E-Rach 0 #1 February 6, 2016 looking to pick up the riggers ticket, multiple rigs are killing my pocket change, im consistently moving (job) so have difficulty finding a local rigger i can work with.... to make it worse im from east Canada, and usually do my jumping in the US. i got over 100 F-111 flat packs so i got the moves, keep my mind open and seen a few reserve packs. any courses or masters up in the north east? I would prefer the US FAA.... but any Canadian certs are fine. thanks, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 613 #2 February 6, 2016 Did you ask CSPA about Rigger A courses this winter? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RopeaDope 0 #3 February 7, 2016 You just missed this years course, but Handsome Dave DeWolf of ParaLoft in Elizabethtown, PA does a Senior Rigger course every January for $1400 plus the cost of the written test. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dpreguy 14 #4 February 7, 2016 Your pack jobs are pretty meaningless. If they were the deciding factor/skill then everyone with a 1000 jumps would nearly be FAA riggers. Not. Packing is not the main preparation for obtaining a rigger certificate. Although I couldn't put a exact percentage on it, in my opinion, while packing is an important skill, it is only a "small" percentage of the of the rigger training requirement. Please access the "So you want to be a Rigger" article at the beginning of Gear and Rigging, and check out the Poynter Schlatter Parachute Rigger Course to confirm. About 19 chapters; and only one about packing. And in the Practical Test System Oral and Practical test only one Area of Operation, (of six) concerns packing. A serious attitude is the key, and I encourage anyone to look, in depth, about the rigger training requirements. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E-Rach 0 #5 February 7, 2016 I could be talking about the CSPA Rigger A !! rad ill check that packing artical out! thanks! ill work hard to pretend im serious about it....but fuck i pack my reserve* every time i hoop off a low EP its skydiving whats the worse that can happen study hard and get edu-micated sounds fun! thanks everyone! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hackish 8 #6 February 7, 2016 I'll give you my experience since I did both of the courses. The CSPA one had a lot more material, history and theory. I found it focused more heavily on the theory and technical end. The FAA course (The one mentioned above) focused more heavily on the practical. I feel that the idea of getting a riggers ticket because one is concerned about the costs of paying a rigger is quite wrong. $1500 for a course, hundreds of dollars in rigging equipment and hundreds of hours to actually learn and get good at the craft is a big investment to save $150 each year. -Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dpreguy 14 #7 February 7, 2016 E Rach. Good attitude. You'll make it if you want it bad enough. You'll be fine, sounds like you'll be a good rigger! Keep going for it. Need more like you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E-Rach 0 #8 January 19, 2017 thanks everyone for the imput! I just got it! and now totally respect the cost of reflected in the repack but totally stoked to have it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hackish 8 #9 January 19, 2017 Congrats on your new learner's permit. -Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites