Glossary
Terrazzo Worker Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential terrazzo worker terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key terrazzo worker vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in terrazzo worker training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Aggregate
- Marble or glass chips.
- Apprenticeship
- Paid structured training.
- Blueprint
- Construction drawing.
- Cement terrazzo
- Traditional cement terrazzo.
- Divider strip
- Metal separator.
- Epoxy terrazzo
- Thin resin terrazzo.
- Grinding
- Exposing chips.
- Grouting
- Filling pinholes.
- Journeyman
- Fully trained worker.
- Matrix
- Binder.
- OSHA
- Workplace safety agency.
- Polishing
- Final shine.
- Punch list
- Final fix list.
- Seeding
- Adding chips to surface.
- Terrazzo
- Chip and binder floor.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Terrazzo Worker practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Terrazzo Worker training.
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