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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 “Cement Patcher”

Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.
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.
Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.
Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.
Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.
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.
Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing 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.
Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.
Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.
Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or uneven.
Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.
Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
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.
Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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