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Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers

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; use saws to cut expansion joints.

Other names for Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers: Cement Finisher, Cement Gun Operator, Cement Mason, Cement Mason Apprentice, Cement Patcher, Cementer, Column Precaster, Concrete Fence Builder, Concrete Finisher, Concrete Finisher Apprentice, Concrete Floater, Concrete Floor Installer, Concrete Grinder Operator, Concrete Mason, Concrete Placement Equipment Operator, Concrete Pointer, Concrete Polisher, Concrete Rubber, Concrete Smoother, Concrete Stone Finisher, Curb Builder, Equipment Operator, Finisher, Float Operator, Floor Grinder, Joint Finisher, Joint Setter, Mason, Operator, Swimming Pool Installer,

What do Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers do?

  • Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
  • Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.
  • Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
  • Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.
  • Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.
  • Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
  • Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
  • Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
  • 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.
  • Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.
  • Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.
  • 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.
  • Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
  • Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.
  • Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Do you enjoy these?

  • Saw blades
  • Abrasive stones
  • Floats
  • Tangent benders
  • Bar or rod cutters
  • Hand sprayers
  • Spades
  • Braces
  • Hammers
  • Trowels
  • Cold chisels
  • Tongs
  • Trowels
  • Edgers
  • Trowels
  • Batching plants or feeders
  • Power saws
  • Floats
  • Cold chisels
  • Hand clamps
  • Batching plants or feeders
  • Batching plants or feeders
  • Hand sprayers
  • Cement bulk material equipment
  • Brooms
  • Floats
  • Concrete mixers or plants
  • Cement pumping units
  • Power routers
  • Power saws
  • Floats
  • Tampers
  • Paint rollers
  • Concrete vibrators
  • Power drills
  • Power saws
  • Pry bars
  • Curing machines
  • Shovels
  • Desktop computers
  • Saw blades
  • Power saws
  • Concrete spreaders
  • Trowels
  • Squeegees or washers
  • Tilt trucks
  • Respirators
  • Edgers
  • Edgers
  • Gas generators
  • Cement bulk material equipment
  • Concrete spreaders
  • Braces
  • Cement retainers
  • Cement retainers
  • Trowels
  • Power saws
  • Gas generators
  • Batching plants or feeders
  • Hand sprayers
  • Trowels
  • Grinders
  • Edgers
  • Plaster or mortar mixers
  • Hand sprayers
  • Cement retainers
  • Hammers
  • Power saws
  • Demolition hammers
  • Aggregate spreaders
  • Concrete vibrators
  • Tampers
  • Ladders
  • Jacks
  • Batching plants or feeders
  • Shovels
  • Trowels
  • Floats
  • Power saws
  • Trowels
  • Levels
  • Tape measures
  • Measuring wheels for distance
  • Plaster or mortar mixers
  • Power saws
  • Trowels
  • Notebook computers
  • Paint sprayers
  • Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
  • Pneumatic nail drivers
  • Trowels
  • Trowels
  • Power drills
  • Post hole digger
  • Floats
  • Saw blades
  • Pry bars
  • Tangent benders
  • Bar or rod cutters
  • Paving breakers
  • Power buggies
  • Power saws
  • Trowels
  • Power grinders
  • Batching plants or feeders
  • Concrete spreaders
  • Batching plants or feeders
  • Trowels
  • Shovels
  • Batching plants or feeders
  • Floats
  • Scarifiers
  • Screwdrivers
  • Cement retainers
  • Curbing machines
  • Curbing machines
  • Batching plants or feeders
  • Levels
  • Floats
  • Shovels
  • Cement retainers
  • Trowels
  • Paint brushes
  • Straight edges
  • Concrete vibrators
  • Trowels
  • Levels
  • Cement bulk material equipment
  • Concrete spreaders
  • Trowels
  • Utility knives
  • Concrete spreaders
  • Concrete spreaders
  • Paving breakers
  • Power buggies
  • Concrete spreaders
  • Trowels
  • Water pumps
  • Concrete spreaders
  • Wheelbarrows
  • Floats
  • Cement retainers

Technology used

  • Project management software
  • Accounting software
  • Information retrieval or search software
  • Analytical or scientific software