Overview

The trade involves working both at great heights and underground. We work indoors and outdoors, summer and winter therefore an ironworker must endure the heat of the summer as well as the cold in the winter. An ironworker must be physically fit and may be required to carry loads of 100 lbs. while walking over rough and uneven terrain. On the other end of the spectrum, an ironworker must have the patience to install delicate balcony rail or erect a complicated window wall system. Structural Ironworkers erect the steel framework of bridges, buildings, towers and other structures including metal storage tanks and overhead crane runways. They also install steel decking and do all types of welding operations. Ornamental Ironworkers install metal stairways, catwalks, floor-gratings, hand rail, metal ladders, metal window sash and doors, grills, screens and bank equipment. They apply all types of caulking and sealant. Reinforcing Ironworkers set steel bars in concrete forms to reinforce concrete structures. They place steel bars on suitable supports in the concrete forms and tie the bars at the intersections so that each bar receives its intended structural load. Ironworkers Local 89 serves the following counties: Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, Chickasaw, Clayton, Butler, Bremer, Fayette, Dubuque, Delaware, Buchanan, Black Hawk, Grundy, Jones, Linn, Benton, Tama, Johnson, Iowa, and parts of Washington, Muscatine, Cedar, and Jackson. Northeast Iowa Ironworkers Local #89 Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee Trust admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.