Jobs / Construction, installation, and repair / 47-2051.00
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.
- US jobs
- 206,170
- Median wage
- $57,020 a year
- Job family
- Construction, installation, and repair
Can agents do the work of cement masons and concrete finishers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Construction, installation, and repair: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 32%Perform general construction or extraction activitiesNot measured
- 7%Position tools or equipmentNot measured
- 7%Smooth surfaces of objects or equipmentNot measured
- 6%Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areasNot measured
- 6%Inspect completed work or finished productsNot measured
- 6%Apply protective solutions or coatingsNot measured
- 6%Apply decorative finishesNot measured
- 5%Build structuresNot measured
Unmeasured territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- 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.
- 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.
- Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
- Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
- Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
- Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
- 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.
- Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
Other job titles for this occupation (37)
Cement Finisher · Cement Mason · Concrete Finisher · Concrete Mason · Finisher · Mason · Cement Gun Operator · Cement Mason Concrete Finisher · Cement Patcher · Cementer · Column Precaster · Concrete Construction Laborer · Concrete Cutter · Concrete Cutting Operator · Concrete Fence Builder · Concrete Floater · Concrete Floor Installer · Concrete Form Setter · Concrete Grinder Operator · Concrete Laborer · Concrete Placement Equipment Operator · Concrete Pointer · Concrete Polisher · Concrete Rubber · Concrete Setter · Concrete Smoother · Concrete Specialist · Concrete Stone Finisher · Concrete Swimming Pool Installer · Concrete Technician (Concrete Tech) · Curb Builder · Float Operator · Floor Grinder · Joint Finisher · Joint Setter · Placement Specialist · Swimming Pool Installer