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Structural Iron and Steel Workers: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.
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This source lists 20 tasks, including 16 marked Core and 4 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2026.
20 tasks shown
Core · Task 11544 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Read specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of materials required.
Core · Task 11545 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels.
Core · Task 11556 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Erect metal or precast concrete components for structures, such as buildings, bridges, dams, towers, storage tanks, fences, or highway guard rails.
Core · Task 11548 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Bolt aligned structural steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding into place.
Core · Task 24053 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Assemble or inspect hoisting equipment or rigging, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials.
Core · Task 24054 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Lift steel beams, girders, or columns using cranes or forklifts, or by signaling hoisting equipment operators to lift or position structural steel members.
Core · Task 11550 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Fabricate metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
Core · Task 11546 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following blueprints and instructions from supervisors.
Core · Task 11551 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Pull, push, or pry structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place.
Core · Task 11557 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Unload and position prefabricated steel units for hoisting, as needed.
Core · Task 11553 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Fasten structural steel members to hoist cables, using chains, cables, or rope.
Core · Task 11552 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Cut, bend, or weld steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, or welding equipment.
Core · Task 11555 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Force structural steel members into final positions, using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, or hand tools.
Core · Task 11549 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Ride on girders or other structural steel members to position them, or use rope to guide them into position.
Core · Task 11558 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Drive drift pins through rivet holes to align rivet holes in structural steel members with corresponding holes in previously placed members.
Core · Task 11559 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Dismantle structures or equipment.
Supplemental · Task 11560 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Insert sealing strips, wiring, insulating material, ladders, flanges, gauges, or valves, depending on types of structures being assembled.
Supplemental · Task 11562 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Place blocks under reinforcing bars used to reinforce floors.
Supplemental · Task 11563 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Hold rivets while riveters use air hammers to form heads on rivets.
Supplemental · Task 11561 · 08/2026 · Incumbent
Catch hot rivets in buckets and insert rivets in holes, using tongs.
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