Installs Concrete, Cement based, and Epoxy Products
Section 2 – Installs Concrete, Cement-based, and Epoxy Products
Required Knowledge
The NOA for Carpenter (2013) identifies the required knowledge for the task of installs concrete, cement-based, and epoxy products. This knowledge includes:
- Types of concrete and mix designs
- Rate of pour
- Concrete placement and finishing procedures
- Testing procedures such as slump and compressive strength
- Concrete additives and admixtures
- Types of finishes such as broom, stamped and exposed aggregate
- Lateral pressures
- Compressive strength
- Hot and cold weather curing techniques such as ponding and insulating
- Climate protection techniques such as hoarding and heating
- Effects of climatic conditions
- Crane hand signals and rigging points
- Types of pre-cast systems
- Pre-stressed and post-stressed concrete
- Layout procedures
- Types of grout such as drypack, expanding and liquid grout
- Types of grouting procedures
- Grout additives
- Concrete repair materials and techniques
- Types of epoxy products such as paint and floor finish
- Types of concrete placing and finishing tools (NOA, p. 41-42).