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SW Steelworker

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Overview

A Steelworker fabricates and erects pre-engineered structures, reinforces concrete and steel, and performs welding and cutting operations. Steelworkers manage construction operations, deploy materials and equipment, direct structural crews, maintain combat readiness, and support combat, civil authority, and humanitarian or disaster recovery operations.

Minimum ASVAB: AR+MC+AS 145

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: milpersman-1306-618-rating-list-2026-04 (source date 2026-04). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Concrete and steel reinforcement for structures
  • Pre-engineered structure fabrication and erection
  • Structural assembly crew coordination and training
  • Construction materials and equipment deployment

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Structural Iron and Steel Workers

SW experience erecting, positioning, and joining structural members directly overlaps with structural steel installation.

How to prepare: Prepare a project record showing the structural members you erected and joined, then review it with an ironworker apprenticeship program for a skills assessment.

What the civilian work involves
  • Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following blueprints and instructions from supervisors.
  • Bolt aligned structural steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding into place.
  • Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels.

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

SW fabrication, assembly, welding, and cutting experience transfers directly to fitting and joining structural metal sections.

How to prepare: Practice a drawing-to-assembly shop exercise that includes laying out metal stock, fitting parts, and checking dimensions against specifications.

What the civilian work involves
  • Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
  • Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
  • Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol I (NEOCS, Jan 2026 edition): STEELWORKER (SW)

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 69520; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Concrete and steel reinforcement for structures, Pre-engineered structure fabrication and erection, Structural assembly crew coordination and training, Construction materials and equipment deployment, Structural Iron and Steel Workers (O*NET 47-2221.00), Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters (O*NET 51-2041.00)

  2. O*NET: Structural Iron and Steel Workers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Structural Iron and Steel Workers (O*NET 47-2221.00)

  3. O*NET: Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters (O*NET 51-2041.00)

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to SW. Each history page explains the change.

SF(CBR)Shipfitter (CB) (Riggers)SF(CBS)Shipfitter (CS) (Steelworkers)

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