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Concrete Finishers (7282)

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Nature of work

Concrete finishers smooth and finish freshly poured concrete, apply curing or surface treatments and install, maintain and restore various masonry structures such as foundations, floors, ceilings, sidewalks, roads, patios and highrise buildings. They are employed by construction companies, cement and concrete contractors and manufacturers of precast concrete products, or they may be self-employed.

Fields of interest

  • Making or building things, constructing, doing repairs, and performing installations
  • Working with your hands

Main duties

  • Concrete finishers perform some or all of the following 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
  • - Impart 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 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.

Main characteristics of the occupation

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Concrete Finishers (7282)

Employment requirements

  • * Completion of secondary school is usually required.
  • * Completion of a two- to four-year apprenticeship program
  • or
  • Over three years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in cement finishing are usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
  • * Trade certification is compulsory in Quebec and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces.
  • * Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) is also available to qualified concrete finishers.

Skill type

  • Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations

Skill level

  • Technical

More information

  • * Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
  • * Red Seal trade certification allows for interprovincial mobility.

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