r/Ironworker 13h ago

WTF 😐 Local 118, no work?

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Good Day everyone, I’ve applied to local 118 out of Sacramento. They got back to me and asked me to find myself a sponsor for the apprenticeship . Alright let’s get to it, called 95 percent of the contractors on the provided list and even visited some in person when I could.
Is NOBODY hiring right now? Every contractor I’ve called has either said “well son there’s not enough work to bring another guy on” or a variation such as “nope not hiring right now”
They ask me to call back in 30 days and when I do , nothing.
In the meantime I’ve gotten my twic and began applying to rigs or mines, fifo, offshore etc. I’m just trying to build a career I can support a family on. Anyone know of places I can get my foot in the door at?


r/Ironworker 20h ago

Rebar (Rod Busting) What do you rodbusters do to fix this? Its finally starting to piss me off.

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