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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 Finisher”

Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
Apply muriatic acid to clean surface, and rinse with water.
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.
Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.
Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.
Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
Wet concrete surface, and rub with stone to smooth surface and obtain specified finish.
Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine.
Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.
Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
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.
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.
Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.
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.
Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.
Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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