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.
What they do: On the job, you would:
- Reading blueprints or looking at sketches to determine how to install rebar or mesh
- Figuring out the quantity, size, and shapes of reinforcing rods and determining where to place them
- Preparing rebar and mesh for installation using metal shears, hacksaws, and torches
- Bending or welding rebar together
- Installing cables
- Using pliers to tie wire around rods to fasten them together
- Positioning and securing rods, cables, mesh, or rebar in concrete forms
