Job Description:

• 1) Fabricates frames from pipe stock and special fittings and installs wire mesh fencing to assemble gates, using handtools and power tools: Cuts pipe stock to specified size, using hacksaw, power saw, or pipe-cutting machine.

• 2) Inserts pipe ends into corner fittings and verifies length of frame, using template.

• 3) Drills holes through pipe and fittings and bolts them together, using power wrenches.

• 4) Untwists wire, using pliers, and removes link to cut wire mesh to size, using hand shears.

• 5) Inserts metal straps into terminal links of wire mesh.

• 6) Fits clamps around metal straps and pipe.

• 7) Stretches wire and bends clamp around pipe, using special handtool.

• 8) Drills holes in frame and bolts scrolls and ornamental castings to gate.

• 9) Finishes welded pipe joints, using file or hammer and chisel, and paints joints to retard rusting.