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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 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
- Awnings Mechanic
- Assembler
Tasks for “Metal Tank Erector”
- Cut, bend, or weld steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, or welding equipment.
- Assemble hoisting equipment or rigging, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials.
- Ride on girders or other structural steel members to position them or use rope to guide them into position.
- Bolt aligned structural steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding into place.
- Hold rivets while riveters use air hammers to form heads on rivets.
- Catch hot rivets in buckets and insert rivets in holes, using tongs.
- Dismantle structures or equipment.
- Erect metal or precast concrete components for structures, such as buildings, bridges, dams, towers, storage tanks, fences, or highway guard rails.
- Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following blueprints and instructions from supervisors.
- Hoist steel beams, girders, or columns into place, using cranes or signaling hoisting equipment operators to lift and position structural steel members.
- Read specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of materials required.
- Fasten structural steel members to hoist cables, using chains, cables, or rope.
- Fabricate metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
- Unload and position prefabricated steel units for hoisting as needed.
- Pull, push, or pry structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place.
- Insert sealing strips, wiring, insulating material, ladders, flanges, gauges, or valves, depending on types of structures being assembled.
- Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels.
- Place blocks under reinforcing bars used to reinforce floors.
- Force structural steel members into final positions, using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, or hand tools.
- Drive drift pins through rivet holes to align rivet holes in structural steel members with corresponding holes in previously placed members.
Related Technology & Tools
- Squares
- Strikers
- Fire extinguishers
- Pneumatic hammers
- Welding tips
- Wire brushes
- Notebook computers
- Spreader beams
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Portable welding machines
- Rod ovens
- Personal computers
- Utility knives
- Bull pins
- Grout mixers
- Crowbars
- Torpedo levels
- Rivet busters
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Vise grip pliers
- Ladders
- Flat head screwdrivers
- Sledgehammers
- Robertson screwdrivers
- Stressing jacks
- Staple guns
- Jacks
- Electric drills
- Forging dies
- C clamps
- Safety glasses
- Socket wrench sets
- Life preservers
- Winches
- Hard hats
- Bolt cutters
- Laser levels
- Scribers
- Ear plugs
- Hydraulic pumps
- Tin snips
- Hammers
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Blow torches
- Safety gloves
- Safety lanyards
- Drift pins
- Safety boots
- Plasma cutters
- Combination squares
- Side cutting pliers
- Spud wrenches
- Swing stages
- Decoilers
- Protective harnesses
- Power lifts
- Rubber mallets
- Workshop cranes
- Rivet tongs
- Welding hoods
- Pipe wrenches
- Hacksaws
- Welding gloves
- Cutoff saws
- Tongs
- Plumb bobs
- Respirators
- Protective coveralls
- Adjustable wrenches
- Air compressors
- Slings
- Open end wrenches
- Chalk lines
- Safety belts
- Two way radios
- Tape measures
- Cold chisels
- Rivet guns
- Center punches
- Tuggers
- Power grinders
- Welding helmets
- Scaffolding
- Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
- Inventory tracking software
- Project scheduling software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Cost estimating software