Job Description:

• 1) Cuts, forms, and welds wire mesh and reinforcing steel to fabricate cages used in reinforcing concrete pipe and other concrete forms, according to blueprint or work order specifications: Obtains roll of wire mesh of specified gauge, and unrolls and stretches out mesh for cutting.

• 2) Measures mesh with steel rule and cuts strands, using hand or pneumatic cutter.

• 3) Feeds wire mesh into rollers of bending machine and turns adjusting wheel to shape frame or cage sections.

• 4) Places formed rods or mesh on floor or in special forming stand preparatory to welding.

• 5) Tack-welds sections together, using arc-welding equipment.

• 6) Cuts reinforcing steel, using cutting torch.