Ironworker at Mobile Ironworkers

Mobile Ironworkers sponsors this ironworker apprenticeship in Semmes, AL. This employer-sponsored program offers workers in the greater Mobile area a structured, paid entry point into the ironworking trade — a skilled occupation central to construction projects ranging from commercial buildings and bridges to industrial facilities. Apprentices earn wages from day one and build skills over four years of combined field and classroom training.

The four-year, time-based apprenticeship includes 6,000 hours of on-the-job training and 576 hours of related technical instruction. Apprentices learn structural steel erection, rebar and reinforcing iron placement, rigging, welding, and the operation of tools and equipment used in ironwork. Classroom coursework covers technical drawings, safety standards, rigging calculations, and trade-specific math and science.

Graduating from this program qualifies individuals as journey-level Ironworkers. The Gulf Coast region, including the Mobile and Semmes area, supports significant industrial, port, and commercial construction activity, giving journeyman ironworkers a strong base of employment opportunities in both new construction and ongoing maintenance and structural work.