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Steel fixer (level 2)

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Assembling and installing steelworks required to strengthen reinforced concrete structures.

Knowledge, skills and behaviours
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Knowledge

  • Awareness of health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance and impact on role. Employer and Employee responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act (HASWA) Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH). Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER). Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences (RIDDOR). Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER). Fire safety. Health and Safety at Work Act. Asbestos awareness. Fire extinguishers. Safety signage. Situational awareness. Slips, trips, and falls. Working in confined spaces. Working at height. Electrical safety awareness
  • Safe systems of work: Site inductions, toolbox talks, risk assessments, method statements and hazard identification techniques.
  • Safety control equipment and how to use personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Provision for the safety of themselves and other affected by their work: use of personal fall protection equipment correctly, use of warning signs and physical barriers, making structures safe from access at all times.
  • Awareness of standards and regulations associated with steel fixing activities: British standards, building regulations and manufacturers’ instructions and warranty. Impact on how these inform drawings and bending specifications.
  • Verbal communication techniques and industry terminology.
  • Principles of good team working.
  • Awareness of traditional and modern methods of construction: on site and off-site building methods.
  • Manual handling techniques.
  • Steel reinforcement: principles and characteristics. Reinforcing steel: shape, placement, types, grades, sizes, condition.
  • Methods of interpreting relevant information from drawings and specifications.
  • Basic principles of digital design and modelling systems.
  • Steel fixing hand tools and power tools, use and storage techniques.
  • Steel reinforcing structures, types and building construction methods: cages, pile caps, columns, beams, slabs, walls.
  • Components: types and production methods. L bars, U bars, splay bars, chairs.
  • The principles and practices of working at height safely and the use of access and fall protection equipment.
  • The types and uses of steel fixing material: bars, mesh, tying wire, spacers, supports, bar protection, couplers, temporary construction bars.
  • Quality assurance requirements and monitoring processes of steel reinforcement installations.
  • Techniques to measure and mark out reinforcing steel.
  • Techniques to cut and bend reinforcing steel.
  • Reinforcing steel in situ: installation, techniques and risks.
  • Steel fixing using prefabricated products: installation and alignment into position, techniques and risks.
  • The use of digital equipment for positioning: laser levels, theodolites, Global Positioning Systems.
  • Legislative guidance relating to equity, diversity, and inclusivity in the workplace.
  • Ethical principles: ethical and unethical behaviour and the routes for reporting unethical behaviour.
  • Awareness of issues and common symptoms and warning signs of stress, anxiety, and depression, plus where to go for help and the resources available.
  • Awareness of environmental and sustainability regulations, how to use resources efficiently. Principles of Recycling, reuse, and safe disposal of waste.
  • Employment types (self employed and employed), small business start up principles, tax responsibilities, roles and responsibilities.
  • Work planning and pre- work checking requirements and techniques.
  • Reinforcing steel joining and tying techniques.
  • Steel fixing features and build techniques: steps, penetrations, upstands.
  • Steel components and bracing installation techniques.

Skills

  • Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Protect others within the working vicinity through the use of barriers, signs, and bar protectors.
  • Comply with industry regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Prepare and maintain a safe working area.
  • Move, lift and handle materials.
  • Work at height and use access and fall protection equipment.
  • Interpret information from drawings and specifications.
  • Plan order of works and carry out pre-work checks.
  • Use and store hand tools and power tools.
  • Apply processes and techniques to install a range of in-situ steel reinforcing structures, for example, columns, walls, pile caps and slabs.
  • Measure and mark out reinforcing steel.
  • Cut and bend reinforcing steel.
  • Produce and install supports, for example, L bars, U bars, splay bars and chairs.
  • Join and tie reinforcing steel.
  • Use temporary construction bars.
  • Install bracing within steel reinforcement.
  • Communicate verbally with colleagues or customers using industry terminology.
  • Complete post build checks.
  • Follow equity, diversity and inclusion legislative guidance and principles.
  • Apply ethical principles.
  • Follow environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Use processes and techniques to build reinforcing steel assembly with a: step, penetration or upstand feature.
  • Follow work instructions - verbal or written.
  • Applies team working principles.
  • Follow quality assurance procedures.

Behaviours

  • Put health, safety and wellbeing first.
  • Consider the environment when using resources and carrying out processes.
  • Take ownership of given work.
  • Contribute to an inclusive and diverse culture.
  • Seek learning and development opportunities.
  • Team-focus to meet team goals including, considering the wider build team.
Apprenticeship category (sector)
Construction and the built environment
Qualification level
2
Equal to GCSE
Course duration
18 months
Maximum funding
£18,000
Maximum government funding for
apprenticeship training and assessment costs.
Job titles include
  • Steel fixer

View more information about Steel fixer (level 2) from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.