Concrete finisher
Also called cement mason, power floater, concrete layer
Concrete finishers work with binding agents like cement and concrete. They put up any removable forms and pour concrete into the forms. They then execute one or several actions to finish the concrete: cutting, screeding or levelling, compacting, smoothing, and chamfering to prevent chipping.
What you'd do
Concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers · ILO- Constructing and repairing reinforced concrete floors, walls, tanks, silos and other concrete structures
- Making shuttering or assembling prefabricated forms for moulding concrete
- Cementing openings in walls or casings for wells
- Finishing and smoothing surfaces of concrete structures
- Applying a durable, smooth surfacing composed of cement, sand pigment and marble particles to floors, known as a terrazzo finish
- Mostly outdoors
- On your feet most of the day
- Lots of contact with people
- Some freedom to decide
- Often more than 40 hours a week
- Deadlines most weeks
- Some repetitive tasks
Will there be jobs?
Yes, good prospects14 EU countries are short of concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers now, but fewer jobs than in most work will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
What does it pay?
About averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €1,000 a month (Bulgaria) to €5,500 (Denmark), before tax.
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Among craft and related trades workers in the EU, women earn 26% less per hour than men. Craft and related trades workers · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Upper secondary or vocationalUpper secondary or vocational training in architecture and town planning is the usual route.
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Will AI change it?
Very littleAI could help with only small parts of the tasks.
Average task score 0.10 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
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Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).