Concrete pump operator
Also called HGV mixer driver, LGV mixer driver, cement mixer driver
Concrete pump operators drive and operate trucks to haul concrete from the plant to project sites, and operate pumps to disperse concrete at the site. They also clean and maintain the truck and its mechanical parts.
What you'd do
Heavy truck and lorry drivers · ILO- Driving and tending a heavy motor vehicle, such as a lorry with or without trailer or a dump-truck, to transport goods, liquids or heavy materials over short or long distances
- Determining the most appropriate routes
- Ensuring goods are stowed and securely covered, to prevent loss and damage
- Assisting with or carrying out loading or unloading operations, using various lifting or tipping devices
- Carrying out minor maintenance to vehicles, and arranging major maintenance and repairs
- Estimating weights to comply with load limitations, and ensuring the safe distribution of weights
- Mostly outdoors
- Sitting most of the day
- Lots of contact with people, including the public
- Good freedom to decide
- Often more than 40 hours a week
- Deadlines most weeks
- Some repetitive tasks
Will there be jobs?
Yes, good prospects18 EU countries are short of heavy truck and lorry drivers 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 €5,100 (Denmark), before tax.
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Among plant and machine operators, and assemblers in the EU, women earn 21% less per hour than men. Plant and machine operators, and assemblers · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Upper secondary or vocationalUpper secondary or vocational training in mechanics and metal trades is the usual route.
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Will AI change it?
LittleAI could take on part of some tasks, but none fully.
Average task score 0.24 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
See the score for each of the 6 tasks
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 heavy truck and lorry drivers. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).