# Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers

> Position and secure steel bars or mesh in concrete forms in order to reinforce concrete. Use a variety of fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, and hand tools. Includes rod busters.
- **Entity Type:** role
- **Schema Version:** role.v1
- **Soc Code:** 47-2171.00
- **Summary:** Position and secure steel bars or mesh in concrete forms in order to reinforce concrete. Use a variety of fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, and hand tools. Includes rod busters.

## Aliases

- Iron Installer
- Iron Worker
- Ironworker
- Rodbuster
- Field Ironworker
- Reinforced Ironworker
- Rodman
- Steel Tier
- Concrete Buster
- Concrete Rod Buster
- Concrete Worker
- Ironworker Welder

## Tasks

| Text | Type | Iwa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Determine quantities, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions. | Core | 4.A.1.a.1.b |
| Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers. | Core | 4.A.3.a.2.a |
| Position and secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms, using fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, or hand tools. | Core | 4.A.3.a.2.a |
| Place blocks under rebar to hold the bars off the deck when reinforcing floors. | Core | 4.A.3.a.2.v |
| Cut rods to required lengths, using metal shears, hacksaws, bar cutters, or acetylene torches. | Core | 4.A.3.a.2.l |
| Cut and fit wire mesh or fabric, using hooked rods, and position fabric or mesh in concrete to reinforce concrete. | Core | 4.A.3.a.2.l |
| Bend steel rods with hand tools or rod-bending machines and weld them with arc-welding equipment. | Core | 4.A.3.a.2.ai |

## Emerging Tasks

| Text |
| --- |
| Unload rebar from trucks. |
| Use forklifts or cranes to move construction material, such as rebar. |

## Activities

| Name | Iwa |
| --- | --- |
| Install metal structural components. | 4.A.3.a.2.a |
| Position structural components. | 4.A.3.a.2.ao |
| Install fencing or other barriers. | 4.A.3.a.2.a |
| Review blueprints or specifications to determine work requirements. | 4.A.1.a.1.b |
| Position safety or support equipment. | 4.A.3.a.2.v |
| Cut metal components for installation. | 4.A.3.a.2.l |
| Weld metal components. | 4.A.3.a.2.ai |

## Capabilities

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Building and Construction | knowledge | 4.58 |
| Static Strength | ability | 3.88 |
| Trunk Strength | ability | 3.88 |
| Multilimb Coordination | ability | 3.75 |
| Manual Dexterity | ability | 3.62 |
| Arm-Hand Steadiness | ability | 3.5 |
| Extent Flexibility | ability | 3.5 |
| Mathematics | knowledge | 3.43 |
| Stamina | ability | 3.38 |
| Near Vision | ability | 3.38 |
| Administration and Management | knowledge | 3.37 |
| Design | knowledge | 3.29 |
| English Language | knowledge | 3.27 |
| Finger Dexterity | ability | 3.25 |
| Control Precision | ability | 3.25 |
| Reaction Time | ability | 3.25 |
| Coordination | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Problem Sensitivity | ability | 3.12 |
| Dynamic Strength | ability | 3.12 |
| Engineering and Technology | knowledge | 3.04 |
| Critical Thinking | essential_skill | 3 |
| Deductive Reasoning | ability | 3 |
| Information Ordering | ability | 3 |
| Category Flexibility | ability | 3 |
| Visualization | ability | 3 |
| Gross Body Coordination | ability | 3 |
| Gross Body Equilibrium | ability | 3 |
| Monitoring | essential_skill | 2.88 |
| Operation and Control | transferable_skill | 2.88 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | transferable_skill | 2.88 |
| Oral Comprehension | ability | 2.88 |
| Oral Expression | ability | 2.88 |
| Inductive Reasoning | ability | 2.88 |
| Flexibility of Closure | ability | 2.88 |
| Far Vision | ability | 2.88 |
| Depth Perception | ability | 2.88 |
| Auditory Attention | ability | 2.88 |
| Complex Problem Solving | transferable_skill | 2.75 |
| Operations Monitoring | transferable_skill | 2.75 |
| Time Management | transferable_skill | 2.75 |

## Skills

| Name | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Mathematics | Common Skill |
| English Language | Common Skill |
| Finger Dexterity | Common Skill |
| Visualization | Specialized Skill |
| Information Ordering | Specialized Skill |
| Deductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Critical Thinking | Common Skill |
| Inductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Depth Perception | Common Skill |
| Time Management | Common Skill |
| Speech Recognition | Specialized Skill |
| Complex Problem Solving | Common Skill |
| Reading Comprehension | Common Skill |
| Active Listening | Common Skill |
| Social Perceptiveness | Common Skill |
| Active Learning | Common Skill |
| Psychology | Specialized Skill |
| Learning Strategies | Specialized Skill |
| Instructing | Specialized Skill |
| Chemistry | Specialized Skill |
| Systems Analysis | Specialized Skill |
| Physics | Specialized Skill |
| Equipment Selection | Specialized Skill |
| Writing | Common Skill |
| Negotiation | Common Skill |
| Equipment Maintenance | Specialized Skill |
| Foreign Language | Common Skill |
| Telecommunications | Specialized Skill |
| Geography | Specialized Skill |
| Installation | Specialized Skill |
| Biology | Specialized Skill |
| Project Management Software | Specialized Skill |

## Tools

| Example | Category | Hot | In Demand |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Application Software SHEAR | Project management software | no | no |
| Applied Systems Associates aSa Rebar | Project management software | no | no |
| OTP ArmaCAD | Computer aided design CAD software | no | no |
| RebarWin | Data base user interface and query software | no | no |

## Work Context

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions | 4.6 |
| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | 4.58 |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | 4.56 |
| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | 4.49 |
| Contact With Others | 4.43 |
| Time Pressure | 4.43 |
| Exposed to Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | 4.42 |
| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | 4.31 |
| Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | 4.22 |
| Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers | 4.2 |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | 4.18 |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | 4.18 |
| Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable | 4.18 |
| Spend Time Standing | 4.1 |
| Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body | 4.06 |
| Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities | 4.05 |
| Telephone Conversations | 3.94 |
| Level of Competition | 3.89 |
| Spend Time Walking or Running | 3.86 |
| Physical Proximity | 3.84 |
| Exposed to Contaminants | 3.68 |
| Exposed to High Places | 3.64 |
| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | 3.52 |
| Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection | 3.51 |
| Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals | 3.49 |
| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | 3.43 |
| Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | 3.29 |
| Frequency of Decision Making | 3.29 |
| Exposed to Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | 3.24 |
| Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | 3.21 |
| Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | 3.21 |
| Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People | 3.16 |
| Consequence of Error | 3.14 |
| Freedom to Make Decisions | 3.14 |
| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | 3.06 |
| In an Open Vehicle or Operating Equipment | 2.99 |
| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | 2.9 |
| Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance | 2.89 |
| Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | 2.89 |
| Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions | 2.86 |

## Preparation

- **Job Zone:** 2
- **Job Zone Name:** Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- **Education:** Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
- **Experience:** Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.
- **Svp Range:** (Below 6.0)

### Education Distribution

| Label | Percentage |
| --- | --- |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 36.56 |
| High School Diploma | 33.86 |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 29.58 |

## Person Fit

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Realistic | career_interest_type | 7 |
| Physical/Manual Labor | specific_interest_area | 6.53 |
| Conventional | career_interest_type | 3.5 |
| Engineering | specific_interest_area | 2.92 |
| Dependability | work_style | 2.27 |
| Investigative | career_interest_type | 2.18 |
| Attention to Detail | work_style | 2.05 |
| Construction/Woodwork | specific_interest_area | 1.96 |
| Mechanics/Electronics | specific_interest_area | 1.77 |
| Cautiousness | work_style | 1.76 |
| Transportation/Machine Operation | specific_interest_area | 1.7 |
| Mathematics/Statistics | specific_interest_area | 1.62 |
| Enterprising | career_interest_type | 1.33 |
| Stress Tolerance | work_style | 1.27 |
| Perseverance | work_style | 1.26 |
| Social | career_interest_type | 1.2 |

## Related Roles

| Soc Code | Slug | Title | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 47-2221.00 | role-47-2221-00 | Structural Iron and Steel Workers | Primary-Short |
| 51-2041.00 | role-51-2041-00 | Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters | Primary-Short |
| 47-2081.00 | role-47-2081-00 | Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers | Primary-Short |
| 47-2051.00 | role-47-2051-00 | Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers | Primary-Short |
| 47-2021.00 | role-47-2021-00 | Brickmasons and Blockmasons | Primary-Short |
| 47-2211.00 | role-47-2211-00 | Sheet Metal Workers | Primary-Long |
| 47-2031.00 | role-47-2031-00 | Carpenters | Primary-Long |
| 51-4192.00 | role-51-4192-00 | Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic | Primary-Long |
| 47-2061.00 | role-47-2061-00 | Construction Laborers | Primary-Long |
| 47-4031.00 | role-47-4031-00 | Fence Erectors | Primary-Long |
| 51-2011.00 | role-51-2011-00 | Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers | Supplemental |
| 47-3011.00 | role-47-3011-00 | Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters | Supplemental |

## Career Clusters

| Cluster | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Construction | construction |

## Education Level

- **Category:** High school diploma or equivalent

## Study Programs


## Market

- **Median Wage:** 59280
- **Mean Wage:** 62640
- **Pct10Wage:** 39470
- **Pct25Wage:** 47300
- **Pct75Wage:** 74190
- **Pct90Wage:** 95530
- **Employment:** 14140
- **Area Title:** U.S.

## Industries


### Top

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Median Wage | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 23 | 23 | Construction | Sector | 12160 | 59190 | 16.33 |
| 238110 | 238110 | Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors | National industry | 1290 | 50560 | 54.37 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 1100 | 78410 | 0.94 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 340 | 104970 | 0.61 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 220 | 49990 | 0.27 |
| 561320 | 561320 | Temporary Help Services | National industry | 130 | 56840 | 0.53 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 120 | 40410 | 0.12 |
| 238290 | 238290 | Other Building Equipment Contractors | National industry | 60 | 65550 |  |
| 237130 | 237130 | Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction | National industry | 50 | 61980 |  |
| 238210 | 238210 | Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors | National industry | 50 | 78880 |  |
| 238220 | 238220 | Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors | National industry | 40 | 89500 |  |
| 238140 | 238140 | Masonry Contractors | National industry |  | 64700 |  |

### Concentrated

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 238110 | 238110 | Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors | National industry | 1290 | 54.37 |
| 23 | 23 | Construction | Sector | 12160 | 16.33 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 1100 | 0.94 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 340 | 0.61 |
| 561320 | 561320 | Temporary Help Services | National industry | 130 | 0.53 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 220 | 0.27 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 120 | 0.12 |
- **Count:** 13

## Ai Signals

| Source | Label | Score | Scale | Release |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| frey_osborne | Computerization probability | 0.9 | 0-1 probability | 2013-baseline-2016-employment-snapshot |
| felten_aioe | AI occupational exposure | -1.970997 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_image_generation_aioe | Image generation occupational exposure | -1.9685 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_language_modeling_aioe | Language modeling occupational exposure | -1.781242 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |

## Ai Outlook


### Index

- **Value:** 11
- **Percentile:** 7
- **Band:** Low
- **Version:** ai-exposure-index-v1

#### Components

| Percentile | Source |
| --- | --- |
| 0 | felten_aioe |
| 19 | openai_gpts_are_gpts |
| 13 | microsoft_working_with_ai |
- **Component Count:** 3

### Exposure

| Source | Label | Value | Percentile | Band | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| felten_aioe | Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) | -1.970997 | 0 | Low | How much this job's abilities overlap with what AI systems can do, across many AI capabilities. A relative research score, not a forecast of job loss. |
| eloundou_gamma | LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) | 0.14285714285714285 | 19 | Low | Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank. |
| microsoft_applicability | AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) | 0.05510986624882566 | 13 | Low | How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement. |

### Frey Historical

- **Source:** frey
- **Label:** Computerization probability (Frey & Osborne, 2013)
- **Value:** 0.9
- **Percentile:** 78
- **Band:** High
- **Note:** A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.
- **Teleworkable:** no

### Eloundou

- **Alpha:** 0
- **Beta:** 0.07142857142857142
- **Gamma:** 0.14285714285714285

### Usage Tasks


### Bls

- **Growth Percent:** 4.6
- **Growth Percentile:** 72
- **Direction:** About average
- **Annual Openings Thousands:** 1.5
- **Annual Openings Percentile:** 22
- **Employment2024Thousands:** 19.4
- **Employment2034Thousands:** 20.3

### Sources

| Source | Version |
| --- | --- |
| bls_employment_projections | 2024-2034 |
| dingel_neiman | dingel-neiman-workathome |
| felten_aioe | felten-raj-seamans-aioe |
| frey_osborne | frey-osborne-automation |
| microsoft_working_with_ai | working-with-ai |
| openai_gpts_are_gpts | gpts-are-gpts |

## Counts

- **Tasks:** 7
- **Skills:** 32
- **Capabilities:** 120
- **Tools:** 4
- **Related Roles:** 20

## Source

- **Dataset:** gold.onet_role_starter_surface
- **Version:** 30.3
- **Generated At:** 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00
- **Content Hash:** af07dbf0cc2269a2