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.

• Reinforcing-Metal Worker

• Bend steel rods with hand tools and 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, and hand tools.
• Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers.

• 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