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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Concrete Fence Builder” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #595 of 702. Estimated risk: 94.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Concrete Fence Builder” will probably not be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 47% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

68%

“Concrete Fence Builder” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 68% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: 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.

Avg. Annual Salary $59,360
Avg. Hourly Wage $28.54
Available Jobs (US) 205,230
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers #47-2051
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Mix cement, sand, and water to produce concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete-mixing machine.

  • Produce rough concrete surface, using broom.

  • Set the forms that hold concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and align them.

  • Clean chipped area, using wire brush, and feel and observe surface to determine if it is rough or uneven.

  • Mold expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.

  • Apply muriatic acid to clean surface, and rinse with water.

  • Direct the casting of the concrete and supervise laborers who use shovels or special tools to spread it.

  • Check the forms that hold the concrete to see that they are properly constructed.

  • Sprinkle colored marble or stone chips, powdered steel, or coloring powder over surface to produce prescribed finish.

  • Build wooden molds, and clamp molds around area to be repaired, using hand tools.

  • Chip, scrape, and grind high spots, ridges, and rough projections to finish concrete, using pneumatic chisels, power grinders, or hand tools.

  • Waterproof or restore concrete surfaces, using appropriate compounds.

  • Apply hardening and sealing compounds to cure surface of concrete, and waterproof or restore surface.

  • Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.

  • Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.

  • Polish surface, using polishing or surfacing machine.

  • Fabricate concrete beams, columns, and panels.

  • 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.

  • Spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.

  • Cut metal division strips, and press them into terrazzo base so that top edges form desired design or pattern.

  • Push roller over surface to embed chips in surface.

  • Spread roofing paper on surface of foundation, and spread concrete onto roofing paper with trowel to form terrazzo base.

  • Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms.

  • Wet concrete surface, and rub with stone to smooth surface and obtain specified finish.

  • Operate power vibrator to compact concrete.

  • Monitor how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire process.

Technologies & Software

  • Hard Dollar HD Project Estimating
  • Maxwell Systems Quest Estimator
  • HIPERPAV
  • ACT Contractors Forms
  • Tradesman's Software Master Estimator
  • Autodesk Construction AI
  • Sirus GT Construction Accounting
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • ADAPT-Modeler
  • National Concrete & Masonry Estimator
  • LogicSphere Firstmix
  • Buildots AI
  • Shilstone seeMIX
  • Procore AI
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Collection hoppers
  • Notched trowels
  • Slump buckets
  • Surface concrete vibrators
  • Square point shovels
  • Cold chisels
  • Aluminum floats
  • Spreaders
  • Concrete finishing brushes
  • Power troweler blades
  • High-speed saws
  • Wood floats
  • Brick jointers
  • Jitterbug tampers
  • Gas generators
  • Dust respirators
  • D handle shovels
  • Grout mixers
  • Right angle grinders
  • Roofing buckets
  • Desktop computers
  • Utility knives
  • Core drills
  • Walk-behind concrete breakers
  • Spirit levels
  • Sidewalk forms
  • Barrel mounted sprayers
  • Center discharge floor hoppers
  • Wet screeds
  • Fresno trowels
  • Mortar and plaster mixers
  • Concrete chutes
  • Brick trowels
  • Pry bars
  • Stippling brushes
  • Concrete pumps
  • Hydraulic concrete breakers
  • Wooden forms
  • Concrete floats
  • Measuring tapes
  • Hammers
  • Magnesium channel bull floats
  • Vibrating concrete screeds
  • Concrete vibrators
  • Masonry saws
  • Bit spades
  • Post hole diggers
  • Rebar benders
  • Ride-on concrete buggies
  • Roller tube finishers
  • Grout pumps
  • Hydraulic material spreaders
  • Pointing trowels
  • Gas concrete saws
  • Edging trowels
  • Personal digital assistants PDA
  • Diesel concrete saws
  • Chain saws
  • Steel trowels
  • Form liners
  • Walk-behind concrete buggies
  • Walk-behind power trowels
  • Measuring wheels
  • Brick splitters
  • Torpedo levels
  • Round-gate concrete buckets
  • Double-beam screeders
  • Rock hoppers
  • Electric generators
  • Pneumatic air nailers
  • Power floats
  • Ladders
  • Groovers
  • Concrete routers
  • Rubber floats
  • Grapevine jointers
  • Tile setter trowels
  • Tuck-pointing trowels
  • Vibrating wet screeds
  • Screeds
  • Wheelbarrows
  • Combo buckets
  • Round point shovels
  • Notebook computers
  • Round end trowels
  • Elephant trunks
  • Glittermaster guns
  • Compression sprayers
  • Lifting systems
  • Scarifiers
  • Ride-on saws
  • Concrete texture rollers
  • Concrete tampers
  • Bump cutters
  • Ride-on concrete breakers
  • Crack saws
  • Bar benders
  • Slipform curbing pavers
  • Screwdrivers
  • Pavement stripers
  • Gutter forms
  • Multipurpose saws
  • Masons jointers
  • Long handle shovels
  • Lightweight laydown buckets
  • General purpose concrete buckets
  • Form braces
  • Edgers
  • Pool trowels
  • Cement trowels
  • Grinders
  • Finishing screeders
  • Driveway squeegees
  • Abrasive blades
  • Brick tongs
  • Braces
  • Drain spades
  • Diamond blades
  • Steel forms
  • Dumper riders
  • Crowbars
  • Bar cutters
  • Walk-behind laser screeds
  • Abrasive rubbing stones
  • Internal concrete vibrators
  • Brick hammers
  • Form tubes
  • Ride-on trowels
  • Water pumps
  • Concrete saws
  • Slipforming machines
  • Truss screeds
  • Low rider power trowels
  • Channel floats
  • Straightedges
  • Concrete spreaders
  • Cure sprayers
  • Transit mix deflectors
  • Hand clamps
  • Concrete mixers
  • Rebar cutters
  • Masons levels
  • Portable gas drills