How to hire terrazzo workers and finishers

Job description template

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[Job title] at [Company name]
[City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range]

About the role
[Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.]

What you will do
• Blend marble chip mixtures, place into panels, and push a roller over the surface to embed the chips.
• 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.
• Grind curved surfaces or areas inaccessible to surfacing machine, such as stairways or cabinet tops, with portable hand grinder.
• Grind surfaces with a power grinder, or polish surfaces with polishing or surfacing machines.
• 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.
• Modify mixing, grouting, grinding, or cleaning procedures, according to type of installation or material used.
• Spread, level, or smooth concrete or terrazzo mixtures to form bases or finished surfaces, using rakes, shovels, hand or power trowels, hand or power screeds, or floats.
• Wash polished terrazzo surface, using cleaner and water, and apply sealer and curing agent according to manufacturer's specifications, using brush or sprayer.

What you bring
• [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any]
• [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: High school diploma or equivalent]
• Working knowledge of building and construction and design
• [Anything else you would really turn someone away for]

Pay and benefits
[Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $36.62 an hour ($76,170 a year).
[Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.]

How to apply
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Interview questions for terrazzo workers and finishers

Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.

1. Tell me about a time you had to blend marble chip mixtures, place into panels, and push a roller over the surface to embed the chips. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
2. Tell me about a time you had to 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. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
3. Tell me about a time you had to grind curved surfaces or areas inaccessible to surfacing machine, such as stairways or cabinet tops, with portable hand grinder. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
4. Tell me about a time you had to grind surfaces with a power grinder, or polish surfaces with polishing or surfacing machines. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
5. Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?

Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.

What terrazzo workers and finishers do

• Blend marble chip mixtures, place into panels, and push a roller over the surface to embed the chips.
• 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.
• Grind curved surfaces or areas inaccessible to surfacing machine, such as stairways or cabinet tops, with portable hand grinder.
• Grind surfaces with a power grinder, or polish surfaces with polishing or surfacing machines.
• 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.
• Modify mixing, grouting, grinding, or cleaning procedures, according to type of installation or material used.
• Spread, level, or smooth concrete or terrazzo mixtures to form bases or finished surfaces, using rakes, shovels, hand or power trowels, hand or power screeds, or floats.
• Wash polished terrazzo surface, using cleaner and water, and apply sealer and curing agent according to manufacturer's specifications, using brush or sprayer.

Education, experience and outlook for terrazzo workers and finishers

• Typical education to start: High school diploma or equivalent (BLS)
• Related work experience most have: Up to 1 month (O*NET)
• Training on the job: Apprenticeship (BLS)
• Job outlook: -13% over ten years, declining · about 100 openings a year (BLS)

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Job duties and skills: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JAI Bot has modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2025. Interview questions and the job description template: JAI Bot, based on the duties and skills above.