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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 “Concrete Finisher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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