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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 “Concrete Grinder Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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