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Cement finishers / Labour

Overview

  • Smooth and finish freshly poured concrete

  • Apply curing or surface treatments

  • Install, maintain and restore various masonry structures such as foundations, floors, ceilings, sidewalks, roads, patios and highrise buildings

  • Work for construction companies, cement and concrete contractors and manufacturers of precast concrete products

  • Maybe self-employed

Duties

  • Check formwork, granular base and steel reinforcement materials and direct placement of concrete into forms or onto surfaces according to grade

  • Fill hollows and remove high spots to smooth freshly poured concrete

  • Operate power vibrator to compact concrete

  • Level top surface of concrete according to grade and depth specifications using straightedge or float

  • Give desired finish to concrete surfaces using hand and power tools

  • Install anchor bolts, steel plates, door sills and other fixtures in freshly poured concrete

  • Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure the surface of concrete

  • Waterproof, damp-proof and restore concrete surfaces

  • Repair, resurface and replace worn or damaged sections of floors, walls, roads and other concrete structures

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