Career
Concreters
Trades & Services
Career stats
Weekly pay
$1,725
Prospects
High
Employed in Australia
41,900
Growth
Relatively steady
Overview
Concreters pour, spread, smooth and finish concrete for structures such as floors, stairs, ramps, footpaths and bridges.
Job Titles
Job Tasks
This occupation may include associated occupations with varying tasks.
- 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
Training & Qualifications
Vocational education & training (VET)
- Certificate II in Construction
- Certificate III in Concreting
Industry
Trades & Services
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