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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 “Finisher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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