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POSITION SUMMARY
The Concrete Finisher Technician must work safely and productively on various sized Concrete Construction and/or Civil and Infrastructure project sites. A successful candidate in this role must be highly motivated and willing to complete any task assigned, along with performing the essential duties of the Concrete Finisher Technician position. All employees are expected to communicate, always build relationships with other team members, and use good judgment. The Concrete Finisher Technician is expected to have the ability to perform all duties of the positions preceding it in its specific career path, while being responsible and accountable to complete any other tasks assigned.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Performs the duties of concrete apprentices as necessary at an advanced level.
- Uses straight edge and “magic screed” to level/shape freshly poured concrete.
- Checks rod floor for flatness.
- Handles truck chute and pump hose to place fresh concrete.
- Uses “edger”, jointers, and straight edge to edge and joint concrete floors as required.
- Finishes slab edges using hand tools.
- Operates forklifts (with certification) to convey concrete finishing equipment between trucks and floor slabs and decks during and after the concrete finishing process.
- Operates light equipment (e.g., truss-type hardener spreader, truss screeds, bull floats, and lifting equipment, etc.) to level and treat concrete slab surfaces.
- Operates at entry level trowel machines in the concrete finishing process.
- Patches defects with cement mortar as necessary or requested.
- Applies specified amounts of surface hardeners on concrete to produce special surfaces.
- Cures concrete slab with curing mats or waterproof paper. Wires corners of mats to top edge of forms or stakes, or places weights such as boards, rocks, and/or sandbags to keep covers in place.
- Cleans and properly maintains all hand and power tools used to place and finish fresh concrete.
- Complies with all applicable company, state, and OSHA safety rules, regulations, and guidelines at the job site.
- Reports any job site and/or WB employee related safety violation(s) to appropriate supervisory personnel.
- Serves as a safe and productive member of a finishing crew/team.
- Perform all assigned roles, responsibilities, and related work processes / tasks in the safest possible manner. Ensure that a safe, accident/incident-free work environment is maintained for all co-workers, customers, clients, suppliers, etc. at all times
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Education and/or Experience
- High School Diploma/GED – desirable
- Vocational or technical experience in concrete construction - desirable
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
- Completing assigned work tasks and processes within a work team
- Knowledge of concrete and its properties
- Measuring and calculating precisely
- Problem-solving and troubleshooting
- Communicating/reporting with/to foremen, superintendents and team members
- Implementing site safety and work-task plans
- Recognizing and correcting job site hazards
- Making judgments and decisions at task and process levels
- Listening and speaking
- Thinking logically and critically
- Seeing and interpreting details close-up and far away
- Focusing consistently on Safety, Quality, Production, and Innovation
- Manual dexterity, extent flexibility
Working Conditions
- Outdoors - frequently
- Indoors - rarely
- Loud noise - frequently
- Temperatures - seasonal
- In green concrete - frequently
- Personal Protective Equipment – at all times
- Multi-activity worksites - frequently
- Traveling/out of town - frequently
- 40 to 60-hour work week – frequently
- Varying work shifts - frequently
- Heights and depths – frequently
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- Valid Driver’s License - preferred
- OSHA - 10 Hour Certification - required
- First Aid/CPR - desirable
- WB Craft Training and other certifications up through Level I - preferred
Physical Demands
- Lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 pounds
- Frequent lifting, bending, kneeling and reaching
- Standing for long periods of time
- Climbing ladders, working at heights, wearing/using fall protection harness
- Handling, placing, and finishing of concrete
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