
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Typical job duties performed with this occupation include:
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Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel. |
Wet concrete surface, and rub with stone to smooth surface and obtain specified finish. |
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. |
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. |
Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them. |
Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface. |
Produce rough concrete surface, using broom. |
Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine. |
Operate power vibrator to compact concrete. |
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. |
Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine. |
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. |
Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels. |
Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it. |
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. |
Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or uneven. |
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. |
Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools. |
Apply muriatic acid to clean surface, and rinse with water. |
Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface. |
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Training for this occupational program or those in a similar family of programs can be located at the following postsecondary institutions in the State of Kansas. Please check with a program advisor at the postsecondary institution for more information on the particular focus of each program listed. Programs nearest the local area appear first. Click on the program to find more information.
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