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.
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- Determine quantities, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions
- Review blueprints or specifications to determine work requirements
- Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers
- Position and secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms, using pliers, rod-bending machines, acetylene torches, or hand tools
- Cut rods to required lengths, using gas power saw, bar cutters, or acetylene torches
- Cut metal components for installation
- Place blocks under rebar to hold the bars off the deck when reinforcing floors
- Position safety or support equipment
- Cut and fit wire mesh or welded wire fabric in concrete to reinforce concrete
- Cut metal components for installation
- Bend steel rods with hand tools or rod-bending machines
- Some travel may be required
- Inventory materials as required
- Order of materials as required
- Cleaning cables to prep stressing procedures
- Stressing cables with a use of a stressing jack
- Lifting over 50 pounds, bending, stooping, and reaching
- Standing/walking for a long period of time
- Climbing/descending ladders, working on heights
- Setting column cages, pier cages and wall reinforcement
- Flagging/Rigging rebar (trained personnel)
- Adhere to all FABco safety rules and policies
- Housekeeping
