Ironworker (Generalist)
Trade Description:
Ironworkers are skilled tradespeople with a range of skills. They erect structural steel components, reinforce steel, post tension tendons, install conveyors and robotic equipment and perform reconstructive work on existing structures and bridges. The full range of tasks as an ironworker includes planning and co-ordination of equipment, materials and human resources; construction and demolition of structures; and storage and inventory of materials and equipment.
Construction contractors, insulation contractors, and industrial plants are major employers of ironworkers.
| Trade Regulation |  Prepping for the Exam - Booklist |
| National Occupational Analysis | |
Apprenticeship - Annual Requirements:
| Levels | Total Hours/Year (On-the-Job & Technical Training) |
Total Weeks/Year (Technical Training) |
Delivered By |
| 3 | 1,800 | 9-7-9 |
RRC |
Training Standards:
| Level One |
Level Chart |
| Level Two |
RSOS Subtask to Unit Comparison |
| Level Three |
Red Seal Exam Information
| Red Seal Exam Breakdown | Red Seal Exam Self-Assessment Guide |
| Sample Exams Red Seal Exam Self-Assessment Guide (PDF) | |
Challenging the Exam - Trades Qualification:
Years of Experience |
Hours Required | Additional Practical
Exam Required |
| 4.5 | 8,100 | No |
| Employer Declaration | Employer Declaration (FR) Statutory Declaration | Statutory Declaration (FR) | ||
Designated Trainers:
| Work Experience Form |
