Apprentice Cement Mason II - Operations - Public Works; TEX

Apprentice Cement Mason II
- Operations
- Public Works (TEX)

• Full-time
• Work Hours:
  
  Regular
• Job Code and
  
  Title:
  
  7399-Apprentice Cement Mason II
• Fill Type:
  Temporary Exempt
• Compensation: USD 89,180 - USD 105,820 - yearly

Specific information regarding this recruitment process is listed below.

10/31/25 - This announcement is being reposted for additional recruitment. If you previously appliedto this announcement, you do not need to reapply.

Application Opening:
October 31st, 2025
Final date to receive applications: Apply Immediately. Application filing will be open at least through November 7th, 2025, at 5pm, and will close any time thereafter.
Compensation Range: $89,180 - $105,820 Annually
Recruitment
-7399-EXEMPT, REF
55427M & REF
55425B

TO APPLY:

• Complete this Apprentice Cement Mason II (7399 TEX) job application on Smart Recruiters;
  AND
• Complete the 7399 TEX - Supplemental Questionnaire (SQ). Interested applicants are required to complete both items: job application and the SQ. Job applications will only be considered if supplemented by a complete SQ.

Public Works currently has vacancies for the position of Apprentice Cement Mason II (7399) within our operations division.

The Apprentice Cement Mason II position is an entry-level training role designed to develop the skills and competencies necessary for progression to a journey-level Cement Mason upon completion of the program. Apprentices will participate in guided hands‑on training, structured development programs, and close supervision to ensure comprehensive skill‑building. Apprentice Cement Masons support journey-level Cement Masons by performing routine tasks.

Important and Essential Duties:

• Participates in a Joint Apprentice Training Committee Apprenticeship School through the recognized employee organization.
• Communicates and learns to work with supervisors, journey-level cement masons, and co-workers. Learned to follow orders and directions.
• Prepares job sites by setting up safety tripods and scaffolding; may secure confined space job sites.
• Does mixing and applying toppings, colors, grout, epoxy overlays, or waterproofing compounds following job specifications.
• Performs framing work, including placing and finishing curbs, sidewalks, gutters, disability access ramps, and various other concrete structures.
• Participates in demolition of flat work and concrete structures with the proper use of pneumatic tools, such as chipping guns, jackhammers, concrete saws, and other power equipment.
• Pours and finishes concrete sidewalks, curbs, gutters, streets, disability access ramps, and steps using screeds, trowels and floats.
• Identifies and uses various hand and pneumatic tools and power equipment; cleans and otherwise maintains tools and equipment; and performs general maintenance.
• Learns to order materials and estimate concrete; assisted in laying out work for new construction or repair by measuring and calculating the correct type, materials and supplies necessary to complete the job.
• Loads and unloads materials, supplies, and equipment on and off trucks.
• Learning safety procedures and use of safety equipment, preparing job sites, proper concrete and debris disposal, tapering traffic, and pedestrian detouring.
• Basic learning of the scope of concrete work performed by the San Francisco Public Works Cement Shop.
• Communicates clearly and effectively to ensure you’re understood (written and verbal formats).

Essential skills and abilities required for the apprenticeship program:

• Climb ladders
• Crawl on hands and knees as needed to access work areas.
• Lift, drag, and/or move with assistance large and/or heavy equipment to truck bed level
• Bend knees, waist, and back; stoop, squat, and kneel for extended periods.
• Remain in physically uncomfortable positions for prolonged durations.
• Lift objects that weigh up to ninety (90) pounds and carry them for distances up to fifty (50) feet.
• Basic arithmetic, including measuring, counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, calculating ratios, percentages and dimensions without a calculator.

Working Conditions:
The nature of the work requires exposure to inclement weather and hazardous materials and/or conditions.

Minimum…