REINFORCING IRON WORKER

• 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