NOC 73100: Concrete finishers
What concrete finishers do
Concrete finishers smooth and finish freshly poured concrete, apply curing or surface treatments and install, maintain and restore various masonry structures such as foundations, floors, ceilings, sidewalks, roads, patios and high-rise buildings. They are employed by construction companies, cement and concrete contractors and manufacturers of precast concrete products, or they may be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Check formwork, granular base and steel reinforcement materials and direct placement of concrete into forms or onto surfaces according to grade
- Fill hollows and remove high spots to smooth freshly poured concrete
- Operate power vibrator to compact concrete
- Level top surface of concrete according to grade and depth specifications using straightedge or float
- Impart desired finish to concrete surfaces using hand and power tools
- Install anchor bolts, steel plates, door sills and other fixtures in freshly poured concrete
- Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete
- Waterproof, damp-proof and restore concrete surfaces
- Repair, resurface and replace worn or damaged sections of floors, walls, roads and other concrete structures.
Job titles under NOC 73100
18 job titles are classified here, including cement finisher apprentice, cement mason, concrete finisher.
- apprentice cement finisher
- cement finisher
- cement finisher apprentice
- cement mason
- cement mason apprentice
- concrete finisher
- concrete finisher apprentice
- concrete floor finisher
- concrete mason
- concrete patcher-finisher
- concrete polisher
- concrete product finisher
- concrete smoother-finisher
- highway and street cement mason
- journeyman/woman cement finisher
- maintenance cement mason
- precast concrete finisher
- sidewalk concrete finisher
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a two- to four-year apprenticeship program or Over three years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in cement finishing are usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
- Trade certification for concrete finishers is compulsory in Quebec and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia.
- Trade certification for cement masons is available, but voluntary, in Ontario.
- Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified concrete finishers upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
Concrete finishers wages in Canada
Low, median and high hourly wages from Job Bank’s 2025 wage data. Annual figures assume full-time work (1,950 hours a year).
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Canada | $24.50/hr | $34.00/hr | $43.47/hr |
Toronto ON | $28.80/hr | $43.58/hr | $47.00/hr |
Montréal QC | $28.87/hr | $36.56/hr | $42.95/hr |
Vancouver Lower Mainland region, BC | $26.00/hr | $35.00/hr | $43.00/hr |
Calgary AB | $25.00/hr | $33.33/hr | $41.58/hr |
Edmonton AB | $26.00/hr | $33.00/hr | $40.00/hr |
Ottawa ON | $24.00/hr | $35.00/hr | $41.30/hr |
Winnipeg MB | $23.95/hr | $30.00/hr | $36.46/hr |
Québec City Quebec region, QC | $28.00/hr | $38.00/hr | $43.00/hr |
Hamilton Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula region, ON | $24.00/hr | $32.00/hr | $44.00/hr |
Kitchener-Waterloo Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie region, ON | $25.00/hr | $38.91/hr | $45.78/hr |
London ON | $23.00/hr | $32.00/hr | $40.96/hr |
Halifax NS | $20.00/hr | $25.00/hr | $32.00/hr |
Victoria Vancouver Island and Coast region, BC | $25.00/hr | $36.00/hr | $42.50/hr |
Saskatoon Saskatoon–Biggar region, SK | $21.75/hr | $27.10/hr | $35.00/hr |
Regina Regina–Moose Mountain region, SK | $22.00/hr | $27.15/hr | $36.33/hr |
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland and Labrador | $23.00/hr | $32.90/hr | $42.00/hr |
Nova Scotia | $19.50/hr | $25.00/hr | $30.34/hr |
New Brunswick | $20.00/hr | $25.00/hr | $30.00/hr |
Quebec | $28.00/hr | $38.00/hr | $43.00/hr |
Ontario | $25.00/hr | $35.70/hr | $45.59/hr |
Manitoba | $22.00/hr | $30.00/hr | $36.46/hr |
Saskatchewan | $21.50/hr | $27.30/hr | $36.00/hr |
Alberta | $25.00/hr | $32.00/hr | $41.00/hr |
British Columbia | $26.00/hr | $35.00/hr | $43.05/hr |
Using NOC 73100 for your resume or Express Entry profile
- IRCC asks you to make sure the main duties listed for your NOC match what you actually did at your job. If they don’t, look for another unit group whose duties do.
- Describe your own work in your own words. Recruiters and ATS software look for concrete tools, results and scope, not text copied from the NOC.
- Applying from outside Canada? Run your resume through the Canadian resume format checker to catch things Canadian employers don’t expect, like a photo or date of birth.
- Use the job title the employer’s posting uses. The 18 titles above are how the same work is named across employers.
Not in this group
Similar jobs classified under a different NOC code:
- Bricklayers (NOC 72320)
- Concrete, clay and stone forming operators (NOC 94103)
- Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers (NOC 72014)
Frequently asked questions
What is the NOC code for concrete finishers?
Concrete finishers are NOC 2021 unit group 73100. Example job titles in this group include cement finisher apprentice, cement mason, concrete finisher, concrete mason.
What TEER is NOC 73100?
NOC 73100 is TEER 3 (College or apprenticeship (under 2 years)). Usually requires a college program or apprenticeship of less than 2 years, or more than six months of on-the-job training. TEER 0, 1, 2 and 3 work counts as skilled work experience for Express Entry’s Federal Skilled Worker and Canadian Experience Class programs.
How much do concrete finishers earn in Canada?
Job Bank's 2025 wage data puts the median at $34.00/hr, about $66,000 a year full-time, with a range of $24.50/hr to $43.47/hr.
Related occupations
Sources: Statistics Canada, National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada, Job Bank wages (2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. OfferJetAI is not affiliated with the Government of Canada. Check IRCC’s NOC guidance before you apply.