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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 Pointer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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