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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 “Joint Finisher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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