stevedore superintendent
Stevedore superintendents supervise and monitor the freight handling and longshore labor in a dockyard to maximise productivity. They manage the loading and unloading of cargo and monitor the safety of the work area. Stevedore superintendents may also investigate incidents and prepare accident reports.
stevedore superintendent stevedore superintendents supervise and monitor the freight handling and longshore labor in a dockyard to maximise productivity. They manage the loading and unloading of cargo and monitor the safety of the work area. 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 international regulations for cargo handling, health and safety in the workplace, dock operations, national regulations on handling cargo, cargo industry.
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 stevedore superintendent, 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 stevedore superintendent do?
Stevedore superintendents supervise and monitor the freight handling and longshore labor in a dockyard to maximise productivity. They manage the loading and unloading of cargo and monitor the safety of the work area. Stevedore superintendents may also investigate incidents and prepare accident reports.
What skills does stevedore superintendent need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include international regulations for cargo handling, health and safety in the workplace, dock operations, national regulations on handling cargo, cargo industry, freight transport methods. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace stevedore superintendent?
Our AI-durability model gives stevedore superintendent 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.