Certification Finder

An ironworker works comfortably at heights that often reach 2000 feet or higher, recognizes safety-related issues and equipment; masters proper and safe use of a variety of hand and hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical power tools; recognizes various structural shapes, such as wide-flange beam sections and a variety of fastening materials and their proper uses; directs and assembles different types of mobile and tower construction cranes, creates and develops complex rigging plans for heavy structural steel lifts; effectively communicates hoisting operations using verbal and hand signals; plumbs and aligns steel structures to tolerances set by AISC Code of Standard Practices; fits, bolts, and welds structural members; identifies and interprets a wide variety of blueprint components; calculates weights of a variety of structural shapes, and recognizes the functions and limitations of a wide variety of hoisting equipment and welding processes.