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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 “Floor Grinder”

Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.
Sprinkle colored marble or stone chips, powdered steel, or coloring powder over surface to produce prescribed finish.
Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.
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.
Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.
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.
Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or uneven.
Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.
Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.
Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine.
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.
Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.
Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.
Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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