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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”

Apply muriatic acid to clean surface, and rinse with water.
Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.
Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.
Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.
Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
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.
Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or uneven.
Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.
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.
Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.
Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
Sprinkle colored marble or stone chips, powdered steel, or coloring powder over surface to produce prescribed finish.
Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.
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.
Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine.
Wet concrete surface, and rub with stone to smooth surface and obtain specified finish.
Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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