Concreters

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

**Indicative skill level:**

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

#### In Australia:

- AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

##### In New Zealand:

- NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

**Tasks include:**

- 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