JOB DUTIES

• Rig supplies, equipment and vehicles for airdrop


• Perform technical, routine and in-storage rigger-type inspection on cargo, extraction and personnel parachute as well as other airdrop equipment before, during and after each use


• Inventory, clean, receive, store and issue all airdrop equipment used in airdrop operations


• Use and maintain machines and tools for fabrication, modification and repair to parachute and other airdrop equipment


• Inspect, test and install extraction and release systems

Those who want to serve must first take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a series of tests that helps you better understand your strengths and identify which Army jobs are best for you.

Job training for a parachute rigger requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 16 of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instructions. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field.



Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

• Parachute rigging techniques


• Maintenance of air-sea rescue equipment


• Repair of inflatable rafts and other survival equipment


• Maintenance of oxygen equipment