Interested in a simple Skills Scan and Learning Progress Tracker tool for the Steel fixer standard?
Knowledge
K1: The principles of environment, health, safety and welfare and how they must be applied in relation to their own work and others.
K2: The responsibilities under current legislation, and official guidance to undertake work (including Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Provision and Use of Workplace Equipment 1998, Working at Height Regulations 2005, Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998, Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992).
K3: Verbal and written communication techniques and their use in creating productive work practices.
K4: Safe techniques to move, lift and handle pre-assembled and manufactured elements.
K5: How to interpret various types of information for drawings and specifications in various types and formats including digital e.g. Building Information Modelling
K6: How to use and store hand tools and power tools.
K7: How to comply with specifications and drawings when assembling, positioning and fixing elements.
K8: The principles and practices of working at height safely and the use of access equipment
K9: The quality requirements of the materials and products that are being installed
K10: The different types of reinforcing bars and how they work together including joining and fixing.
K11: Techniques to measure, cut, bend and connect reinforcing steel
K12: Methods to install reinforcing steel in situ, including the different methods and risks associated with working with reinforcing steel.
K13: How to align the installation of pre-assembled and manufactured elements into position including the use of digital equipment where appropriate e.g. laser levels, theodolites, Global Positioning Systems
K14: Methods for installing pre-assembled and manufactured elements.
K15: How to complete post installation quality checks to ensure compliance with specification outlined in drawings and/or digital models and when to follow organisational reporting procedures to identify and rectify problems arising from information, resources and methods of work.
Skills
S1: Apply workplace and legislative environmental health, safety and welfare requirements when undertaking construction steel fixing activities.
S2: Apply safe working techniques for moving, lifting and handling pre-assembled and manufactured elements, working at height and using access equipment.
S3: Interpret and work to drawings and specifications in various types and formats including digital e.g. Building Information Modelling
S4: Plan and undertake work practices productively to achieve minimal wastage and to meet deadlines.
S5: Assemble, position and fix manufactured elements (e.g. reinforcement bars) as per drawings and specifications
S6: Apply safe use and storage of hand tools and power tools
S7: Use a range of reinforcing steel products to shape and assemble structures.
S8: Measure, cut and bend and connect reinforcing steel.
S9: Position and fix pre-assembled elements according to specification, using digital equipment where appropriate.
S10: Communicate with colleagues or customers; using common industry terminology appropriately and accurately.
S11: Complete post installation checks to ensure quality through compliance with specification outlined in drawings and/or digital models . Report and rectify problems as necessary
Behaviours
B1: Team work: work effectively with others respecting equality, diversity and inclusion
B2: Independent working: take responsibility for completion of your own work.
B3: Logical thinking: Use clear and valid reasoning when making decisions to undertake the work instruction
B4: Working effectively: work in a reliable, logical and productive manner, demonstrating time management effectively to complete work instructions to schedule.
B5: Adaptability: be able to adjust to changes in the work instruction.
B6: Assertiveness and confidence: able to resist pressures to work following unsafe practices
Duty 1
DUTY: Select appropriate equipment and resources for the task and carry out pre-use checks to ensure it is fit for purpose.
K5
K6
K9
S1
S4
S6
B2
B3
B4
Duty 2
DUTY: Prepare the work area, checking it is safe and in accordance with method statements and risk assessments
K1
K2
K8
S1
S4
B2
B3
B4
B6
Duty 3
DUTY: Identify and confirm installation requirements for pre-assembled (e.g. Columns or beams) and manufactured elements and components (e.g. cut or bent reinforcement bars) against specification/drawings/construction information.
K3
K5
K9
S3
S4
B2
B3
B4
Duty 4
DUTY: Work in compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act and relevant regulations , in compliance with organisational requirements in construction environments that negates health and safety hazards, major hazards, environmental aspects and risks associated with the various activities.
K1
K2
K3
K7
K8
S1
B1
B2
B4
B5
B6
Duty 5
DUTY: Use a range of equipment, hand and power tools to carry out the assembly and installation of pre-assembled and manufactured elements
K6
K14
S5
S6
B2
B3
B4
Duty 6
DUTY: Receive, unload, move and lift materials to site for installation following good handling practices preventing injury or damage.
K1
K2
K4
S1
S2
B2
B6
Duty 7
DUTY: Work under supervision to align the installation of pre-assembled and manufactured elements into position including the use of digital equipment where appropriate e.g. laser levels, theodolites, Global Positioning Systems
K3
K7
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14
S5
S7
S9
B1
B2
B5
Duty 8
DUTY: Produce shaped reinforcing steel structures to meet specification
K5
K9
K10
K11
S5
S7
S8
B2
Duty 9
DUTY: Carry out quality checks against specification and take remedial action where instructed
K3
K5
K7
K9
K15
S3
S11
B1
B2
B5
Duty 10
DUTY: Complete documentation related to the project e.g. timesheet, delivery notes, method statements
K3
K15
S10
S11
B2
Duty 11
DUTY: Maintain a clear and tidy workspace and ensure that waste materials are disposed of in accordance with current legislation
