How to become a road transport operations officer
Official title: Road transport operations officer
Also called: Bus depot operations officer, Bus interchange operations officer, Bus operations control centre controller, Bus terminal operations technician, Chief Bus Controller/Bus Operations Control Centre Controller, Senior Depot Officer/ Senior Depot Assistant/ Depot Officer/ Depot Assistant, Terminal Operations Technician, Bus operations control centre controller, Bus terminal operations technician
Road transport operations officer performs day-to-day operations to support road transport services such as bus service to serve passengers. He/she monitors and regulates road transport arrival and departure timings, (re)deploys drivers to operate service routes, and conducts road transport checks to ensure service readiness. He/she responds to emergencies and restores road transport service, as well as assists in the investigation and documentation of incidents and/or accidents. He/she also takes on administrative duties in data compilation, performing traffic and crowd control and daily security checks, and providing support to respond to incidents and accidents.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $54,084 a year. The middle half earn $46,500 to $70,572 a year.
- Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does a road transport operations officer earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $54,084 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $46,500 to $70,572.
Will AI change the work of a road transport operations officer?
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, 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