Career Overlap Occupation record
RecordJob

Where a concrete finisher can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a concrete finisher already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Concrete finishers work with binding agents like cement and concrete. They put up any removable forms and pour concrete into the forms. They then execute one or several actions to finish the concrete: cutting, screeding or levelling, compacting, smoothing, and chamfering to prevent chipping.

Also known as cement mason, powerfloat finisher, concrete layer, concrete finisher and layer, concrete flooring operative, concrete renovator, floor finisher, concrete floor finisher, concrete floor finisher and layer, flooring operative, concrete finisher ganger, layer and finisher.

Craft and related trades workers 49 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: rigger, 60%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
rigger 60% covered concrete finisher supervisor 60% covered road roller operator 57% covered bricklayer 56% covered grader operator 54% covered concrete finisher You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from concrete finisher, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a concrete finisher already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A concrete finisher needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • monitor concrete curing process information skills
  • remove concrete forms constructing
  • place concrete forms constructing
  • inspect concrete structures information skills
  • inspect supplied concrete information skills
  • pour concrete constructing
  • screed concrete handling and moving
  • mix concrete handling and moving
  • clean wood surface handling and moving
  • prevent damage to utility infrastructure management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a concrete finisher does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

Look up another occupation

Concrete finisher is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a concrete finisher’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.