Concrete Finishers

Concrete finishers place and finish concrete floors, driveways, sidewalks, curbs, bridge decks and other concrete structures. Concrete finishers apply architectural, exposed, patterned or stamped, broomed and smooth finishes on concrete surfaces. They are skilled at repairing, waterproofing and restoring concrete surfaces. They have the knowledge to properly use dry pack grouting and epoxy materials, and understand how to cure concrete perfectly. In general, concrete finishers: place wet concrete into the forms and spread it to a specified depth, and level and smooth the surface, round the edges, and make joints or grooves to help control cracking on the surface. Although machines are used to trowel large areas such as warehouses and arena floors, hand trowelling is still required for hard to reach spots in corners, edges, and around pipes. The surface may be: trowelled to a smooth finish, brushed to create a coarse, nonskid finish, embedded with gravel chips for an exposed aggregate finish, patterned or stamped to apply decorative surface, and trowelled with a dye to create a coloured surface.