Reinforcing Iron / Rebar Worker

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.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Field Ironworker; Iron Installer; Iron Worker; Ironworker; Ironworker Journeyman; Ironworker Laborer; Reinforced Ironworker; Rod Buster; Rodbuster; Steel Tier

Tasks

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

Knowledge

• Building and Construction
• Mathematics
• Design
• Production and Processing
• Engineering and Technology
• Public Safety and Security
• Administration and Management
• English Language
• Mechanical
• Education and Training

Skills

• Critical Thinking

Abilities

• Static Strength
• Trunk Strength
• Multilimb Coordination
• Manual Dexterity
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Extent Flexibility
• Stamina
• Near Vision
• Finger Dexterity
• Control Precision
• Reaction Time
• Problem Sensitivity
• Dynamic Strength
• Deductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Category Flexibility
• Visualization
• Gross Body Coordination
• Gross Body Equilibrium