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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 “Block Mason”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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