- Interpret blueprints, sketches, or verbal instructions to identify the quantity, size, shape, and placement of reinforcing rods.

- Review blueprints or specifications to understand the scope and requirements of the work.

- Install fencing or other protective barriers as needed.

- Position structural components in designated locations.

- Secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms with fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, or hand tools.

- Install metal structural components accurately.

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

- Prepare metal components for installation by cutting them to specifications.