Fence Erectors

Erect and repair metal and wooden fences and fence gates around highways, industrial establishments, residences, or farms, using hand and power tools.

Job Task

• Sets metal or wooden post in upright position in posthole.
• Inserts metal tubing through rail supports.
• Attaches rails or tension wire along bottoms of posts to form fencing frame.
• Attaches fencing to frame.
• Nails pointed slats to rails to construct picket fence.
• Mixes and pours concrete around base of post or tamps soil into posthole to embed post.
• Blasts rock formations with dynamite to facilitate digging of postholes.
• Welds metal parts together, using portable gas welding equipment.
• Cuts metal tubing, using pipe cutter.
• Lays out fence line, using tape measure and marks positions for postholes.
• Aligns posts, using line or by sighting, and verifies vertical alignment of posts with plumb bob or spirit level.
• Digs postholes with spade, posthole digger, or power-driven auger.
• Saws required lengths of lumber to make rails for wooden fence.
• Assembles gate and fastens gate in position, using hand tools.
• Erects alternate panel, basket weave, and louvered fences.
• Nails top and bottom rails to fence posts, or inserts them in slots on posts.
• Stretches wire, wire mesh, or chain link fencing between posts.
• Completes top fence rail of metal fence by connecting tube sections, using metal sleeves.
• Attaches fencerail support to post, using hammer and pliers.

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