the other in the rigging profession. He began his career as an Ironworker/rigger in 1977. After 11 years in the field, Mike spent the next 9 years in the development and instruction of safe Crane and Rigging training programs. In 1997, Mike went to work for I & I Sling Inc/Slingmax. He was the Director of Training and a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Slingmax® Rigging Solutions and has also managed rigging shops in Massachusetts and Tennessee for I & I Sling, Inc. which fabricates and provides overhead and below the hook rigging gear. 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 and a past President of the Association of Crane and Rigging Professionals (ACRP).
