How to become a lift supervisor
Official title: Lift supervisor
Also called: Senior lift supervisor, Senior lift supervisor
Lift supervisor supervises lift, escalator and related equipment maintenance, response and recovery, replacement and upgrading activities. He/she conducts risk assessment, develops and conducts safety and technical training and writes reports and resolves disputes.
Main tasks
- Interpreting specifications and job orders
- Determining sequence of operations and use of equipment
- Estimating manpower requirements
- Assigning duties to workers
- Analysing and resolving work problems
- Coordinating the work of one or more units with other units
- Recommending or initiating personnel action
- Supervising co-workers and helping them in their work
Ways in
- Apprenticeship: Work-study diploma. Related ITE work-study diplomas: Work-Study Diploma in Vertical Transportation. You are employed by a company and study at ITE at the same time. Peernovo matched these from course names.
- Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Vertical Transportation. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $57,756 a year. The middle half earn $49,704 to $80,760 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a lift supervisor?
Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Work-study diploma.
How much does a lift supervisor earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $57,756 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $49,704 to $80,760.
Will AI change the work of a lift supervisor?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026