According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Read specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of materials required. | 91% |
| Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following blueprints and instructions from supervisors. | 89% |
| Bolt aligned structural steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding into place. | 88% |
| Fasten structural steel members to hoist cables, using chains, cables, or rope. | 86% |
| Hoist steel beams, girders, or columns into place, using cranes or signaling hoisting equipment operators to lift and position structural steel members. | 85% |
| Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels. | 85% |
| Cut, bend, or weld steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, or welding equipment. | 83% |
| Erect metal or precast concrete components for structures, such as buildings, bridges, dams, towers, storage tanks, fences, or highway guard rails. | 83% |
| Force structural steel members into final positions, using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, or hand tools. | 81% |
| Pull, push, or pry structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place. | 81% |
| Unload and position prefabricated steel units for hoisting, as needed. | 80% |
| Drive drift pins through rivet holes to align rivet holes in structural steel members with corresponding holes in previously placed members. | 79% |
| Assemble hoisting equipment or rigging, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials. | 79% |
| Fabricate metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors. | 78% |
| Ride on girders or other structural steel members to position them, or use rope to guide them into position. | 76% |
| Dismantle structures or equipment. | 65% |
| Hold rivets while riveters use air hammers to form heads on rivets. | 64% |
| Insert sealing strips, wiring, insulating material, ladders, flanges, gauges, or valves, depending on types of structures being assembled. | 60% |
| Place blocks under reinforcing bars used to reinforce floors. | 59% |
| Catch hot rivets in buckets and insert rivets in holes, using tongs. | 56% |
