Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers

Wages
In 2021, the average annual wage in Alabama was $60,660 with most people making between $47,830 and $77,110.
Wages by Industry
  • Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors $45,450.00
  • Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction $43,180.00
  • Other Specialty Trade Contractors $47,080.00
  • Utility System Construction $39,430.00
Education Required
These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Common Majors
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About the job

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.

What you'll do
    • Bend steel rods with hand tools or rodbending machines and weld them with arc-welding equipment.
    • Cut and fit wire mesh or fabric, using hooked rods, and position fabric or mesh in concrete to reinforce concrete.
    • Cut rods to required lengths, using metal shears, hacksaws, bar cutters, or acetylene torches.
    • Determine quantities, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions.
    • Place blocks under rebar to hold the bars off the deck when reinforcing floors.
    • Position and secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms, using fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, or hand tools.
    • Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers.
Things you need to know
    • Building and Construction - Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
    • Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
    • Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
    • Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
    • Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Abilities you'll need to have
    • Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
    • Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
    • Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
    • Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
    • Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
    • Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
    • Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.