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.
Install fencing or other barriers.
Position structural components.
Position and secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms, using fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, or hand tools.
Install metal structural components.
Position structural components.
Cut rods to required lengths, using metal shears, hacksaws, 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 fabric, using hooked rods, and position fabric or mesh in concrete to reinforce concrete.
Cut metal components for installation.
Position structural components.
Bend steel rods with hand tools or rodbending machines and weld them with arc-welding equipment.
Weld metal components.
