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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

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Tasks for “Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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