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Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Places and finishes concrete for sidewalks, floors and roads.
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Cement masons and concrete finishers set forms, pour concrete and smooth and finish it for driveways, floors, bridges and highways. The work is outdoors and physical.
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High school courses that build toward it
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Pre-Algebra · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Woodworking · Career and Technical
Builds building and construction, which this job uses.
- German · World Language
Builds a second language, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds math, which this job uses.
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Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.