Place blocks under rebar to hold the bars off the deck when reinforcing floors

Determine quantities, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions

Weld steel rods with arc-welding equipment

Cut rods to required lengths, using metal shears, hacksaws, bar cutters, or acetylene torches

Bend steel rods with hand tools or rod-bending machines

Position and secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms, using fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, or hand tools

Cut and fit wire mesh or fabric, using hooked rods, and position fabric or mesh in concrete to reinforce concrete

Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers