Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers - 47-2171.00

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.

• Bend steel rods with hand tools or rod-bending 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.

• Cut metal components for installation.
• Install fencing or other barriers.
• Install metal structural components.
• Position safety or support equipment.
• Position structural components.
• Review blueprints or specifications to determine work requirements.
• Weld metal components.

• Reinforcing Metal Worker (Alternate Title: Ironworker Reinforcing Concrete)

• Reinforcing-Metal Worker