First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of helpers, laborers, or material movers, hand.
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand directly supervise and coordinate the activities of helpers, laborers, or material movers, hand. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.42 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include Coordination, Management of Personnel Resources, Speaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £27,832 a year for Warehouse operatives (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £24,447 to £33,151 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 9252). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Elementary occupations” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 9. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Customer and Personal Service
- Production and Processing
- Administration and Management
- Mechanical
- Computers and Electronics
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Public Safety and Security
What you'd actually do
- Maintain a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment.
- Collaborate with workers and managers to solve work-related problems.
- Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly.
- Inform designated employees or departments of items loaded or problems encountered.
- Inspect equipment for wear and for conformance to specifications.
- Prepare and maintain work records and reports of information such as employee time and wages, daily receipts, or inspection results.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand do?
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of helpers, laborers, or material movers, hand.
What skills does First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include Coordination, Management of Personnel Resources, Speaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Time Management. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand?
Our AI-durability model gives First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand a score of 0.42 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.
How hard is it to enter this field?
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand has moderate barrier to entry — moderately gated — a bachelor's degree or equivalent training is typically required.