PRE-REQUISITES

Required:

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 requirements of the OPITO Rigger Initial Training Standard and Rigger Workplace Experience Logbook. 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 before the assessment taking place.

*Supporting evidence is not required for learners who completed the Initial Training Standard (previously

Stage 1) between February 29th, 2020, and February 28th, 2022.

Or

(c) If a learner completed the Initial Training Standard (previously Stage 1) between February 29th, 2020, and February 28th, 2022 and does not have a completed Workplace Experience Logbook, a formal letter from a current employer, meeting the below criteria, may be accepted.

The letter must:

1)Be on company letterhead

2)State that the learner has met the equivalent of the OPITO (previously Stage 2) Workplace Experience

Logbook criteria

3)Include details of the senior employer representative’s position in the company, full contact details, and be signed and dated by the senior employer’s representative

4)Be sent directly from the employer to the Centre before assessment and not provided by the Learner

Option 2

(d) An OPITO Approved Rigger Competence Assessment or Re-Assessment Certificate awarded within the previous 30 months.

Option 3

(e) 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 will 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 before undertaking the Rigger Competence Assessment. In these instances, completing a Work Experience Logbook will not be required.