ROD BUSTER

Description

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.

• Determine quantities, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions
• Review blueprints or specifications to determine work requirements
• Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers
• Position and secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms, using pliers, rod-bending machines, acetylene torches, or hand tools
• Cut rods to required lengths, using gas power saw, bar cutters, or acetylene torches
• Cut metal components for installation
• Place blocks under rebar to hold the bars off the deck when reinforcing floors
• Position safety or support equipment
• Cut and fit wire mesh or welded wire fabric in concrete to reinforce concrete
• Cut metal components for installation
• Bend steel rods with hand tools or rod-bending machines
• Some travel may be required
• Inventory materials as required
• Order of materials as required
• Cleaning cables to prep stressing procedures
• Stressing cables with a use of a stressing jack
• Lifting over 50 pounds, bending, stooping, and reaching
• Standing/walking for a long period of time
• Climbing/descending ladders, working on heights
• Setting column cages, pier cages and wall reinforcement
• Flagging/Rigging rebar (trained personnel)
• Adhere to all FABco safety rules and policies
• Housekeeping

Qualifications

Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.