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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 “Cement Mason”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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