Certification: Industrial Ironworker
13614 Progress Boulevard, Alachua, FL 32615
An ironworker works comfortably at heights that often
reach 2000 feet or higher, recognizes safety-related
issues and equipment; masters proper and safe use of a
variety of hand and hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical
power tools; recognizes various structural shapes, such
as wide-flange beam sections and a variety of fastening
materials and their proper uses; directs and assembles
different types of mobile and tower construction cranes,
creates and develops complex rigging plans for heavy
structural steel lifts; effectively communicates hoisting
operations using verbal and hand signals; plumbs and
aligns steel structures to tolerances set by AISC Code of
Standard Practices; fits, bolts, and welds structural
members; identifies and interprets a wide variety of
blueprint components; calculates weights of a variety of
structural shapes, and recognizes the functions and
limitations of a wide variety of hoisting equipment and
welding processes.
reach 2000 feet or higher, recognizes safety-related
issues and equipment; masters proper and safe use of a
variety of hand and hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical
power tools; recognizes various structural shapes, such
as wide-flange beam sections and a variety of fastening
materials and their proper uses; directs and assembles
different types of mobile and tower construction cranes,
creates and develops complex rigging plans for heavy
structural steel lifts; effectively communicates hoisting
operations using verbal and hand signals; plumbs and
aligns steel structures to tolerances set by AISC Code of
Standard Practices; fits, bolts, and welds structural
members; identifies and interprets a wide variety of
blueprint components; calculates weights of a variety of
structural shapes, and recognizes the functions and
limitations of a wide variety of hoisting equipment and
welding processes.
- More than two years of education or training after high school required?
- Yes
- More than two years of work experience required?
- No
- Oral or Written Exam Required?
- Yes
- Renewal Required?
- Every 5 Year(s)
- Renew through Continuing Educational Units(CEU)?
- No
- Renew through Re-Examination?
- Yes
- Renew through Continuing Professional Development(CPD)?
- No
- Does applicant have choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)?
- No
Core
- The certification does not have a minimum education level or has an education level below a two-year Associates of Arts or Associates of Sciences degree and the certification does not have a minimum requirement for work experience or requires two or less years of work experience.
- The certification has an education level of an Associates of Arts or Associates of Sciences degree or higher, but has a work experience requirement of less than 2 years of work experience.
- The certification has a work experience requirement of more than 2 years but does not require a two-year Associates of Arts or Associates of Sciences degree.