ironworker

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
• Ability to work at heights
• Ability to work in confined spaces

Tasks

• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
• Signal crane operators to position units according to blueprints
• Align, weld or bolt units in place
• Position and secure steel bars or metal mesh in concrete forms to reinforce concrete structures
• Unload and position steel units so each piece can be hoisted as needed
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities