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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
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. | Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed. | |||
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Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them. | ||||
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Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float. | ||||
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Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge. | ||||
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Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process. | ||||
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Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms. | ||||
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Produce rough concrete surface, using broom. | ||||
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Operate power vibrator to compact concrete. | ||||
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Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it. | ||||
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Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine. | ||||
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Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill. | ||||
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Wet concrete surface, and rub with stone to smooth surface and obtain specified finish. | ||||
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Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel. | ||||
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Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or uneven. | ||||
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Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface. | ||||
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Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools. | ||||
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Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base. | ||||
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Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools. | ||||
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Sprinkle colored marble or stone chips, powdered steel, or coloring powder over surface to produce prescribed finish. | ||||
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Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern. | ||||
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Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels. | ||||
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Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds. | ||||
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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. | ||||
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Apply muriatic acid to clean surface, and rinse with water. | ||||
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Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface. | ||||
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Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Concrete and Terrazzo Finishers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
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. | |||
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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. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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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. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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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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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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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. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Speed of Limb Movement | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Dynamic Strength | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. | |||
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Gross Body Coordination | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
ACT Contractors Forms software | Information retrieval or search software | |||
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ADAPT-Modeler | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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BVH Gregg Concrete | Project management software | |||
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HIPERPAV | Project management software | |||
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Hard Dollar BID*BUILD | Project management software | |||
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LogicSphere Firstmix software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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National Concrete & Masonry Estimator | Project management software | |||
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Quest Estimator | Project management software | |||
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RESCOMM-M2004 | Project management software | |||
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Shilstone seeMIX | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Sirius GT software | Accounting software | |||
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Tradesmen's Software | Project management software | |||
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Abrasive blades | Saw blades | |||
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Abrasive rubbing stones | Abrasive stones | |||
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Aluminum floats | Floats | |||
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Bar benders | Tangent benders | |||
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Bar cutters | Bar or rod cutters | |||
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Barrel mounted sprayers | Hand sprayers | |||
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Bit spades | Spades | |||
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Braces | Braces | |||
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Brick hammers | Hammers | |||
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Brick jointers | Trowels | |||
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Brick splitters | Cold chisels | |||
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Brick tongs | Tongs | |||
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Brick trowels | Trowels | |||
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Bump cutters | Edgers | |||
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Cement trowels | Trowels | |||
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Center discharge floor hoppers | Batching plants or feeders | |||
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Chain saws | Power saws | |||
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Channel floats | Floats | |||
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Cold chisels | Cold chisels | |||
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Collection hoppers | Batching plants or feeders | |||
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Combo buckets | Batching plants or feeders | |||
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Compression sprayers | Hand sprayers | |||
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Concrete chutes | Cement bulk material equipment | |||
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Concrete finishing brushes | Brooms | |||
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Concrete floats | Floats | |||
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Concrete mixers | Concrete mixers or plants | |||
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Concrete pumps | Cement pumping units | |||
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Concrete routers | Power routers | |||
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Concrete saws | Power saws | |||
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Concrete spreaders | Floats | |||
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Concrete tampers | Tampers | |||
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Concrete texture rollers | Paint rollers | |||
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Concrete vibrators | Concrete vibrators | |||
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Core drills | Power drills | |||
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Crack saws | Power saws | |||
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Crowbars | Pry bars | |||
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Cure sprayers | Curing machines | |||
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D handle shovels | Shovels | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Diamond blades | Saw blades | |||
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Diesel concrete saws | Power saws | |||
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Double-beam screeders | Concrete spreaders | |||
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Drain spades | Trowels | |||
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Driveway squeegees | Squeegees or washers | |||
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Dumper riders | Tilt trucks | |||
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Dust respirators | Respirators | |||
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Edgers | Edgers | |||
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Edging trowels | Edgers | |||
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Electric generators | Gas generators | |||
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Elephant trunks | Cement bulk material equipment | |||
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Finishing screeders | Concrete spreaders | |||
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Form braces | Braces | |||
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Form liners | Cement retainers | |||
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Form tubes | Cement retainers | |||
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Fresno trowels | Trowels | |||
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Gas concrete saws | Power saws | |||
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Gas generators | Gas generators | |||
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General purpose concrete buckets | Batching plants or feeders | |||
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Glittermaster guns | Hand sprayers | |||
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Grapevine jointers | Trowels | |||
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Grinders | Grinders | |||
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Groovers | Edgers | |||
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Grout mixers | Plaster or mortar mixers | |||
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Grout pumps | Hand sprayers | |||
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Gutter forms | Cement retainers | |||
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Hammers | Hammers | |||
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Hand clamps | Hand clamps | |||
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High-speed saws | Power saws | |||
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Hydraulic concrete breakers | Demolition hammers | |||
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Hydraulic material spreaders | Aggregate spreaders | |||
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Internal concrete vibrators | Concrete vibrators | |||
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Jitterbug tampers | Tampers | |||
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Ladders | Ladders | |||
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Lifting systems | Jacks | |||
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Lightweight laydown buckets | Batching plants or feeders | |||
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Long handle shovels | Shovels | |||
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Low rider power trowels | Trowels | |||
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Magnesium channel bull floats | Floats | |||
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Masonry saws | Power saws | |||
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Masons jointers | Trowels | |||
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Masons levels | Levels | |||
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Measuring tapes | Tape measures | |||
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Measuring wheels | Measuring wheels for distance | |||
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Mortar and plaster mixers | Plaster or mortar mixers | |||
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Multipurpose saws | Power saws | |||
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Notched trowels | Trowels | |||
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Notebook computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Pavement stripers | Paint sprayers | |||
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Personal digital assistants PDA | Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers | |||
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Pneumatic air nailers | Pneumatic nail drivers | |||
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Pointing trowels | Trowels | |||
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Pool trowels | Trowels | |||
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Portable gas drills | Power drills | |||
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Post hole diggers | Post hole digger | |||
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Power floats | Floats | |||
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Power troweler blades | Saw blades | |||
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Pry bars | Pry bars | |||
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Rebar benders | Hickeys | |||
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Rebar cutters | Bar or rod cutters | |||
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Ride-on concrete breakers | Paving breakers | |||
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Ride-on concrete buggies | Power buggies | |||
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Ride-on saws | Power saws | |||
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Ride-on trowels | Trowels | |||
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Right angle grinders | Power grinders | |||
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Rock hoppers | Batching plants or feeders | |||
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Roller tube finishers | Concrete spreaders | |||
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Roofing buckets | Batching plants or feeders | |||
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Round end trowels | Trowels | |||
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Round point shovels | Shovels | |||
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Round-gate concrete buckets | Batching plants or feeders | |||
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Rubber floats | Floats | |||
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Scarifiers | Scarifiers | |||
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Screeds | Concrete spreaders | |||
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Screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Sidewalk forms | Cement retainers | |||
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Slipform curbing pavers | Curbing machines | |||
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Slipforming machines | Curbing machines | |||
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Slump buckets | Batching plants or feeders | |||
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Spirit levels | Levels | |||
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Spreaders | Floats | |||
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Square point shovels | Shovels | |||
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Steel forms | Cement retainers | |||
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Steel trowels | Trowels | |||
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Stippling brushes | Paint brushes | |||
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Straightedges | Straight edges | |||
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Surface concrete vibrators | Concrete vibrators | |||
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Tile setter trowels | Trowels | |||
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Torpedo levels | Levels | |||
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Transit mix deflectors | Cement bulk material equipment | |||
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Truss screeds | Concrete spreaders | |||
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Tuck-pointing trowels | Trowels | |||
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Utility knives | Utility knives | |||
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Vibrating concrete screeds | Concrete spreaders | |||
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Vibrating wet screeds | Concrete spreaders | |||
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Walk-behind concrete breakers | Paving breakers | |||
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Walk-behind concrete buggies | Power buggies | |||
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Walk-behind laser screeds | Concrete spreaders | |||
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Walk-behind power trowels | Trowels | |||
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Water pumps | Water pumps | |||
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Wet screeds | Concrete spreaders | |||
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Wheelbarrows | Wheelbarrows | |||
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Wood floats | Floats | |||
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Wooden forms | Cement retainers | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Less than a High School Diploma | |||
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Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Block Mason | |||
Cement Finisher | |||
Cement Gun Operator | |||
Cement Mason | |||
Cement Mason Apprentice | |||
Cement Patcher | |||
Cementer | |||
Column Precaster | |||
Concrete Fence Builder | |||
Concrete Finisher | |||
Concrete Finisher Apprentice | |||
Concrete Floater | |||
Concrete Floor Installer | |||
Concrete Grinder Operator | |||
Concrete Mason | |||
Concrete Placement Equipment Operator | |||
Concrete Pointer | |||
Concrete Polisher | |||
Concrete Rubber | |||
Concrete Smoother | |||
Concrete Stone Finisher | |||
Concrete Swimming Pool Installer | |||
Curb Builder | |||
Equipment Operator | |||
Finisher | |||
Float Operator | |||
Floor Grinder | |||
Joint Finisher | |||
Joint Setter | |||
Mason | |||
Operator | |||
Swimming Pool Installer | |||
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