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CEMENT MASONS AND CONCRETE FINISHERS
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Occupation Description:
 
  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. Classify installers of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units in "Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers. (37-3011).
 
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Typical Tasks:
 
 
  • Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
  • Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
  • 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.
  • Install anchor bolts, steel plates, door sills and other fixtures in freshly poured concrete and/or pattern or stamp the surface to provide a decorative finish.
  • Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.
  • Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
 
Skills:
 
 
  • Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job..
  • Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action..
  • Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems..
  • Operations Analysis - Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design..
  • Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems..
  • Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance..
  • Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions..
 
Knowledge:
 
 
  • 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..
  • Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance..
  • Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models..
  • 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..
  • Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications..
  • 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..
 
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Education & Training:
 
  Long-term on-the-job training (more than 12 months)
 
Wage Information:
 
 
Region Average Annual Average Hourly Entry Level (hourly) Mid-Range  (hourly)
Statewide Units $52,502.00 $25.24 $15.98 $17.80 - $29.29
Bridgeport/Stamford $57,005.00 $27.41 $15.54 $17.39 - $35.55
Danbury $39,227.00 $18.86 $14.01 $14.56 - $22.89
Hartford $65,807.00 $31.64 $18.63 $20.41 - $34.27
New Haven $41,797.00 $20.09 $15.45 $16.98 - $23.29
New London/Norwich $53,726.00 $25.83 $20.12 $21.42 - $30.37
Springfield $42,890.00 $20.62 $14.76 $15.92 - $23.11
Worcester $58,381.00 $28.07 $20.43 $21.64 - $36.44
Torrington $56,519.00 $27.18 $15.39 $17.19 - $30.76
 
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Occupation Outlook:
 
 
Region Employment Average Annual Growth Rate Average Annual Job Openings
2006 2016
State of Connecticut 770 820 0.6% 27
 
 
Chart of Growth Rate and Annual Openings Employment in this occupation is expected to grow about as fast as average, but the number of annual openings will offer somewhat limited job opportunities.
 
Key:
  N/A = Not Applicable
  ***** = Over $60.00 per hour
  ##### = Over $124,821
 
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