How do they match: Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers

  • 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; and use saws to cut expansion joints.

  • Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
  • Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.
  • Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or uneven.
  • Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
  • 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.
  • Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.
  • Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
  • Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
  • Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
  • Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
  • Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.