Cement Mason
1 week ago
Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 32 to 40 hours per week
- Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- **Work site environment**:
- Dusty
- At heights
- Cold/refrigerated
- Dangerous
- Hot
- Noisy
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- ** Work setting**:
- On-site customer service
- Rural area
- Urban area
- Willing to relocate
- Commercial
- Residential
- Various locations
- ** Tasks**:
- Check formwork, granular base and steel reinforcement materials
- Direct placement of concrete into forms or onto surfaces according to grade
- Fill hollows and remove spots on freshly poured cement
- Prepare tenders and quotations
- Operate power vibrators to compact concrete
- Level top surface concrete according to grade and depth specification
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- 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
- Estimate costs and materials
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- ** Type of materials**:
- Colours and sealers
- Hardners and epoxies
- Light weight concrete
- ** Security and safety**:
- Criminal record check
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Attention to detail
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- ** Own tools/equipment**:
- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Gloves
- ** Personal suitability**:
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Flexibility
- Team player
- Dependability
- ** Screening questions**:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- ** Financial benefits**:
- Pension plan
- ** Other benefits**:
- Parking available
- ** Support for newcomers and refugees**:
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- ** Support for Indigenous people**:
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
