Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers.

“Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers.” is a core task performed by Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers. Among the occupation's 7 rated tasks, workers place it 6th by importance (#2 most important). About 100% 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.

• Build structures. in Handling and Moving Objects
• Position materials or components for assembly. 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

• Determine quantities, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions. · importance 4.4
• Position and secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms, using fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, or hand tools. · importance 4.3
• Place blocks under rebar to hold the bars off the deck when reinforcing floors. · importance 4.0
• Cut rods to required lengths, using metal shears, hacksaws, bar cutters, or acetylene torches. · importance 4.0
• Cut and fit wire mesh or fabric, using hooked rods, and position fabric or mesh in concrete to reinforce concrete. · importance 3.9
• Bend steel rods with hand tools or rod-bending machines and weld them with arc-welding equipment. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Reinforcing Iron and Rebar 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-13568,
  title  = {Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers.},
  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-13568}
}