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STRUCTURAL

Manages, constructs, repairs, and modifies structural systems and wooden, masonry, metal, and concrete buildings.

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Duties And Responsibilities
Duties And Responsibilities
Prepares and interprets working drawings and schematics for maintaining, altering, and repairing buildings and structures. Surveys proposed work sites to determine material and labor requirements. Prepares cost estimates. Reviews structural work progress and coordinates changes in schedules. Constructs and repairs footings, floors, slabs, foundations, walls, roofs, steps, doors, and windows for prefabricated and permanent structures. Constructs and modifies buildings. Prepares, applies, and finishes mortar, concrete, plaster, and stucco. Fabricates repairs, and installs metal parts and assemblies for utility systems and buildings. Erects steel and lays out trusses and structures to specific dimensions. Welds, cuts, brazes, and solders ferrous and nonferrous metals using various welding processes. Welds butt, lap, tee, and edge joints in all working positions. Inspects, maintains, repairs, and installs overhead and rollup doors, and mechanical gates. Installs forms and reinforcing material. Applies protective coatings such as primers, stains, and sealants. Troubleshoots, repairs, and installs commercially manufactured locking devices such as keyed, combination, cipher, panic hardware/exit device, and pad locks. Erects scaffolding and works from ladders and mobile platforms. Identifies and selects construction materials considering strength, moisture content, grade, mix, application procedures, and curing. Manages, inspects, and evaluates work center activities. Ensures compliance with commercial and military publications. Submits and reviews supply and equipment requisitions. Discusses inspection findings and recommends corrective action.



SPECIALTY QUALIFICATIONS INFO

Specialty Qualifications

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Specialty Qualifications
Specialty Qualifications
Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of: building maintenance, repair, and construction, including roofing; nomenclature of woodworking materials and methods of material storage; theory of squaring by equivalent measurements; application of shop mathematics; theory of wood treatment; type and specification requirements of masonry products: masonry batching formulas; methods of curing masonry products; types of coating preservatives and applications; compatible products to be combined in composite systems; methods of preparing various surfaces for finishing; locking devices; composition, characteristics, and identification of common commercial grade metals; construction grade metal requirements; types and uses of metal hardware; methods of forming and cutting metals; metal layout fabrication and repair; welding processes; shop drawings; metal measurement and layout devices; cutting equipment; gas and arc welding equipment; safety procedures and practices; and environmental concerns and safety precautions required in using, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.

Education. For entry into this specialty, completion of high school with courses in mathematics mechanical drawing, and use of metal, masonry and wood working tools is desirable.



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