Ironworkers
These craftspeople possess nerves of steel, and have the vital responsibility of connecting and securing iron and steel components to build supporting structures and help complete buildings. They also help reinforce existing buildings, operate machinery and utilize welding fabrication techniques.
Compensation Information
Work Conditions
Both indoor and outdoor, nearly every facility and building type, varying weather, physically demanding, new and existing construction, working from heights
Skills Needed
Manual dexterity, physical stamina, fast-paced thinking and reacting, hand/eye/foot coordination, comfortable with heights, blueprint reading and detail-oriented
Relevant Classes
Basic arithmetic
Geometry
Drafting
Shop classes
Education and Training
4-year apprentice program
6,500 hours of on-the-job training
876 classroom hours
100% paid hours