Assessment:
Learners must possess:
Option 1
(a) A valid OPITO-approved Rigger Initial Training Certificate awarded within the previous 32 months.
And
(b) A fully completed and valid OPITO Rigger Workplace Experience Logbook and supporting evidence for each of the 50 tasks, based on the OPITO Rigger Initial Training Standard and Rigger Workplace Experience Logbook requirements. The logbook must be signed as true and valid by the employing company head of discipline or the employing company discipline manager and confirmed by the Centre as being present and correct prior to assessment taking place.
Option 2
(c) An OPITO Approved Rigger Competence Assessment or Re-Assessment Certificate awarded with the previous 30 months.
Option 3
(d) Evidence that they have been assessed as competent and have achieved an equivalent qualification/certification by a nationally recognised awarding body, awarded within the previous 30 months**.
Please note that after two years the certificate would no longer be valid (see Note 1 below).
Note 1: Learners who possess an OPITO Rigger Assessment or Re-Assessment Certificate which has expired by more than 6 months will be required to attend the OPITO Rigger Initial Training prior to undertaking the Rigger Competence Assessment. In these instances, there will be no requirement to complete a Work Experience Logbook.
Reassessment: Learners must possess a valid OPITO-approved Rigger Competence or Rigger Competence Reassessment Certificate.
Note 1: Learners who possess an OPITO Rigger Assessment or Re-Assessment Certificate which has expired by more than 6 months will be required to attend the OPITO Rigger Initial Training prior to undertaking the Rigger Competence Assessment. In these instances, there will be no requirement to complete a Work Experience Logbook.
