Iron workercareer cluster: Construction and Extraction

Occupations

Mateo FriscioniFebruary 7,2014

4th hourCareer/ Technology Foundations

Introduction

• “My dad, he worked rebar, an ironworker. Watching my pops get up every single morning, going into work, working hard - I think that really made me want to work that hard, wanted to make me get up early and go for a run or get a lift in or get some extra hitting in and really try to better myself every day’’-Bryce Harper. Working in my shop is really fun I love it. In the summer I work at my dads shop and I like it because I can weld and help my dad do stuff that needs to be done. In order to get a better understanding of my chosen career for an iron worker I will be researching “Nature of work, work conditions, Training, Qualifications, Advancement, job outlook, earrings, and back up career.

Nature of work• Unload and stack prefabricated steel so that it can be lifted easily

with slings• Use a crane to lift steel beams, girders, and columns into place• Stand on beams or girders to help position pieces that are being

lifted• Signal crane operators for positioning of the structural steel• Align beams and girders into position• Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of the structural steel• Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts or by welding

them into place• Use metal shears, torches, and welding equipment to cut, bend,

and weld the steel

Working conditions • Physical or mental: Both because you

need physical strength to carry steel and mental strength to understand the blue prints

• Outdoor or indoor: Both because you can be on the field putting up the structure of the building or indoor fabricating

• Hours: Normally it’s a 8 hour day but since my dad owns it we can work longer or shorter hour

• Conditions: The conditions change with the letter in the shop its hot in the summer and cold in the winter, outside the conditions are the same

Training, qualification and Advancement

• There is no real education you need

Job outlook/Employment

• Employment rate: rise 11 percent • Find a job in: my dads shop in Clinton

Township • I will keep my shop in Clinton Township

Earnings Years pay: 83,790 per yearLife style goal #1: Live in a 2 story house (-)

185,000Goal #2: Drive a Ford Raptor (+) 70,000Goal #3: Take over the shop when dad retires(+)Goal #4: Own a German Sheppard and a

Rottweiler(+)

Back up career

For a back up career I would love to be a professional foot ball player

I would love to be on the Pittsburgh Steelers

Summery

• I want to be a iron worker because of all theses things I could have with hard work. I really like to work hard because I feel accomplished when I finish all the work. It makes me proud of myself. So I hope I will get this occupation. If I could ask for one thing it would be to do this. And maybe one day it will be my company when my dad hands it down to me. So I have not changed what I want to do. So hopefully the work will be good in the feature. And ill I need is a high school diploma but I still want to go to college to have a shot at my back up career.

Web cite

• http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/bryceharpe520126.html#WPPzAcgPtbcRjLdF.99

• http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/structural-iron-and-steel-workers.htm