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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”

Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine.
Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.
Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
Apply muriatic acid to clean surface, and rinse with water.
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.
Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.
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.
Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or uneven.
Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.
Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.
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.
Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
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.
Sprinkle colored marble or stone chips, powdered steel, or coloring powder over surface to produce prescribed finish.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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