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concrete-vault maker
A professional who casts concrete burial vaults. Respnsibilities include:
- Places vault handles in lid mold, lifts mold sides, and inserts pin to secure mold sides.
- Pulls lid handles through mold slots and inserts wedge to secure lid handles.
- Lifts bottom mold sides and secures sides, using pins and hammer.
- Greases top edge of mold inner core to prevent concrete seepage from mold.
- Positions concrete bucket over molds, using electric hoist, and pulls lever to empty concrete into molds.
- Slides pneumatic vibrator into mold socket to settle concrete in molds.
- Smooths top of concrete, using screed and trowel.
- Removes pins from bottom mold sides, and pulls sides of bottom mold down, using hammer and pry bar, to separate mold from vault.
- Pulls lever to relax inner core mold to permit vault removal.
- Removes securing pin to lower lid mold sides.
- Scarifies lid surface and applies and stipples finishing cement to decorate lid, using scarifier and brush.
- Transfers vault bottom and lid to spraying area, using hoist.
- Sprays vault with asphalt and colored paints to protect and decorate vault.
- Applies sealing compound to vault lid, using trowels.
- Hoists vault bottom and lid onto truck.
- Delivers vault to grave site, and lowers vault into ground.
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