Structural Steel Construction Workers

Key Tasks

• •Erecting lifting tackles by attaching pulleys and blocks to fixed overhead structures, and installing cables and attaching counterweights
• •Attaching slinging gear to hoisting equipment and objects to be moved using clamps, hooks, bolts and knots
• •Fitting and bolting tubes, support braces and components to form bases and build up scaffolding
• •Lifting and positioning sections of scaffolding
• •Measuring, cutting, bending and fitting welded wire mesh into concrete areas to be mesh-reinforced
• •Fixing mesh and reinforcing steel into position in formwork for concrete pours
• •Setting up winches and rigging equipment to raise and position girders, plates, columns and other steel units
• •Erecting guard rails, guy wires, ropes and clears, laying planks and hanging safety nets

Employment Projections to 2034