Job Description:

• 1) Applies cement, sand, pigment, and marble chips to floors, stairways, and cabinet fixtures to attain durable and decorative surfacing according to specifications and drawings: Spreads roofing paper on surface of foundation.

• 2) Spreads mixture of sand, cement, and water over surface with trowel to form terrazzo base.

• 3) Cuts metal division strips and presses them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern and define level of finished floor surface.

• 4) Spreads mixture of marble chips, cement, pigment, and water over terrazzo base to form finished surface, using float and trowel.

• 5) Scatters marble chips over finished surface.

• 6) Pushes roller over surface to imbed chips.

• 7) Allows surface to dry, and pushes electric-powered surfacing machine over floor to grind and polish terrazzo surface.

• 8) Grinds curved surfaces and areas inaccessible to surfacing machine, such as stairways and cabinet tops, with portable hand grinder.

• 9) May precast terrazzo blocks in wooden forms.

• 10) May perform finishing operations only and be designated Terrazzo Polisher.