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Ironworker, Steel and Rebar

Ironworking is one of the few trades whose defining regulation reads like a syllabus: OSHA Subpart R tells you how many bolts before the load is released, how many anchor rods per column, how far the bolting can run ahead. This path teaches the steel and the rebar, the rigging that puts them in place, and the safety rules woven through all of it, then closes on how you get into the apprenticeship and what qualifies a rigger (which is not a certification, whatever anyone tells you).

25 steps

Goal credential: Journeyman Ironworker

Structural steel

  1. 1Structural Steel Basics
  2. 2Reading Erection Drawings
  3. 3Structural Bolting
  4. 4Plumbing and Aligning Steel

Reinforcing

  1. 5Rebar: Grades, Sizes, Placement
  2. 6Reading Placing Drawings
  3. 7Tying and Splicing Rebar
  4. 8Reinforcing Ironwork Compared With Structural Erection
  5. 9Rebar Impalement and Placement Safety

Rigging and lifts

  1. 10Rigging Fundamentals
  2. 11Sling Angles and Load Calculations
  3. 12Crane Signals
  4. 13Rigger and Signalperson Certifications
  5. 14Qualified or Certified: What the Rigging Rules Require
  6. 15Multiple Lift Rigging

The rules of steel erection

  1. 16How OSHA Subpart R Governs Steel Erection
  2. 17Site Layout and the Site-Specific Erection Plan
  3. 18Column Anchorage and Structural Stability
  4. 19Fall Protection for Connectors
  5. 20The Controlled Decking Zone
  6. 21Erecting Open Web Steel Joists

Getting in and moving up

  1. 22The Ironworker Apprenticeship
  2. 23Welding Endorsements for Ironworkers
  3. 24Running Work: Foreman and Beyond
  4. 25Getting Into an Ironworker Apprenticeship