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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.

Currently Employed: Not Available

Yearly Projected Openings: Not Available

Typical Hourly Wage: $18.43 - $24.23

Typical Annual Salary: $38,300 - $50,400

• Read specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of materials required.
• Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels.
• Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following blueprints and instructions from supervisors.
• Hoist steel beams, girders, and columns into place, using cranes, or signal hoisting equipment operators to lift and position structural-steel members.
• Bolt aligned structural steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding into place.
• Ride on girders or other structural steel members to position them or use rope to guide them into position.
• Fabricate metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
• Pull, push, or pry structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place.
• Cut, bend, or weld steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, or welding equipment.
• Fasten structural steel members to hoist cables, using chains, cables, or rope.

• Hammers
• Jacks
• Levels
• Punches or nail sets or drifts
• Screwdrivers

• Accounting software
• Computer aided design CAD software
• Inventory management software
• Project management software