Cement Mason

**Work Site Environment**:

- Dusty
- At heights
- Noisy
- Outdoors

**Work Setting**:

- Commercial
- Industrial
- Roads and bridges
- Sidewalks and curbs

**Tasks**:

- Check formwork, granular base and steel reinforcement materials and direct placement of concrete into forms or onto surfaces according to grade
- Fill hollows and remove spots on freshly poured cement
- Operate power vibrators to compact concrete
- Impart desired finish to concrete surfaces using hand and power tools
- Install anchor bolts, steel plates, door sills and other fixtures
- Waterproof, damp proof and restore surfaces
- Repair, resurface and replace worn or damaged sections of concrete structures
- Read blueprints and drawings

**Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses**:

- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

**Type of Materials**:

- Hardners and epoxies
- Reinforcing membrane and protective covering

**Type of Operation**:

- Mixing

**Type of Trucking and Equipment**:

- Concrete mixing

**Equipment and Machinery Experience**:

- Concrete finishing machine

**Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Standing for extended periods

**Own Tools/Equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots

**Personal Suitability**:

- Excellent oral communication
- Team player

**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits

**Other benefits**:

- Learning/training paid by employer