Where a construction general supervisor can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a construction general supervisor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Construction general supervisors keep track of the proceedings of all stages in the building process. They coordinate the different teams, assign tasks, and resolve problems.
Also known as construction programme manager, construction foreman, building programme manager, construction project supervisor, building programme supervisor, construction programme supervisor, construction forewoman, construction supervisor.
Technicians and associate professionals 48 skills on file 12 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: dismantling supervisor, 64%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- dismantling supervisor 64% covered · difficulty 40.2
- terrazzo setter supervisor 61% covered · difficulty 44.1
- construction quality inspector 61% covered · difficulty 40.6
- paperhanger supervisor 60% covered · difficulty 46.3
- water conservation technician supervisor 58% covered · difficulty 47.9
- crane crew supervisor 56% covered · difficulty 49.7
- bricklaying supervisor 55% covered · difficulty 53.6
- construction painting supervisor 54% covered · difficulty 52.1
- plastering supervisor 54% covered · difficulty 52.4
- roofing supervisor 54% covered · difficulty 53.4
- glass installation supervisor 53% covered · difficulty 53.7
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A construction general supervisor needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- prepare building site communication, collaboration and creativity
- prepare site for construction constructing
- monitor construction site information skills
- communicate with construction crews communication, collaboration and creativity
- green building practices engineering, manufacturing and construction
- building materials industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
- coordinate construction activities communication, collaboration and creativity
- check compatibility of materials information skills
- ensure compliance with construction project deadline management skills
- execute feasibility study information skills
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a construction general supervisor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- dismantling supervisor 50% covered · difficulty 57.4
- construction general contractor 44% covered · difficulty 61.6
- construction quality inspector 42% covered · difficulty 63.4
- construction quality manager 41% covered · difficulty 64.5
- house builder 34% covered · difficulty 68.7
- construction safety manager 26% covered · difficulty 76.4
- architect 24% covered · difficulty 77.5
- quantity surveyor 24% covered · difficulty 77.8
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Construction general supervisor is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a construction general supervisor’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.