Concreters

Concreters pour, spread, smooth and finish concrete for structures such as floors, stairs, ramps, footpaths and bridges.

What the job involves

• Erecting concrete form work and laying steel reinforcing

• Pouring, spreading and levelling concrete using screeds and templates

• Tamping, smoothing, shaping and sealing concrete

• Operating trowelling machines to float, trowel and polish concrete surfaces

• Forming expansion joints and edges using edging tools, jointers and straight edges

• Installing fixtures in concrete such as anchor bolts, steel plates and door sills

• Wetting concrete and rubbing with abrasives to finish vertical surfaces

• Covering concrete with plastic sheeting and sand to cure it

• Cutting lines in concrete using power cutters

• May cover freshly poured concrete with colouring powders and other materials