ConstructionO*NET: 47-2051.00
Will AI Replace Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers?
Smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete, such as floors, walks, sidewalks, roads, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools. Align forms for sidewalks, curbs, or gutters; patch voids; and use saws to cut expansion joints.
83out of 100
Critical Risk
AI Risk Score
83/100
Risk Level
Critical
Job Zone
2/5
Entry
Total Tasks Analyzed
19
🤖 What AI Can Do
- ▸Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.
👤 What Requires Humans
- ▸Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
- ▸Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
- ▸Install anchor bolts, steel plates, door sills and other fixtures in freshly poured concrete or pattern or stamp the surface to provide a decorative finish.
- ▸Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
- ▸Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
Task Breakdown
🤖AI Can Automate (1)
- Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.
👤Requires Humans (5)
- Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.
- Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.
- Install anchor bolts, steel plates, door sills and other fixtures in freshly poured concrete or pattern or stamp the surface to provide a decorative finish.
- Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
- Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.
⚡AI-Assisted (13)
- Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.
- Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.
- Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
- Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.
- Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.
- Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.
- Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.
- Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
Key Skills Analysis
Monitoring
Importance: 3.25/5.00
Speaking
Importance: 3.12/5.00
CoordinationAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.12/5.00
Quality Control AnalysisAI-Vulnerable
Importance: 3.12/5.00
Time ManagementAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.12/5.00
Active Listening
Importance: 3.00/5.00
Critical ThinkingAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.00/5.00
Complex Problem SolvingAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.00/5.00
Judgment and Decision MakingAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.00/5.00
Operation and Control
Importance: 2.88/5.00
Operations MonitoringAI-Vulnerable
Importance: 2.75/5.00
MathematicsAI-Vulnerable
Importance: 2.62/5.00
Social PerceptivenessAI-Resistant
Importance: 2.50/5.00
InstructingAI-Resistant
Importance: 2.50/5.00
Management of Personnel ResourcesAI-Resistant
Importance: 2.50/5.00
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Frequently Asked Questions
Based on our analysis, Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers have a critical risk of AI replacement with a score of 83/100. Many routine tasks in this role can be automated, but human oversight remains important.
Last updated: 2026-03-28· Data from O*NET 30.2 & Frey/Osborne automation research