Training
The iron working industry is very strenuous and most tedious. An Ironworker must be alert at all times in order to perform the duties of connecting, welding, installing decking, in addition to climbing, lifting, sitting, standing, bending and pulling of the steel in the erection of buildings and spanning of bridges.
An Ironworker is a stalwart (brave) individual with a great deal of upper body strength for twisting, turning, and awkward postures of the back. Blueprint and drafting reading are a part of the training to become an Ironworker and safety is a plus in training and working side by side with co-workers and other Craftsmen.
Iron work is performed inside and outside in most weather conditions.
Training Classes
Welding
Orientation
Safety
Introduction to Blue Prints and Reinforcing
Cutting
Rigging and Cranes
Foreman Training
Structural
Metal Buildings
Pre Cast Erection
CPR First Aid
History of the Ironworkers
Math
Post Tensioning
Mark Breslin''s Survival of the Fittest
New Semester
The up-coming semester will begin on August 23, 2011. Classes are every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:00pm till 9:00pm. As always we will have guest speakers on various aspects and safety.
Journeymen Up-Grades
Welding on structural, tube & pipe (SMAW, FCAW and GWAW) Blue Print reading, Foremen Training, Rigging Training
for all journeymen
Bio of instructors
We have two new instructors Dennis Cuevas and Aldo Duron Jr. Both completed the apprenticeship program and now contributing to the future apprentices of local 58. Their bio's are soon to come.
David Cole
I was born August 9,1970 in New Orleans LA. I graduated from John F. Kennedy Sr. High School in 1988. Fall of 88'''' I enrolled in Southern Uninversity in Baton Rouge LA to study civil engineering. Shortly after,I joined the Army Reserve and served as a combat engineer and found out I liked building things and working outdoors. In 1991 I was given the opportunity to join the Iron Workers Apprenticeship Program.I completed the program and went on to start my career as a Journeyman Iron Worker. Since then I have done almost every aspect of the trade;connect,bolt-up,reinforcing,sheeting,welding and everything that is normal in steel erection and bridgework. I have been employed by Ebasco,Boh Bros., Lafayette Steel, Metropolitan Steel, Lou Con, American Bridge Co. and Stone and Webster, just to name a few. I always strive to be a lead-man or foreman. I am an instructor at the Apprenticeship Training Facility so I can help train future Iron Workers and give back to the progam that has given me a decent, honest and pride filled living.
Aldo M. Irias-Duron
I became a member of Iron Workers Local Union 58 in August 1992, completed the program in May 1995, I was also the outstanding apprentice where I competed in Charleston, S. Carolina in the Texas, Mid-South and the Southeastern States District Council Apprenticeship Competition. August 1995 I was recruited as an instructor, and held that position till January 2003 then I was appointed as local 58''s Coordinator and on January 1, 2010 I was appointed as Iron Workers State Apprentice Coordinator. Since 1995 and I have attended the Iron Workers Instructor Training Program, I have also held several offices in the local from Examining Committee, Sergeant At Arms and as an Executive Board Member and currently as Recording Secretary and I am the Chairman of the American Welding Society "New Orleans Section".
