AI displacement pressure
1%
Very Low RiskSupervisor/General foreman (building and related trades)
Supervisor/General foreman (building and related trades) has 39% AI task overlap but 95% human bottleneck protection — lower risk than 94% of occupations in the live market. AI is more likely to enhance this role than replace it.
Why This Score
39% of tasks overlap with current AI
95% human advantage from judgment & presence
40% demand buffer from the local labour market
AI usage 17pp above theoretical exposure
These factors interact with each other — the final score is not a simple sum of these bars.
How much AI overlaps with this job's tasks, offset by human advantages and local demand. How this works
Tasks AI can handle
With 39% AI task overlap (based on Felten AIOE, Anthropic Economic Index, and Eloundou GPT exposure), the Supervisor/General foreman (building and related trades) tasks most exposed include: predictive maintenance scheduling, safety checklist automation, inventory management, and remote monitoring via sensors.
What AI can't do here
At 95% human bottleneck protection, the tasks that remain hardest to automate for Supervisor/General foreman (building and related trades) include: physical dexterity on job sites, real-time environmental adaptation, operating heavy equipment safely, and handling unexpected on-site conditions.
Skills to focus on
Sources: Felten AIOE (2021), Anthropic Economic Index (2026), Eloundou GPT Exposure (2023), Pizzinelli et al. bottleneck model. Full methodology.
Role profile
How this role's work breaks down across key dimensions. This is a general profile, not an individual measurement.
Workflow dimensions (0 = low, 1 = high)
Singapore Now
Current labour market conditions and how they affect this role.
Still healthy locally. Hiring remains positive and retrenchment stays low, even if demand is not accelerating.
Vacancy
2.8%
↑ 16.7% YoY
Hiring
2.4%
vs 1.5% resign
Retrenchment
1.5
per 1,000 · low
Re-entry
78.1%
find work in 12mo· -4.5pp
Production & Transport Operators, Cleaners & Labourers · 2025 Q4
Top Industries
Industry vacancy overlays use the latest published detailed cross-tab, which can lag the main labour monitor.
How this changes by career stage
Senior workers benefit from institutional knowledge and judgment that AI cannot replicate. Entry-level roles have higher task overlap with AI.
What You Can Do
Supervisor/General foreman (building and related trades) has some offset potential, but it depends on transition pathways holding up in practice and on workers clearing the main switching frictions.
Published transition support
Related roles you could transition to
Similarity-basedCompare within Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers
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Higher risk than 6% of occupations
Raw scores
AIOE -0.305 · θ 0.794 · C-AIOE -0.211
Stability
stable · Optimistic 0% · Pessimistic 4%
Score range (best/worst case)
Exposure 29–49% · Net risk 0–3.98%
Scoring basis
Not published. No scoring-basis metadata is available for this occupation.
Wage range (SGD/mo)
25th 2,000 · Median 3,480 · 75th 4,800
Evidence & sources
Data matching
direct · SSOC 71000
Real-world AI usage: +17% vs estimated
Data quality
79% · Matching 1.00 · Market data 0.70 · Freshness 0.80
Task-weighted shadow evidence is not active for this occupation yet.
AI overlap by data source
Weights: aioe 32% · anthropic 35% · eloundou 33%
Conflicting data signals
Tools & offset factors
What helps
- Nearby moves and published transition support look reasonably strong.
- A meaningful share of the work can likely be reorganized around AI rather than removed outright.
Worker profile & local context
- Vacancy rate is 2.8% and rose by 0.8 points from last quarter.
- Hiring read: recruitment is running above resignation (2.4% vs 1.5%).
- Retrenchment was low at 1.5 per 1,000 employees.
- 78.1% of retrenched workers re-entered employment within 12 months.
- Employer pressure is low, based on 1 recent Singapore-relevant company signals.
Worker profile
Gender mix
94% male / 6% femalePublished Singapore worker composition for the detailed occupation family 71 Building & Related Trades Workers (Excluding Electricians).
Employment structure
Employee-heavy85% employees, 15% employers or self-employed workers.
Work arrangement
Mostly full-time13% part-time and 87% full-time in 2025.
Age profile
Older-skewing7% aged 15 to 29, 25% aged 30 to 49, and 67% aged 50 or older.
Qualification mix
Non-degree heavyBelow secondary 38%; Secondary 27%.
Gross wage by sex
Female median 19% higherPublished June 2024 gross wage medians: male $3,431, female $4,092.
Where this work is concentrated
Top planning areas
Woodlands, Jurong West, Yishun25% of workers in this occupation group live in these three planning areas.
Residential concentration
More concentrated39% live across the top five planning areas in the 2020 Census.
Commute pattern
Mid-range commutesEstimated average commute 35.1 minutes. 28% take 46 minutes or more.
Frequently asked questions
Will AI replace Supervisor/General foreman (building and related trades)?
Supervisor/General foreman (building and related trades) has 39% AI task overlap but 95% human bottleneck protection — lower risk than 94% of occupations in the live market. AI is more likely to enhance this role than replace it. Net displacement risk: 1% (Very Low). Median wage: SGD 3,480/month.
What is the AI risk score for Supervisor/General foreman (building and related trades)?
Supervisor/General foreman (building and related trades) has an AI displacement risk of 1%, rated Very Low. AI task overlap: 39%. Human advantage: 95%. Local demand buffer: 40%.
What career transitions are available for Supervisor/General foreman (building and related trades)?
Supervisor/General foreman (building and related trades) has modeled transition pathways to related occupations. The strongest adjacent pathway is Car park attendant, based on skill and wage similarity (model-estimated). Transition scoring accounts for wage preservation, training ease, and destination quality.
How does Supervisor/General foreman (building and related trades) salary compare in the live market?
Supervisor/General foreman (building and related trades) earns a median gross wage of SGD 3,480/month in the live market (25th-75th percentile: SGD 2,000-4,800). This is 23% below median across all 562 scored occupations, and 7% above group median within Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers occupations.