Our Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
- Install stairs, handrails or curtain walls
- Make sure all pieces are fitted properly and complete repairs as necessary
