 Concrete finishers place the concrete either directly from the concrete wagon chute, concrete pump, concrete skip or wheelbarrow.They spread the concrete using shovels and rakes, sometimes using a straightedge back and forth across the top of the forms to screed or level the freshly placed concrete.After levelling the concrete, they smooth the surface using either a hand trowel, a long handed "bull float o"r by using powered floats.