Job Description:

• 1) Casts mixture of concrete and aggregate in mold to form plain or decorative structural panels according to specifications and approved samples: Fits wooden sides of mold together and fastens them in place with wood clamps and bolts, using power wrench.

• 2) Sprays or brushes acid and oil solution on inside of mold to prevent concrete from adhering to mold and to retard setting of concrete.

• 3) Shovels and spreads mixed concrete and facing aggregate into mold and tamps mix with pneumatic vibrator to distribute facing evenly and to form facing of required thickness.

• 4) Positions and fastens reinforcing materials, such as steel rods, wire mesh, hanger plates, and hoisting hooks in mold by hand, following specifications, using rule, gauges, wrenches, and wood clamps.

• 5) Places hoist chain hooks in position on hopper filled with concrete backing mixture and moves controls of hoist to lift and position hopper over mold.

• 6) Pushes hand lever of hopper to release backing mixture into mold and tamps mixture with pneumatic vibrator.

• 7) Puddles and levels off casting, using wooden screed, and smooths surface with trowel.

• 8) Unbolts wood clamps, using power wrench, and removes sides of mold by hand.

• 9) Inserts overhead crane hooks in hoisting hook and presses hoist control buttons to lift casting and strikes mold, using rubber hammer, to separate casting from mold.

• 10) Lowers casting onto skids and transports castings to storage area, using hydraulic lift truck.

• 11) Brushes and scrapes concrete from sides and bottom of mold preparatory to next casting.

• 12) May cast colored floor and roof slabs, highway dividers, ornamental flower pots, and grave markers.