Job Responsibilities
A steel erector is responsible for creating the ‘skeleton’ frameworks for construction projects of all shapes and sizes.
The role of a steel erector involves the following duties:
- Reviewing technical plans drawn by architects and engineers
- Planning project assembly
- Cutting and shaping steel
- Operating hand and power tools
- Installing and fixing together steel girders, pipework and beam sections to make a steel framework
- Using elevated work platforms and scissor lifts
- Laying metal decking
- Fixing safety netting and edge rails
- Lifting and guiding components into position with tower cranes
- Lining up and levelling steelwork before bolting it in place
- Working on-site, often at height.
