Major Group: 8 – Labourers | Sub-Major Group: 82 – Construction and Mining Labourers | Minor Group: 821 – Construction and Mining Labourers | Unit Group: 8212 – Concreters
Description: Pours, spreads, smoothes and finishes concrete for structures such as floors, stairs, ramps, footpaths and bridges.
Skill Level 5 : Occupations at Skill Level 5 have a level of skill commensurate with one of the following:
– NZ Register Level 1 qualification
– AQF Certificate I or
– Compulsory secondary education.
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.
Alternative Titles
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Description: Pour, spread, smooth and finish concrete for structures such as floors, stairs, ramps, footpaths and bridges.
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:
NZ Register 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
- 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