Set up or repair rigging for ships and shipyards, manufacturing plants, logging yards, construction projects, and for the entertainment industryjfor example, motion picture production. Select cables, ropes, pulleys, winches, blocks, and sheaves according to weight and size of load to be moved. Coordinate and direct other workers and the movement of equipment to accomplish the task.

1992 employment: 12,000 Projected 1992-2005 employment change: Little change expected

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