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Terrazzo Worker

Terrazzo Worker

  • Transform spaces with artistic and durable terrazzo surfaces.
  • Craft beautiful, lasting designs that enhance floors and fixtures.
  • Blend creativity with precision to create unique, colorful patterns.
💰 Earn $39K-$49K
📚 High School Diploma or GED

Overview

Apply a mixture of cement, sand, pigment, or marble chips to floors, stairways, and cabinet fixtures to fashion durable and decorative surfaces.

Scoop

Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED

Career Prospects

Risky (Decreasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

6 months to 1 year

Job Openings

100 in Total

Earnings

$39,010 Med. in CA

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Day-to-Day

  • Measure designated amounts of ingredients for terrazzo or grout, according to standard formulas and specifications, using graduated containers and scales, and load ingredients into portable mixer.
  • Grind surfaces with a power grinder, or polish surfaces with polishing or surfacing machines.
  • Cut metal division strips and press them into the terrazzo base for joints or changes of color to form designs or patterns or to help prevent cracks.
  • Blend marble chip mixtures, place into panels, and push a roller over the surface to embed the chips.
  • Modify mixing, grouting, grinding, or cleaning procedures, according to type of installation or material used.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

  • Monitoring
  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Coordination
  • Time Management
  • Quality Control Analysis

You value 🙏

  • Having support
  • Accomplishing things
  • Support
  • Independence
  • Having freedom
  • Achievement

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