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.
<ul><li>Determine quantities, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions.</li><li>Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers.</li><li>Position and secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms, using fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, or hand tools.</li><li>Place blocks under rebar to hold the bars off the deck when reinforcing floors.</li><li>Cut rods to required lengths, using metal shears, hacksaws, bar cutters, or acetylene torches.</li><li>Cut and fit wire mesh or fabric, using hooked rods, and position fabric or mesh in concrete to reinforce concrete.</li><li>Bend steel rods with hand tools or rodbending machines and weld them with arc-welding equipment.</li></ul>