AI Career Radar

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.

AI exposure22 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation15
Freedom to set tasks91
Repeating the same tasks43
$79,920Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+5%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
63Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
69
Speaking
63
69
Critical Thinking
63
66
Monitoring
63
60
Judgment and Decision Making
63
56
Coordination
62
72
Complex Problem Solving
62
53
Active Learning
62
50
Reading Comprehension
61
60
Time Management
61
60
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
53
Writing
60
50
Learning Strategies
58
53
Instructing
58
50
Systems Analysis
57
47
Service Orientation
56
47
Systems Evaluation
56
47
Persuasion
54
50
Mathematics
53
44
Negotiation
52
50
Science
52
16
Management of Personnel Resources
50
66
Operations Analysis
49
38
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
50
Equipment Selection
47
47
Troubleshooting
47
28
Management of Material Resources
47
28
Equipment Maintenance
47
25
Management of Financial Resources
47
25
Technology Design
47
13
Operations Monitoring
46
47
Repairing
46
25
Programming
45
6
Operation and Control
43
47

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Systems Analysis

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Active Learning, Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
17%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Management of Financial Resources, Writing, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
25%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Writing

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$116,580
10-yr growth
+5.1%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$130,220
10-yr growth
+3.7%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Writing

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.