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Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers - 47-2171.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Position and secure steel bars or mesh in concrete forms in order to reinforce concrete. Use a variety of fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, and hand tools. Includes rod busters.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Ironworker
  • Rod Buster
  • Iron Worker
  • Steel Tier
  • Field Ironworker
  • Reinforced Ironworker
  • Rodman

SOC Occupation Groups

47-0000 Construction and Extraction Occupations
47-2000 Construction Trades Workers
47-2170 Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
47-2171.00 Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Bend steel rods with hand tools or rodbending machines and weld them with arc-welding equipment.
  • Cut and fit wire mesh or fabric, using hooked rods, and position fabric or mesh in concrete to reinforce concrete.
  • Cut rods to required lengths, using metal shears, hacksaws, bar cutters, or acetylene torches.
  • Determine quantities, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions.
  • Place blocks under rebar to hold the bars off the deck when reinforcing floors.
  • Position and secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms, using fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, or hand tools.
  • Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers.

Detailed Work Activities

  • adhere to safety procedures
  • build or repair structures in construction, repair, or manufacturing setting
  • burn (cut), trim, or scarf metal objects
  • climb ladders, scaffolding, or utility or telephone poles
  • cut metal or plastic
  • determine material or tool requirements
  • erect scaffold
  • fabricate, assemble, or disassemble manufactured products by hand
  • identify base metals for welding
  • identify properties of metals for repair or fabrication activities
  • move or fit heavy objects
  • perform safety inspections in construction or resource extraction setting
  • read blueprints
  • read tape measure
  • read technical drawings
  • read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
  • stretch, bend, straighten, shape, pound, or press metal or plastic
  • understand construction specifications
  • use acetylene welding/cutting torch
  • use arc welding equipment
  • use hand or power tools
  • use measuring devices in construction or extraction work
  • weld together metal parts, components, or structures

Military Crosswalk Titles

No information available.

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

  • Reinforcing Ironworker Concrete
  • Reinforcing-Metal Worker

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Reinforcing-Metal Worker