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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 Pointer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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