![]() Most ironworkers learn through an apprenticeship or on-the-job training. Many ironworkers learn their trade through a 3- or 4-year apprenticeship. Reinforcing ironworkers may be limited by precipitation. Structural ironworkers who work at great heights do not work when conditions are wet, icy, or extremely windy. To reduce these risks, ironworkers must wear safety equipment such as harnesses, hard hats, boots, gloves, and safety glasses. Common injuries include cuts, sprains, overexertion, and falls from great heights, falls can be deadly. The work of ironworkers can be dangerous. Their tasks are physically demanding, as they spend much of their time moving and stooping to carry, bend, cut, and connect iron or steel at a steady pace so projects stay on schedule. Ironworkers usually work outside in many types of weather. The largest employers of structural iron and steel workers were as follows: Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors Structural iron and steel workers held about 69,000 jobs in 2021. The largest employers of reinforcing iron and rebar workers were as follows: Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors Reinforcing iron and rebar workers held about 19,500 jobs in 2021. Ironworkers wear safety harnesses when they work at heights. ![]() Structural metal fabricators and fitters manufacture metal products in shops that are usually located away from construction sites. Those who work with reinforcing steel (rebar) are sometimes called rod busters, in reference to rods of rebar. Reinforcing iron and rebar workers position and secure steel bars or mesh in concrete forms for purposes of reinforcement. Some ironworkers install precast walls or work with wood or composite materials. They also may assemble precut metal buildings and the cranes and derricks that move materials and equipment around the construction site. Structural iron and steel workers erect, place, and join steel girders, columns, and other pieces to form structural frameworks. Most of the work involves erecting new structures, but some ironworkers also help in the demolition, decommissioning, and rehabilitation of older buildings and bridges. Even though the primary metal involved in this work is steel, workers often are known as ironworkers or erectors. Structural and reinforcing iron and steel are important components of buildings, bridges, roads, and other structures.
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