Fabricate metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.

“Fabricate metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.” is a core task performed by Structural Iron and Steel Workers. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 7th by importance (#14 most important). About 82% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Fabricate devices or components. in Handling and Moving Objects

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Read specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of materials required. · importance 4.5
• Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following blueprints and instructions from supervisors. · importance 4.5
• Bolt aligned structural steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding into place. · importance 4.4
• Fasten structural steel members to hoist cables, using chains, cables, or rope. · importance 4.3
• Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels. · importance 4.3
• Hoist steel beams, girders, or columns into place, using cranes or signaling hoisting equipment operators to lift and position structural steel members. · importance 4.3
• Cut, bend, or weld steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, or welding equipment. · importance 4.2
• Erect metal or precast concrete components for structures, such as buildings, bridges, dams, towers, storage tanks, fences, or highway guard rails. · importance 4.2
• Force structural steel members into final positions, using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, or hand tools. · importance 4.1
• Pull, push, or pry structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place. · importance 4.1
• Unload and position prefabricated steel units for hoisting, as needed. · importance 4.0
• Drive drift pins through rivet holes to align rivet holes in structural steel members with corresponding holes in previously placed members. · importance 4.0
• Assemble hoisting equipment or rigging, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials. · importance 4.0
• Ride on girders or other structural steel members to position them, or use rope to guide them into position. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Structural Iron and Steel Workers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-11550,
  title  = {Fabricate metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-11550}
}