Kenneth Smith
Kenly,NC
Summary
Dedicated concrete finisher with proven expertise in worksite safety and quality control. Skilled in training junior finishers and enhancing team efficiency through collaborative efforts.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
Work History
Concrete Finisher
Concrete Services
Kenly, NC
01.1989 - Current
- Completed surface finishes using trowels and hand tools to achieve desired texture and appearance.
- Ensured compliance with safety standards while mixing and pouring concrete for various projects.
- Collaborated with team members to coordinate workflow and enhance project efficiency on-site.
- Monitored curing processes to ensure optimal strength and durability of finished concrete surfaces.
- Trained junior finishers on techniques, safety protocols, and equipment usage to improve team performance.
- Implemented quality control measures to identify defects and ensure high standards in finishing work.
- Resolved issues related to surface imperfections through timely adjustments during the finishing process.
- Oversaw project timelines, ensuring completion within deadlines while maintaining quality craftsmanship.
- Set wood and other forming materials to prepare for concrete pours.
- Installed rebar and molded expansion joints and edges for concrete projects.
- Demolished and repaired old concrete surfaces.
- Mixed, spread, and patched concrete to specifications.
- Collaborated with team members to ensure smooth transitions between different phases of the concrete placement process.
- Maintained clean, safe worksite for team safety and to help keep projects on-track.
- Shoveled materials such as dirt, gravel, and asphalt.
- Created specific finishes on poured concrete.
- Enhanced overall job site safety by ensuring proper usage of tools and equipment during concrete finishing processes.
- Assisted crew members with positioning trucks and moved discharge chute to guide concrete into forms.
- Measured precise amounts of concrete and verified levelness to improve quality of finished product.
- Operated equipment such as forklifts safely to efficiently complete site work.
Education
High School Diploma -
Wilson College
Wilson, NC02-1985
Skills
- Concrete finishing
- Worksite safety
- Float finishing
- Bull floats
- Driveway installation
- Hand tool operation
- Foundation work
- Finishing techniques
- Power tool operation
- Hand troweling
- Concrete repair
- Broom finishing
- Power trowel operation
- Cement and pavement
- Form setting
- Joint cutting
- Concrete curing
- Forklift operation
- Jointers and edgers
- Power saws
- Leveling proficiency
- Patio building
- Truck chute operation
- Concrete pouring
- Concrete forms
- Basic mathematics
Timeline
Concrete Finisher
Concrete Services
01.1989 - Current
High School Diploma -
Wilson College