Jobs / Construction, installation, and repair / 47-2171.00
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
Position and secure steel bars or mesh in concrete forms in order to reinforce concrete. Use a variety of fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, and hand tools. Includes rod busters.
- US jobs
- 13,800
- Median wage
- $58,970 a year
- Job family
- Construction, installation, and repair
Can agents do the work of reinforcing iron and rebar workers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Construction, installation, and repair: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 17%Position materials or components for assemblyNot measured
- 16%Cut materialsNot measured
- 12%Read documents or materials to inform work processesNot measured
- 12%Build structuresNot measured
- 10%Position tools or equipmentNot measured
- 10%Join parts using soldering, welding, or brazing techniquesNot measured
- 9%Move materials, equipment, or suppliesNot measured
- 5%Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processingNot measured
Unmeasured territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Position and secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms, using fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, or hand tools.
- Determine quantities, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions.
- Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers.
- Use forklifts or cranes to move construction material, such as rebar.
- Cut rods to required lengths, using metal shears, hacksaws, bar cutters, or acetylene torches.
- Unload rebar from trucks.
- Place blocks under rebar to hold the bars off the deck when reinforcing floors.
- Cut and fit wire mesh or fabric, using hooked rods, and position fabric or mesh in concrete to reinforce concrete.
- Bend steel rods with hand tools or rod-bending machines and weld them with arc-welding equipment.
Other job titles for this occupation (26)
Field Ironworker · Iron Installer · Iron Worker · Ironworker · Ironworker Journeyman · Ironworker Laborer · Reinforced Ironworker · Rod Buster · Rodbuster · Steel Tier · Concrete Buster · Concrete Rod Buster · Concrete Worker · Journeyman Ironworker · Post Tensioning Ironworker · Rebar Bender · Rebar Fabricator · Rebar Production Fabricator · Rebar Rodbuster · Rebar Tier · Rebar Worker · Reinforcing Iron Worker · Reinforcing Metal Worker · Reinforcing Rod Layer · Reinforcing Steel Worker · Steel Rod Buster