How to become a cement finisher or Screeder

Official title: Cement finisher/Screeder

Also called: Cement finisher, Concrete finisher, Concrete screeder, Screeder, Ÿ Concrete finisher

Cement finisher/Screeder finishes surfaces of concrete structures and smooths surfaces of freshly poured concrete sections. He/she cuts ridges, bumps and projecting wire from concrete surface with chisel and hammer. He/she patches holes and broken corners by wetting them.

Main tasks

• 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

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Concrete form worker
• Bricklayer/Blocklayer
• Stonemason/Stone cutter/splitter/carver
• Carpenter
• Joiner
• Scaffolder

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Questions people ask

Will AI change the work of a cement finisher or Screeder?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026