Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
SOC Code: 47-2171
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workerss determine quantities, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 89.5/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Coordination, Coordination, Critical Thinking.
AI-Proof Score: 89.5 — Very High
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Median Salary
$59,280
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Job Growth
4.6%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Coordination
- •Critical Thinking
- •Judgment and Decision Making
- •Operation and Control
- •Monitoring
- •Complex Problem Solving
- •Time Management
Common Tasks
- ✓Determine quantities, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions.
- ✓Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers.
- ✓Position and secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms, using fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, or hand tools.
- ✓Cut rods to required lengths, using metal shears, hacksaws, bar cutters, or acetylene torches.
- ✓Place blocks under rebar to hold the bars off the deck when reinforcing floors.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation