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land-based machinery supervisor

Land-based machinery supervisors plan and organise land-based machinery services for agricultural production and landscaping in close cooperation with their clients.

land-based machinery supervisor land-based machinery supervisors plan and organise land-based machinery services for agricultural production and landscaping in close cooperation with their clients. 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 variety of botanicals, crop production principles, soil structure, pest control in plants, agronomy.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £37,864 a year for Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

Middle half of full-time jobs: £30,136 to £45,303 a year

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 8229). 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 “Plant and machine operators and assemblers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only land-based machinery supervisor, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹18,618 a month
Rural India
₹16,257 a month
All India
₹17,301 a month

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 8. 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

variety of botanicals crop production principles soil structure pest control in plants agronomy organise labour monitor work site programme work according to incoming orders advise client on technical possibilities evaluate employees work

Frequently asked questions

What does land-based machinery supervisor do?

Land-based machinery supervisors plan and organise land-based machinery services for agricultural production and landscaping in close cooperation with their clients.

What skills does land-based machinery supervisor need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include variety of botanicals, crop production principles, soil structure, pest control in plants, agronomy, organise labour. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace land-based machinery supervisor?

Our AI-durability model gives land-based machinery 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.

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