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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 Floater”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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