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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 Mason”

Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
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.
Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.
Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
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.
Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
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.
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.
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.
Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or uneven.
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.
Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.
Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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