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Job Description
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.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-2221.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 56,040.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 26.00
- Currently, there are 69,440 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Structural Iron and Steel Workers”.
Also Known As…
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Tower Hand
- Structural Steel Erector
- Steel Worker
- Steel Fabricator
- Rigger
- Ironworker
- Iron Worker Foreman
- Iron Worker
- Fitter / Welder
- Fitter
- Wind Turbine Erector
- Tank Setter
- Structural Worker
- Structural Steel Worker
- Structural Steel Ironworker
- Structural Steel Fitter
- Structural Rigger
- Structural Metal Worker
- Structural Layout Worker
- Structural Ironworker
- Structural Iron Erector
- Steel Rigger
- Steel Layout Worker
- Steel Hanger
- Steel Fitter
- Steel Construction Worker
- Sign Installer
- Sign Hanger
- Sign Erector
- Sign Builder
- Sign Board Erector
- Sheet Ironworker
- Scaffold Erector
- Precast Concrete Ironworker
- Pre-Engineered Metal Building Ironworker
- Playground Equipment Erector
- Ornamental Metal Worker
- Ornamental Metal Erector
- Ornamental Ironworker
- Ornamental Iron Erector
- Oil Field Rig Builder
- Metalsmith
- Metal Trim Erector
- Metal Tank Erector
- Metal Tank Builder
- Metal Buildings Assembler
- Layout Worker
- Joist Setter
- Iron Worker Apprentice
- Iron Setter
- Iron Guardrail Installer
- Iron Erector
- Housesmith
- Guzzler Builder
- Guard Rail Installer
- Construction Ironworker
- Combination Worker
- Building Construction Ironworker
- Bridgeman
- Bridge Maintainer
- Bridge Ironworker
- Bolter
- Billboard Mechanic
- Billboard Installer
- Billboard Erector
- Assembler
Tasks for “Awnings Mechanic”
- Unload and position prefabricated steel units for hoisting as needed.
- Fabricate metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
- Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels.
- Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following blueprints and instructions from supervisors.
- Assemble hoisting equipment or rigging, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials.
- Pull, push, or pry structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place.
- Force structural steel members into final positions, using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, or hand tools.
- Ride on girders or other structural steel members to position them or use rope to guide them into position.
- Erect metal or precast concrete components for structures, such as buildings, bridges, dams, towers, storage tanks, fences, or highway guard rails.
- Place blocks under reinforcing bars used to reinforce floors.
- Read specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of materials required.
- Dismantle structures or equipment.
- Catch hot rivets in buckets and insert rivets in holes, using tongs.
- Fasten structural steel members to hoist cables, using chains, cables, or rope.
- Hold rivets while riveters use air hammers to form heads on rivets.
- Cut, bend, or weld steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, or welding equipment.
- Insert sealing strips, wiring, insulating material, ladders, flanges, gauges, or valves, depending on types of structures being assembled.
- Hoist steel beams, girders, or columns into place, using cranes or signaling hoisting equipment operators to lift and position structural steel members.
- Bolt aligned structural steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding into place.
- Drive drift pins through rivet holes to align rivet holes in structural steel members with corresponding holes in previously placed members.
Related Technology & Tools
- Wire brushes
- Safety boots
- Rivet guns
- Power grinders
- Fire extinguishers
- Laser levels
- Tape measures
- Slings
- Pipe wrenches
- Sledgehammers
- Ladders
- Torpedo levels
- Robertson screwdrivers
- Ear plugs
- Protective harnesses
- Notebook computers
- Grout mixers
- Electric drills
- Hard hats
- Spreader beams
- Plumb bobs
- Utility knives
- Open end wrenches
- Welding helmets
- Squares
- Rubber mallets
- Hydraulic pumps
- Combination squares
- C clamps
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Spud wrenches
- Bull pins
- Welding gloves
- Blow torches
- Cold chisels
- Side cutting pliers
- Workshop cranes
- Crowbars
- Rod ovens
- Respirators
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Tuggers
- Strikers
- Decoilers
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Welding tips
- Pneumatic hammers
- Portable welding machines
- Safety gloves
- Power lifts
- Bolt cutters
- Safety belts
- Tin snips
- Hammers
- Scribers
- Flat head screwdrivers
- Forging dies
- Hacksaws
- Tongs
- Winches
- Chalk lines
- Welding hoods
- Plasma cutters
- Two way radios
- Rivet tongs
- Stressing jacks
- Cutoff saws
- Jacks
- Safety lanyards
- Center punches
- Swing stages
- Personal computers
- Adjustable wrenches
- Protective coveralls
- Safety glasses
- Air compressors
- Staple guns
- Drift pins
- Rivet busters
- Vise grip pliers
- Scaffolding
- Socket wrench sets
- Life preservers
- Cost estimating software
- Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
- Project scheduling software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Inventory tracking software