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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”.
Also Known As…
- Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
- Mason
- Finisher
- Concrete Mason
- Cement Mason
- Cement Finisher
- Swimming Pool Installer
- Operator
- Joint Setter
- Joint Finisher
- Floor Grinder
- Float Operator
- Equipment Operator
- Curb Builder
- Concrete Swimming Pool Installer
- Concrete Stone Finisher
- Concrete Smoother
- Concrete Rubber
- Concrete Polisher
- Concrete Pointer
- Concrete Placement Equipment Operator
- Concrete Grinder Operator
- Concrete Floor Installer
- Concrete Floater
- Concrete Finisher Apprentice
- Concrete Finisher
- Concrete Fence Builder
- Column Precaster
- Cementer
- Cement Patcher
- Cement Mason Apprentice
- Cement Gun Operator
- Block Mason
Tasks for “Concrete Finisher”
- Wet concrete surface, and rub with stone to smooth surface and obtain specified finish.
- Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.
- Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
- Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine.
- Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.
- Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
- Sprinkle colored marble or stone chips, powdered steel, or coloring powder over surface to produce prescribed finish.
- Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
- Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
- 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.
- Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or uneven.
- Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
- Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
- 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.
- Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
- Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.
- Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
- Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
- Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.
- Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.
- Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
- Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
- Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.
- Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
Related Technology & Tools
- Bump cutters
- D handle shovels
- Crowbars
- Walk-behind power trowels
- Vibrating wet screeds
- Pointing trowels
- Round-gate concrete buckets
- Compression sprayers
- Cement trowels
- Desktop computers
- Rebar benders
- Torpedo levels
- Notched trowels
- Abrasive blades
- Gutter forms
- Jitterbug tampers
- Water pumps
- Concrete finishing brushes
- Walk-behind concrete breakers
- Pneumatic air nailers
- Roller tube finishers
- Stippling brushes
- Glittermaster guns
- Straightedges
- Roofing buckets
- Scarifiers
- Grinders
- Masons jointers
- Elephant trunks
- Concrete texture rollers
- Dumper riders
- Screeds
- Transit mix deflectors
- Square point shovels
- Hydraulic concrete breakers
- Edging trowels
- Finishing screeders
- Ride-on saws
- Pavement stripers
- Post hole diggers
- Hammers
- Slipform curbing pavers
- Right angle grinders
- Combo buckets
- Edgers
- Diesel concrete saws
- Wet screeds
- Ladders
- Concrete chutes
- Chain saws
- Round end trowels
- Internal concrete vibrators
- Electric generators
- Brick hammers
- Aluminum floats
- Groovers
- Fresno trowels
- Brick trowels
- Cure sprayers
- Form braces
- Grout pumps
- Pool trowels
- Magnesium channel bull floats
- Barrel mounted sprayers
- Rebar cutters
- Low rider power trowels
- Lightweight laydown buckets
- Slump buckets
- Masonry saws
- Masons levels
- Round point shovels
- Gas concrete saws
- Collection hoppers
- Pry bars
- Grout mixers
- Diamond blades
- Bit spades
- Ride-on concrete buggies
- Notebook computers
- Concrete mixers
- Wood floats
- Cold chisels
- Form tubes
- Multipurpose saws
- Abrasive rubbing stones
- Driveway squeegees
- Brick jointers
- Hydraulic material spreaders
- Steel forms
- Concrete saws
- Form liners
- Bar cutters
- Channel floats
- General purpose concrete buckets
- Brick splitters
- Tile setter trowels
- Crack saws
- Rubber floats
- Vibrating concrete screeds
- Dust respirators
- Surface concrete vibrators
- Concrete floats
- Concrete routers
- Spirit levels
- Core drills
- Brick tongs
- Concrete tampers
- Power troweler blades
- Grapevine jointers
- Wooden forms
- Tuck-pointing trowels
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Sidewalk forms
- Concrete pumps
- Rock hoppers
- Power floats
- Walk-behind concrete buggies
- Gas generators
- Braces
- Walk-behind laser screeds
- Concrete spreaders
- Slipforming machines
- Lifting systems
- Bar benders
- Portable gas drills
- Spreaders
- High-speed saws
- Screwdrivers
- Utility knives
- Measuring tapes
- Hand clamps
- Concrete vibrators
- Wheelbarrows
- Drain spades
- Long handle shovels
- Double-beam screeders
- Mortar and plaster mixers
- Steel trowels
- Center discharge floor hoppers
- Ride-on concrete breakers
- Measuring wheels
- Truss screeds
- Ride-on trowels
- Sirus GT Construction Accounting
- Tradesman's Software Master Estimator
- ADAPT-Modeler
- National Concrete & Masonry Estimator
- LogicSphere Firstmix
- HIPERPAV
- ACT Contractors Forms
- Shilstone seeMIX
- Maxwell Systems Quest Estimator
- Hard Dollar HD Project Estimating