Ironworker Fabricator/Boilermaker

Position Responsibilities

• Read blueprints and specification to determine the scope of work: locations, quantities, and sizes of materials required.
• Identify all tools required for tasks.
• Identify safety risks and the precautions required to eliminate those risks.
• Fabricate equipment according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
• Hoist equipment and tools into location via bull rigging or crane.
• Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural-steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, and/or levels.
• Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following blueprints and instructions from supervisors.
• Bolt aligned structural-steel members in position for permanent riveting or bolting.
• Pull, push, or pry iron/steel equipment into approximate positions for bolting into place.
• Cut, bend, and weld iron/steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, and welding equipment.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

o Ability to take lead in erection of steel, fabrication, grid layout, rigging ect.

o Ability to perform all job duties of craft trade.

• Drawings

o Ability to read, understand IFC drawings.

o Ability to make hang list, read details off drawings, read all notes on drawings before erection, locate and understand ECN's and holds on drawings.

o Understand when to stop production work and when a RFI needs to be initiated.

o Read and understand craft specs and cut sheets, craft spec procedures and recommendations

o Able to locate piece marks for correct views and know how to pick out different elevations

o Being able to know the correct installation based on the orientation.

o Knowledge of symbols based on legend

• Rigging

o Knowledge of all types of safe rigging practices (chokers, slings, ect.)

o Ability to dictate correct knots based on material

• Connection

o Know all aspects of connecting

o Correct procedures of Bolting

o Torque vs Tension

• Fabrication

o Ability to read cut sheets

o Lay out from drawing

o Cut material from lay out and cut sheets

• Torque vs. Tension

o Knowledge of Torque and Values

o Knowledge of Tension

o Turn of the nut method

o Different types of indicators

o Understand how to use a skidmore

• Plan work and execute
• Ability to take drawings, required material, line out helpers and execute work
• Tools and knowledge

o Knowledge of specialty tools (torque wrench, skidmore, torque guns, mag drills, hogan drills)

• Welding and cutting

o Basic knowledge of welding (machine set up, Mig, stick, gas, ect)

o Knowledge of cutting torch, set up, dangers, usage, cleaning, types of tips and when to use the different types of tips

• Equipment Knowledge

o Knowledge of JLG's man baskets, cranes

o Basic maintenance (inspections)

o Safe operations practices

• Signaling of equipment (ERTS, NCCO, NCCER)

o Flagging of cranes, forklifts, manlifts

• Knots

o Tying knots for tag lines, ect

o Basic knots for lashing

• Math Skills
• Footage, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions to perform all craft duties.