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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 Apprentice”

Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.
Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine.
Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.
Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.
Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
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.
Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.
Wet concrete surface, and rub with stone to smooth surface and obtain specified finish.
Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.
Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
Apply muriatic acid to clean surface, and rinse with water.
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.
Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.
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.
Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.
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.
Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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