Fitter(in construction) - construction worker, specialist in the creation of reinforcement products. The profession is suitable for those who are interested in labor and economy (see the choice of a profession by interest in school subjects).

The emergence of the reinforcement profession was facilitated by technical progress in construction and the production of building materials. The profession has become widespread thanks to the use of reinforced concrete and steel products.

Armatures (from the Latin armatura - weapons, equipment) are auxiliary devices and parts that are not part of the main parts of structures, structures or machines, but ensure their correct operation.

In construction, reinforcement is a steel frame of reinforced concrete structures. Reinforced concrete can be used to make a variety of products, from bridges to sculptures. It is difficult to work with this material, therefore the profession of a fitter is purely male. Reinforced concrete is used in the construction of residential buildings, roads, industrial, sports facilities, etc. Reinforcement workers work with reinforced concrete. They create metal frames that will later be used in reinforced concrete structures. These steel bar frames are poured with concrete, and the result is reinforced concrete.

The main activities of the fitter:

• stowage of reinforcement in racks, cleaning from rust, sorting by diameters and grades;
• carrying the reinforcement manually;
• bending and cutting of reinforcement on manual, mechanical and automatic machines;
• fastening reinforcement by hand knitting;
• storage of reinforcement structures;
• installation of reinforcement from rods, fastening of embedded parts;
• installation of anchor bolts;
• assembly and installation of meshes and reinforcing cages;
• production of bundles of reinforcement from individual wires;
• reconciliation of installed grids and frames;
• tension of rebars and bundles of rebars from reinforcement;
• cutting of reinforcing outlets.

Required professional knowledge and skills

To master the profession of fitter, you need to know the following:

• main types of reinforcement and reinforcing steel;
• methods and rules for unwinding and cutting steel;
• the device of machines for the preparation of fittings;
• rules for storage and transportation of frames;
• the principle of operation of winches and rebar cutting machines;
• signaling rules for the installation of reinforcement structures;
• techniques for assembling and installing fittings;
• rebar procurement rules;
• maximum deviations during the production and installation of reinforcement structures and fittings;
• rules for reading specifications and drawings for manufactured products;
• ways of using mechanisms for mounting fittings;
• rules for preparing fittings for welding;
• the procedure for reconciliation of reinforced structures and installed reinforcement;
• rules for installing embedded parts;
• methods of tensioning reinforcing beams and reinforcement in structures;
• technology of manufacturing and fastening of fittings;
• rules for assembling reinforcing cages, thermopackages and reinforcing formwork blocks;
• manufacturing technology of individual wires and strands of reinforcing bundles;
• technology of manufacturing and installation of reinforcing cages;
• operating rules for hydraulic jacks and mechanisms for tensioning the reinforcement.
• It is also important to have excellent knowledge in the field of drawing, mathematics, physics, chemistry, mechanics, be able to understand drawings and sketches.

Personal qualities

• endurance, physical strength;
• ability to concentrate attention;
• patience;
• a responsibility;
• visual perception;
• working capacity;
• technical mindset.

Place of work

• enterprises manufacturing reinforced concrete structures;
• commercial and state enterprises engaged in construction;
• plants.

Salary and career

Salary for 08/05/2019

Russia 40,000-70000 rubles

Moscow 45000-110000 ₽

The career of a fitter can start as a handyman, then he will be promoted to a junior specialist, a leading specialist, a foreman. Skilled workers are always in demand, and fitters are no exception. Of course, young professionals will not be offered large salaries. In order to get more, you need to constantly improve your knowledge, raise the category and gain work experience. therefore best deals according to the working conditions, they receive fitters of the 6th category with solid experience.

In construction practice, very complex reinforcement work is sometimes encountered. Therefore, construction sites should have specialists of a narrow profile.

Reinforcing steel usually arrives at the construction site coiled or coiled. The armature operator uncoils and pulls this steel with the help of winches. Then he cuts it with manual and driven machines into pieces of the required size, bends and collects nets from it, constructs frames. When making and installing fittings and reinforcement structures, you need to know and understand what you are doing, be able to read drawings, draw up sketches yourself, be familiar with the experience of the best fitters in the country, apply new working methods, and be able to organize a workplace.

Everything that is created on earth by man (houses, bridges, dams, schools, factory pipes, tunnels) is called engineering structures. In the old days everything engineering structures were made of wood, brick and cut stone. Now they are built from concrete or reinforced concrete. This is more profitable - concrete structures are much cheaper than wood and bricks, and most importantly, they are created in a shorter time. After all, it is clear to everyone that building a house from blocks is much faster than folding it brick by brick.

Reinforced concrete was invented by accident, and not a builder, but a florist who tried to repair flower pots putting on iron hoops and covering them with cement. The result is an unusually strong composition. These are reinforcement reinforced with concrete. Armature - construction of metal rods and wire, which is, as it were, the frame of the product. Concrete is a homogeneous dense mass composed of cement, sand, aggregate, which can be gravel and pebbles of crystalline rocks, and water. This mixture gradually hardens and turns into an artificial stone.

The place of work of a concrete fitter - not only construction site... This can be either a reinforced concrete structure plant, or a special landfill, where reinforced concrete parts are also made. His duties include knitting and welding of reinforced structures. To cut and bend heavy and light fittings, there are special machines that the worker uses. Reinforced concrete acquires special strength if the reinforcement is pre-tensioned, "stressed" before pouring it with concrete. With the help of special jacks and clamps, the fitter creates prestressed reinforcing cages.

But he is not only a reinforcement fitter, he is also a concrete worker. He knows how to make various types of concrete, and there are quite a few of them; knows how to fill blocks with concrete, which is not easy. Concrete work is especially difficult in winter. If the concrete freezes before "setting" occurs, the product will not receive the required strength. Have to apply different ways heating and insulation of reinforced concrete products.

Outdoor work, in bad weather, is often associated with significant physical exertion, so the requirements for health are quite serious here.

Unified tariff and qualification reference book of jobs and professions of workers (ETKS). Issue number 40. Part # 2
Approved by the Resolution of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation of 05/17/2001 N 41

Fitter

§ 7. Rebar fitter of the 1st category

Description of works... Ancillary work in the manufacture of reinforcement: steel cleaning, manual transportation and stacking of cut rods and finished nets on transfer devices, racks or stacks. Freeing of bundles and coils of steel from wire twists. Collecting of rods and meshes of reinforcement by types and brands with linking them into bundles.

Must know: types of fittings and grades of steel used; the procedure for laying the nets and rods on means of movement, racks or in a stack.

§ 8. Rebar fitter of the 2nd category

Description of works... Performing simple reinforcement work. Cutting bars on press shears. Bending of rebars using hand tools. Bending of reinforcing cages and meshes on bending machines. Manufacturing of reinforcing beams. Rewinding of coils of wire on machine tools. Strengthening of rods made of steel by mechanical or electrothermal methods, blanking of rods on automatic straightening and cutting machines under the guidance of a fitter of higher qualifications. Transportation of workpieces to places of reinforcement manufacturing by transfer cart or hoist.

Must know: device and principle of operation of the serviced equipment; rules for slinging and moving workpieces; basic physical and mechanical properties of steel for reinforcement.

§ 9. Rebar fitter of the 3rd category

Description of works... Reinforcement works of medium complexity. Strengthening reinforcing bars mechanically or electrothermally by drawing, flattening, force calibration, drawing or contact electric heating. Preparation of reinforcing bars on automatic straightening and cutting machines. Bending of rebars on driven machines. Anchoring the ends of reinforcing bars for prestressed products by upsetting heads or pressing washers, bushings and sleeves. Manufacturing of string packages on extended stands and special lines. Assembly of simple and medium complexity spatial frames from ready-made meshes and parts by knitting or welding on suspended resistance welding machines. Manufacturing of wire reinforcement for burls and plaster molds according to certain samples.

Must know: the principle of operation of the serviced equipment; rules for reading drawings for manufactured fittings; techniques and methods of slinging and moving reinforcement.

Work examples

1. Shoes for supports, posts and columns; pile heads; fence foundations.

2. Foundation blocks and slabs, traverses.

3. Rings of mouths of wells; non-pressure pipes without sockets.

4. Jumpers, stepchildren for supports, pillars.

5. Slabs for balcony, cornice, road, tram tracks; channel floor slabs.

6. Plates of collectors and underground passages are flat and ribbed; slabs of coverings and floors.

7. Purlins and girders of simple section.

8. Piles, racks and columns without cantilevers.

§ 10. Rebar fitter of the 4th category

Description of works... Performing complex reinforcement work. Procurement of fittings on programmable machines. Tension of rods, high-strength wire bundles and reinforcing string packages with jacks. Assembly of complex spatial frames from ready-made meshes and parts by installing clamps, knitting or welding on suspended resistance welding machines in conductors and manipulators.

Must know: arrangement of serviced machines, installations and devices; rules and methods for assembling volumetric frames; rules for reading drawings for manufactured fittings; techniques and methods of slinging and moving reinforcement.

Work examples

Manufacturing of product frames:

1. Strapping, rafter and foundation beams.

2. Collectors and underpasses - F- and U-shaped parts.

3. Sewer wells, drainage wells, water supply and gas wells, storm water and telephone wells; telephone boxes; volumetric collectors.

4. Columns with consoles and shelves.

5. Supports of contact network, power lines and lamps.

6. Panels of bearing external and internal walls.

7. Cross-section and hollow girders.

8. Non-pressure bell-shaped and flat-soled pipes.

§ 11. Rebar fitter of the 5th category

Description of works... Performing particularly complex reinforcement work. Tensioning of high-strength wire bundles, rods and reinforcing string packages with tensioning stations. Assembly of complex spatial frames for reinforced concrete structures from ready-made meshes and parts using suspended resistance welding machines. Assembly of assembly-block elements with tension of reinforcement on concrete.

Must know: device and principle of operation of the serviced tensioning stations, mechanisms and devices; rules for reading drawings for manufactured fittings; methods for assembling assembly-block elements; physical and mechanical properties of steel for reinforcement.

Work examples

Manufacturing of product frames:

1. Columns with bar reinforcement under a load of 500 - 800 tons.

2. Sections of machine rooms of elevators are volumetric.

3. Silos and elevators - volumetric elements.

4. Structures of span bridges and overpasses.

5. Truss and rafter trusses up to 12 m long.

6. Elevator shafts are volumetric.

§ 12. Rebar fitter of the 6th category

Description of works... Execution of experimental, unique, experimental and especially complex reinforcement works. Manufacturing of master samples of complex reinforcing cages for reinforced concrete products and structures according to drawings. Manufacturing and assembly of reinforcing cages for particularly complex structures. Monitoring the performance of welding during the assembly of complex and particularly complex reinforcement cages.

Must know: manufacturing technology of reinforcing cages; rules for reading drawings for reinforcing cages and embedded parts; physical and mechanical properties of steel for reinforcement; requirements for welded reinforcing elements.

Work examples

Manufacturing of head samples of products:

1. Rooms, staircases, elevator engine rooms - volumetric elements.

2. Structures of span bridges and overpasses.

3. Roof trusses over 12 m long.

Manufacturing of mastered products:

Columns with bar reinforcement and beveled base plates for a load of over 800 tons.

Fitter is engaged in disassembling and assembling the necessary parts and elements for carrying out bodywork and painting works. Among his duties are the removal and installation of bumpers, headlights, disassembly and assembly of door panels, removal and installation of the gas tank flap for tinting work, sticker moldings, emblems and stripes, repair of window regulators and wiper mechanisms, locks, removal and installation of wind and other car windows. Below is a sample job description of the fitter.

Job description fitter

APPROVED
CEO
Surname I.O.________________
"________" _____________ ____

1. General Provisions

1.1. The fitter belongs to the category of specialists.
1.2. The fitter is appointed and dismissed by order general director as advised by the head of the technical center.
1.3. The fitter is directly subordinate to the workshop foreman.
1.4. During the absence of the fitter, his rights and obligations are performed by a person appointed in accordance with the established procedure.
1.5. A person with a secondary technical education and work experience in the specialty for at least one year is appointed to the position of a fitter.
1.6. The fitter must know:
- requirements for the quality of work (services) performed, for the rational organization of work in the workplace;
- rules of maintenance and repair of cars;
- car device;
- the basics of driving a car;
- the purpose and rules for the use of the equipment used;
- rules for labor protection;
- rules of industrial sanitation and fire safety.
1.7. The fitter is guided in his activities:
- the Charter of the organization, the Internal Labor Regulations, other regulations companies;
- orders and orders of the management;
- this job description.

2. Job responsibilities fitter

The fitter performs the following job duties:

2.1. Performs in deadlines renovation work according to order-alongside.
2.2. Complies with accepted technologies, quality standards, safety regulations, rules for the execution of internal documents.
2.3. Uses technical knowledge of vehicle construction, maintains awareness of new products.
2.4. Performs work in cooperation with other team members. Supports the rhythm of the organization of the work of the conveyor type. Accepts quality work from a previous specialist.
2.5. Makes notes on the completed work, fixes the terms. Informs the manager about the performance of work.
2.6. Fixes defects and malfunctions in excess of the list of works described in the purchase order. Informs the manager about all necessary additional work, the implementation of which requires agreement with the client or the insurance company.
2.7. Applies special technologies, tools and equipment, following the rules, instructions and regulations.
2.8. Periodically improves qualifications, participates in planned industrial training, undergoes established certification procedures.
2.9. Follows the work schedule established for the work shift. Maintains the safety of the property and tools of the production site of the brigade. Complies with the rules of labor protection and safety measures. Maintains a clean and tidy workplace.
2.10. Promotes the safety of vehicles (and accessories), ensures their proper maintenance during the period of work.

3. The rights of the fitter

The fitter has the right:

3.1. Apply to the management of the enterprise with the requirements of assistance in the performance of their professional duties and the exercise of rights.
3.2. Contact the management of the enterprise with suggestions for improving the organization and improving the methods of work performed by it.
3.3. Contact the management of the enterprise with the requirements to create conditions for the performance of professional duties, including the provision of the necessary equipment, tools, a workplace that meets sanitary and hygienic rules and regulations.
3.4. To receive special clothing, special footwear and other personal protective equipment.
3.5. To pay for additional expenses for medical, social and vocational rehabilitation in cases of damage to health due to an industrial accident and an occupational disease.
3.6. For all social guarantees provided by law.
3.7. To get acquainted with the draft decisions of the management of the enterprise concerning its activities.
3.8. Request, personally or on behalf of the immediate supervisor, documents, materials, tools, etc., necessary for the performance of their official duties.
3.9. To improve their professional qualifications.

4. Responsibility of the fitter

The fitter is responsible for:

4.1. Failure to fulfill and / or untimely, negligent fulfillment of their duties.
4.2. Inaccurate information about the status of the work.
4.3. Causing material damage within the limits that are determined by the civil and labor legislation of the Russian Federation.
4.4. Committing offenses in the course of carrying out their activities within the limits that are determined by the criminal, administrative and civil legislation of the Russian Federation.
4.5. Violation of the rules of internal labor regulations, labor discipline, safety regulations and fire safety.