Journeyman/woman Ironworker

**Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- At heights

**Work setting**:

- Various locations

**Tasks**:

- Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
- Signal crane operators to position units according to blueprints
- Align, weld or bolt units in place
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Position and secure steel bars or metal mesh in concrete forms to reinforce concrete structures
- Unload and position steel units so each piece can be hoisted as needed

**Area of specialization**:

- Erect structural steel
- Install reinforcing steel
- Assemble and erect metal buildings

**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling

**Workplace information**:

- On the road job

**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan