· Pre-employment Drug Test
· Probationary Period 1,500 work hours
· Age requirement: Must be at least 18.
· Physical requirement: Must be physically able to perform the work
of the trade, and able to work high in the air and have good
· Educational requirement: Must have adequate educational skills to
comprehend the supplemental related instruction classes.
· Helpful classes or training: Algebra, geometry, physics, English,
mechanical drawing, blueprint reading, safety practices,
welding, and classes in industrial arts.
· Terms of training: 8,000 hours on-the-job (4 years), plus 204 hours
minimum of non-compensated classroom
Nature of the work
Construction ironworkers build and erect the girders and columns
used in building bridges and other structures. They place and install
reinforcing steel in concrete construction. Ironworkers perform
many of the tasks in placing, raising and joining these all together
in order to form structural framework.
Ironworkers also install steel stairs, hand rails, metal doors
and frames and they do repair work such as replacing metal bridge
parts. They work with all ferrous and nonferrous metals, as well
as pre-cast and pre-stressed concrete structures.
Ironworkers work both indoors and outdoors, but mostly outdoors.
The trade requires top physical strength and the ability to work
at great heights. The work involves much stooping, climbing and
PROCESSES AND APPROXIMATE HOURS
work process to be learned and the approximate hours required for
3. Post Tension
200 hours of related training shall be required each year.
Effective July 1, 2010 the average wage for those
journeymen employed by the participating employers in the occupation is
$37.67. First year apprentices start at 65% of the journeyman wage.
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