dredging supervisor
Dredging supervisors monitor dredging operations. They make sure the operation proceeds per regulations and take quick decisions to resolve problems.
dredging supervisor dredging supervisors monitor dredging operations. They make sure the operation proceeds per regulations and take quick decisions to resolve problems. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include soil mechanics, mechanical systems, dredging consoles, excavation techniques, manage health and safety standards.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £45,021 a year for Construction and building trades supervisors (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £37,035 to £53,679 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 5330). 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 “Technicians and associate professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only dredging supervisor, 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 3. 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
- Building and Construction
- Administration and Management
- Mechanical
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Design
- Public Safety and Security
- Mathematics
What you'd actually do
- Inspect work progress, equipment, or construction sites to verify safety or to ensure that specifications are met.
- Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.
- Supervise, coordinate, or schedule the activities of construction or extractive workers.
- Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.
- Coordinate work activities with other construction project activities.
- Estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does dredging supervisor do?
Dredging supervisors monitor dredging operations. They make sure the operation proceeds per regulations and take quick decisions to resolve problems.
What skills does dredging supervisor need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include soil mechanics, mechanical systems, dredging consoles, excavation techniques, manage health and safety standards, work in a construction team. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace dredging supervisor?
Our AI-durability model gives dredging supervisor a score of 0.50 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.