Job Details

Overview

Structural Iron or Steel Worker Definition Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.

Responsibilities

• Read specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of materials required.
• Pull, push, or pry structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place.
• Hold rivets while riveters use air hammers to form heads on rivets.
• Bolt aligned structural steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding into place.
• Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels.
• Assemble hoisting equipment or rigging, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials.

Key Skills

• Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to ensure proper machine operation.
• Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Active Listening: Giving full attention to others, understanding points, asking questions as appropriate.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic to evaluate solutions and approaches to problems.
• Speaking: Conveying information effectively.

Related Job Titles

• Bridge Ironworker
• Ornamental Iron Erector

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