ironworker

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Education: Registered Apprenticeship certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Dangerous
• At heights
• Noisy

Work setting

• Fabrication
• New construction (Pre-engineered)
• New construction (Not pre-engineered)

Tasks

• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
• Perform job-site calculations
• Align, weld or bolt units in place
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
• Dismantle metal, pre-cast concrete or laminated timber buildings and other structures
• Inspect or test structures and equipment for deterioration, defects or failure to comply with specifications or regulations
• Position and secure steel bars or metal mesh in concrete forms to reinforce concrete structures
• Unload and position steel units so each piece can be hoisted as needed

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Ironworker Trade Certification
• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course

Security and safety

• Drug test

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Tight deadlines
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Manual dexterity

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Long term benefits

• Life insurance