Structural Metal Worker Jobs in Texas
Raise, situate, and join structural components to form buildings or frameworks. Structural metal workers follow blueprints and supervisors’ instructions to properly connect girders, beams, and columns by bolting or welding them together. They are proficient with tools such as metal shears, torches, and welding equipment.
Structural metal workers are also responsible for ensuring that metal components are lifted and positioned properly. They accomplish this by signaling crane operators, standing on the beam as it is raised, and/or assembling the hoisting equipment, including cables, pulleys, and hooks. In some cases, they may maneuver the hoisting equipment themselves.
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- 30+ days ago
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Top Hiring Companies
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Licensing / Certification
Required or preferred licenses and certifications for Structural Metal Worker positions.
Highest Education Level
- High School or GED (32.9%)
- Bachelor's Degree (20.5%)
- Vocational Degree or Certification (19.9%)
- Associate's Degree (17.4%)
- Master's Degree (3.7%)
- Some College (1.9%)
- Some High School (1.9%)
- Doctorate Degree (1.9%)
Average Work Experience
- None (33.1%)
- Less than 1 year (25.1%)
- 1-2 years (19.5%)
- 2-4 years (14.8%)
- 4-6 years (4.5%)
- 10+ years (3.0%)
Qualifications / Skill Sets
The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Structural Metal Worker position
= trending- ARC Gouging
- Arc welding
- Assembly
- Blueprint Reading
- Blueprints
- Brazing
- Carpentry
- Crane Operator
- Decks
- Drill Press
- Drug Testing
- Electrical
- Fabricating
- Flux Cored Arc Welding
- Foundations
- Framing
- Gas Metal Arc Welding
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
- General Repair
- Grinding
- Hand Tools
- Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning
- High School Diploma
- Housekeeping
- Installation
- Layout
- Leadership
- Materials Management
- Metal Fabrication
- MIG Welding
- Military Background
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Pipefitting
- Plasma Cutting
- Regulations
- Reporting
- Rigger
- Rigging
- Scaffolding
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Shipping
- Shop Drawings
- Specifications
- Staff Supervision
- Staffing
- Stick Welding
- Structural Welding
- Tack Welding
- Technical Drawings
- Torch Cutting
- Training and Development
- Welding
- Welding Fabrication
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