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Job Description

Smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete, such as floors, walks, sidewalks, roads, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools. Align forms for sidewalks, curbs, or gutters; patch voids; and use saws to cut expansion joints.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-2051.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,720.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 21.00
Currently, there are 173,920 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers”.

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Tasks for “Cement Mason”

Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
Install anchor bolts, steel plates, door sills and other fixtures in freshly poured concrete or pattern or stamp the surface to provide a decorative finish.
Wet concrete surface, and rub with stone to smooth surface and obtain specified finish.
Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.
Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.
Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
Sprinkle colored marble or stone chips, powdered steel, or coloring powder over surface to produce prescribed finish.
Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
Apply muriatic acid to clean surface, and rinse with water.
Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.
Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.
Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or uneven.
Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine.
Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.
Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.
Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.
Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.

Related Technology & Tools

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Gas generators
Aluminum floats
General purpose concrete buckets
Ride-on saws
Brick jointers
Ride-on concrete buggies
Hydraulic material spreaders
Groovers
Roller tube finishers
Tuck-pointing trowels
Gutter forms
Diamond blades
Rubber floats
Bar benders
Bar cutters
Chain saws
Center discharge floor hoppers
Bump cutters
Concrete texture rollers
Roofing buckets
Grout mixers
Square point shovels
Crack saws
Edgers
Crowbars
Slipform curbing pavers
Hand clamps
Barrel mounted sprayers
Round-gate concrete buckets
Steel forms
Wet screeds
Lifting systems
Masons jointers
Pneumatic air nailers
Walk-behind power trowels
Measuring tapes
Long handle shovels
Torpedo levels
Jitterbug tampers
Surface concrete vibrators
D handle shovels
Sidewalk forms
Scarifiers
Power troweler blades
Stippling brushes
Concrete routers
Multipurpose saws
Truss screeds
Electric generators
Round point shovels
Combo buckets
Core drills
Drain spades
Screeds
Tile setter trowels
Ride-on concrete breakers
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Personal digital assistants PDA
Round end trowels
Measuring wheels
Steel trowels
Mortar and plaster mixers
Right angle grinders
Spreaders
Cement trowels
Concrete chutes
Cold chisels
Desktop computers
Channel floats
Walk-behind concrete buggies
Concrete tampers
Dumper riders
Concrete floats
Abrasive blades
Rock hoppers
Wooden forms
Hammers
Pool trowels
Diesel concrete saws
Ladders
Spirit levels
Brick splitters
Form tubes
Fresno trowels
Ride-on trowels
Brick hammers
Cure sprayers
Braces
Grout pumps
Grapevine jointers
Edging trowels
Hydraulic concrete breakers
Utility knives
Brick trowels
Double-beam screeders
Magnesium channel bull floats
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Straightedges
Slipforming machines
Slump buckets
Dust respirators
Portable gas drills
Concrete pumps
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High-speed saws
Abrasive rubbing stones
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Notched trowels
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Bit spades
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Gas concrete saws
Collection hoppers
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Screwdrivers
Finishing screeders
Low rider power trowels
Internal concrete vibrators
Notebook computers
Vibrating wet screeds
Lightweight laydown buckets
Wood floats
Elephant trunks
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