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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; and use saws to cut expansion joints.

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
  • Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine.
  • Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
  • Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.
  • Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
  • Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.
  • 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.
  • Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.
  • Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
  • Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.
  • 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.
  • Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.
  • Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
  • Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.
  • 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.
  • Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
  • Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
  • Apply muriatic acid to clean surface, and rinse with water.
  • Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.
  • Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
  • 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.
  • Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
  • Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
  • Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
  • 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.
  • Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
  • Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.
  • Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
  • 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.
  • Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
  • Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
  • Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.

Work Activities

Work Activities

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
  • Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine.
  • Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
  • Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.
  • Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
  • Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.
  • 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.
  • Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.
  • Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
  • Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.
  • 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.
  • Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.
  • Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
  • Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.
  • 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.
  • Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.
  • Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
  • Apply muriatic acid to clean surface, and rinse with water.
  • Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.
  • Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
  • 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.
  • Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
  • Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
  • Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.
  • 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.
  • Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
  • Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.
  • Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
  • 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.
  • Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
  • Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
  • Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.

Skills

  • Management of Personnel Resources

    Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

  • Repairing

    Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.

  • Service Orientation

    Looking for ways to help people.

  • Operation and Control

    Using equipment or systems.

  • Management of Material Resources

    Managing equipment and materials.

  • Science

    Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.

  • Negotiation

    Bringing people together to solve differences.

  • Management of Financial Resources

    Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.

  • Active Listening

    Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

  • Critical Thinking

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

  • Persuasion

    Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

  • Systems Analysis

    Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

  • Troubleshooting

    Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.

  • Operations Monitoring

    Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.

  • Active Learning

    Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

  • Instructing

    Teaching people how to do something.

  • Operations Analysis

    Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.

  • Time Management

    Managing your time and the time of other people.

  • Quality Control Analysis

    Testing how well a product or service works.

  • Judgment and Decision Making

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

  • Coordination

    Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

  • Complex Problem Solving

    Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

  • Social Perceptiveness

    Understanding people's reactions.

  • Systems Evaluation

    Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

  • Reading Comprehension

    Reading work-related information.

  • Speaking

    Talking to others.

  • Writing

    Writing things for co-workers or customers.

  • Programming

    Writing computer programs.

  • Learning Strategies

    Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

  • Equipment Selection

    Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.

  • Installation

    Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.

  • Monitoring

    Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

  • Equipment Maintenance

    Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.

  • Technology Design

    Making equipment and technology useful for customers.

  • Mathematics

    Using math to solve problems.

WorkKeys®

Applied Math
4
Workplace Documents
4
Graphic Literacy
4

Abilities

  • Problem Sensitivity

    Noticing when problems happen.

  • Written Comprehension

    Reading and understanding what is written.

  • Time Sharing

    Doing two or more things at the same time.

  • Reaction Time

    Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.

  • Arm-Hand Steadiness

    Keeping your arm or hand steady.

  • Fluency of Ideas

    Coming up with lots of ideas.

  • Inductive Reasoning

    Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.

  • Mathematical Reasoning

    Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.

  • Control Precision

    Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.

  • Night Vision

    Seeing at night or under low light.

  • Far Vision

    Seeing details that are far away.

  • Sound Localization

    Noticing the direction that a sound came from.

  • Rate Control

    Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.

  • Explosive Strength

    Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.

  • Dynamic Flexibility

    Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.

  • Gross Body Coordination

    Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.

  • Peripheral Vision

    Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.

  • Oral Comprehension

    Listening and understanding what people say.

  • Flexibility of Closure

    Seeing hidden patterns.

  • Selective Attention

    Paying attention to something without being distracted.

  • Manual Dexterity

    Holding or moving items with your hands.

  • Dynamic Strength

    Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.

  • Stamina

    Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.

  • Extent Flexibility

    Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.

  • Speech Recognition

    Recognizing spoken words.

  • Written Expression

    Communicating by writing.

  • Speed of Closure

    Quickly knowing what you are looking at.

  • Speed of Limb Movement

    Quickly moving your arms and legs.

  • Auditory Attention

    Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.

  • Deductive Reasoning

    Using rules to solve problems.

  • Wrist-Finger Speed

    Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.

  • Memorization

    Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.

  • Information Ordering

    Ordering or arranging things.

  • Visualization

    Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.

  • Perceptual Speed

    Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.

  • Glare Sensitivity

    Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.

  • Trunk Strength

    Using your lower back and stomach.

  • Gross Body Equilibrium

    Keeping your balance or staying upright.

  • Hearing Sensitivity

    Telling the difference between sounds.

  • Oral Expression

    Communicating by speaking.

  • Number Facility

    Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.

  • Originality

    Creating new and original ideas.

  • Finger Dexterity

    Putting together small parts with your fingers.

  • Depth Perception

    Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.

  • Visual Color Discrimination

    Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.

  • Spatial Orientation

    Knowing where things are around you.

  • Speech Clarity

    Speaking clearly.

  • Category Flexibility

    Grouping things in different ways.

  • Near Vision

    Seeing details up close.

  • Static Strength

    Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.

  • Multilimb Coordination

    Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.

  • Response Orientation

    Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.

Knowledge

  • Production and Processing

    Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

  • Education and Training

    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

  • Communications and Media

    Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

  • Transportation

    Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

  • Therapy and Counseling

    Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

  • History and Archeology

    Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

  • Physics

    Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.

  • Building and Construction

    Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

  • Philosophy and Theology

    Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

  • Food Production

    Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

  • Sales and Marketing

    Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

  • Economics and Accounting

    Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

  • Administration and Management

    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

  • Mathematics

    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

  • Design

    Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

  • Sociology and Anthropology

    Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.

  • Telecommunications

    Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

  • Customer and Personal Service

    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

  • Geography

    Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

  • Law and Government

    Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

  • Administrative

    Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

  • Computers and Electronics

    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

  • Engineering and Technology

    Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

  • Chemistry

    Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

  • Mechanical

    Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

  • Personnel and Human Resources

    Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

  • Psychology

    Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

  • Fine Arts

    Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

  • Foreign Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

  • English Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • Biology

    Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

  • Public Safety and Security

    Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

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Pay

  • Typical Salary
  • $76,230
    $60,720
    $40,470
    Ohio
    US
    $83,580
    $50,720
    $37,440
  • Typical Hourly Wage
  • $37
    $29
    $19
    Ohio
    US
    $40
    $24
    $18

Ohio Employment Trends

  • Currently Employed 4,760
  • Yearly Projected Openings 340

Typical Education

Personality

Realistic: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.They do well at jobs that need:
  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Persistence
  • Self Control
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Cooperation

Tools

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

Technology

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

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