Ironworker

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Dangerous
• At heights
• Noisy

Work setting

• Fabrication
• Various locations
• New construction (Not pre-engineered)
• Re-vamp and renovation

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
• Perform job-site calculations
• Signal crane operators to position units according to blueprints
• Align, weld or bolt units in place
• Unload and position steel units so each piece can be hoisted as needed
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Aerial lift and aerial work platform Certification
• Ironworker Trade Certification
• Working at heights training
• Ironworker Red Seal Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate
• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course
• Forklift Operator Certification

Experience and specialization

Welding techniques

• Oxy-acetylene
• ARC

Construction specialization

• Industrial, commercial and institutional

Area of specialization

• Erect structural steel
• Install pre and post-tensioned cables
• Assemble and erect metal buildings

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• 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

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat
• Safety glasses/goggles
• Safety harness
• Gloves

Personal suitability

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

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance

Long term benefits

• Long-term care insurance