Ornamental Iron Worker Salary
in California, United States

• Installs prefabricated ornamental ironwork, other than structural ironwork, such as metal window and door frames, motor-driven and automatic power doors, metal trim and paneling, and aluminum curtain-wall frames: measures and marks layout for installation, according to blueprints, using rule, template, square, and compass.
• Welds brackets to lintels, sills, columns, and other structural framework.
• Drills holes in metal, concrete, and masonry structure, using portable power drills, airhammer, and handtools.
• Cuts, miters, and bevels metal trim and cover plates to size, using handsaws or portable power saws.
• Bolts, clips, welds, or solders ironwork together and to brackets or anchors.
• Verifies level and plumbness, using level or plumb bob.
• Bolts newell posts, balusters, and other parts of stairways and stair rails to supports or embeds them in sockets.
• Fastens cover plates and molding in place with metal screws to finish and trim work.
• Installs equipment, such as motor-driven or automatic doors, following procedures provided by manufacturer.
• May locate and mark reference points, dig postholes, mix concrete, and erect ornamental fences, using transit, posthole digger, and handtools.
• When working with bronze, is designated ornamental-bronze worker.
• May fabricate frames for mounting glass in ornamental cast stonework.
• May be designated according to equipment installed as metal-sash setter; ornamental-rail installer; steel-door setter; steel-sash erector.

Ornamental Iron Worker Job Prevalence in California, United States

Job family: Solar Photovoltaic Installers

Job family population: 8,950

Estimated population of Ornamental Iron Worker jobs: 164

Rate of error: 9.6%