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Civil Supervisors are the first-level execution authority on Indian construction sites — the person who stands between the drawing and the built work, ensuring labourers, masons, carpenters, steel-fixers, and sub-contractors actually deliver what the engineer designed. Day-to-day means reading GFC drawings, checking reinforcement cage layouts before concrete pours, measuring completed work for RA bills, running morning toolbox safety talks, and maintaining daily progress records for the Project Manager. The India-specific entry path is overwhelmingly ITI (mason, plumber, fitter, surveyor trades) or a 3-year Diploma in Civil Engineering — not a B.Tech — making this one of the most accessible supervisory careers in the formal sector. Employers span the full construction pyramid: L&T Construction, Tata Projects, Shapoorji Pallonji, Afcons, NCC, and Dilip Buildcon at the top, mid-tier regional contractors, government PWD/CPWD sub-contractors, real-estate developers (Godrej Properties, Brigade, Prestige), and infrastructure PMCs. After 8-12 years a Civil Supervisor typically moves to Section In-charge, Works Supervisor, or Assistant Project Manager — the gateway to the managerial track.