7214-Structural Metal Preparers and Erectors

Job Title: 

Structural Metal Preparers and Erectors

Job Description: 

Structural metal preparers and erectors assemble, erect and dismantle structural metal frames of buildings and other structures.

Tasks: 

Tasks include:

  • marking metal framework as a guide when drilling, cutting, and shaping them for use in buildings, ships and other structures
  • drilling, cutting and shaping structural steel in a workshop
  • erecting steel framework for buildings, bridges and other constructions
  • assembling and erecting the framework and other metal parts of ships' structures
  • shaping and fitting structural-steel plates of ships under construction or repair
  • riveting structural-metal members by hand, machine or pneumatic riveter
Additional Notes: 


This unit group includes

Ship beam and frame erector
Ship frame bender and turner
Steel bender and fixer (reinforced concrete)

Specific Occupations: 

72141
Structural steel worker (workshop)/fabricator

72142
Reinforcing iron worker/Steel reinforcement worker

72143
Structural steel erector

72144
Metal shipwright

72145
Ship plater

72146
Mould lofter

72149
Other structural metal preparers and erectors

International Careers(ISCO): 
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Source Of Info: 

Source: SINGAPORE STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION 2015, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Singapore