Ironworker

Ironworker duties include

• Build and install iron or steel girders, columns, and other construction materials to form buildings, bridges, and other structures.
• Cut, position, and bolt down steel bars to reinforce concrete.
• Repair older infrastructure.
• Make, weld, and cut structural metal in fabricating shops.
• Erect steel frames.
• Direct operation of cranes to move structural steel, reinforcing bars, and other materials onto and around the construction site.
• Connect steel columns, beams, and girders.
• Drill holes into steel for bolts.
• Number steel according to assembly instructions.
• Unload and stack steel.
• Attach cables to steel and then to the crane.
• Hoist steel into place in the framework.
• Position steel with connecting bars and spud wrenches.
• Work with driftpins to align the holes in the steel with the framework holes.
• Use plumb bobs, levels, and laser equipment to check alignment.
• Bolt or weld piece into place.
• Set reinforcing bars into forms to hold concrete.
• Fasten bars together with wire.
• Place spacers under rebar to lift bars off deck.
• Cut bars with metal shears and torches.
• Reinforce concrete with welded wire fabric.
• Substitute cables for rebar.
• Tighten cables with jacking equipment

BL Harbert International is an EOE/Vets/Disabilities