ironworkers
Structural steel installers
Ironworkers are tradespeople who fabricate, erect, and install structural steel and iron in construction.
They assemble the metal frameworks of buildings, bridges, and other structures, often working at dangerous heights: The ironworkers bolted the beams into place thirty stories up.
The term also covers those who reinforce concrete with rebar.
Ironwork has historically attracted tight-knit crews, including generations of Mohawk steelworkers famous for building New York's skyscrapers.
Horizontal structural supports
- beamsRays or supports
- columnsUpright structural shafts
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
scaffolding · cranes · hoisting · erection · rebar · bolts · riveting · harnesses
Metal-shaping block
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- hammerTool for striking nails
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
furnace · fire · heat · quench · tempering · shaping · foundry · bloomery
Curved line segment
- torchHandheld burning light source
- sparksFiery particles from friction
- helmetProtective head covering
- TIGTungsten arc welding
MIG · oxy-acetylene · brazing · electrode · flux · grinding · seam · joint
Sustained effort capacity
- strengthPower to exert force
- brawnMuscular power, bodily might
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
balance · climbing · heights · dexterity · agility · toughness · fearlessness · athleticism
Protective horizontal bars
- gatesMovable barriers at openings
- fencesBoundary structures around yards
- balustradesRows of posts supporting rails
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
handrails · grilles · decorative · architectural · staircases · balconies · panels · finials
girders
Horizontal structural supports
rigging · scaffolding · cranes · hoisting · erection · rebar · bolts · riveting · harnesses · blueprints
anvil
Metal-shaping block
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- hammerTool for striking nails
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
bellows · furnace · fire · heat · quench · tempering · shaping · foundry · bloomery · smelt
arc
Curved line segment
TIG · MIG · oxy-acetylene · brazing · electrode · flux · grinding · seam · joint · fusion
endurance
Sustained effort capacity
grit · balance · climbing · heights · dexterity · agility · toughness · fearlessness · athleticism · conditioning
railings
Protective horizontal bars
- gatesMovable barriers at openings
- fencesBoundary structures around yards
- balustradesRows of posts supporting rails
scrollwork · handrails · grilles · decorative · architectural · staircases · balconies · panels · finials · artistic
- workersemployee, employees, laborer, laborers, wage earner
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- blue-collar jobsconstruction, farm hand, miners, miner, dockworker
- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, collective agreement, union elections, bargaining
- metalworkersblacksmith, blacksmiths, silversmith, silversmiths, goldsmith
- bridge builderscivil engineer, structural engineer, civil engineers, structural engineers, crane operator
ironworkerswoodworkers
Artisans who craft timber
carpenters · stonemasons · plasterers · glaziers · cabinetmakers
ironworkerspainters
Those who apply pigment
decorators · interior designers · upholsterers · landscapers