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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 “Curb Builder”

Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.
Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
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.
Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.
Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.
Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or uneven.
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.
Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.
Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.
Apply muriatic acid to clean surface, and rinse with water.
Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.
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.
Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine.
Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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