Foreman

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A foreman, forewoman or foreperson is a supervisor, often in a manual trade or industry.

Foreman may also refer to:

Supervisory roles

  • Construction foreman, the worker or tradesman who is in charge of a construction crew
  • Jury foreman, a head juror
  • Ranch foreman, the manager of a ranch, overseeing all aspects of the operation
  • Shop foreman or plant foreman, the frontline supervisor in a skilled trade, manufacturing or production operation
  • Foreman of signals, a highly qualified senior non-commissioned signal equipment manager and engineer in the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals
  • Road foreman of engines, a supervisor of locomotive engineers in the United States
  • Railroad track foreman, the person in charge of daily activities of a crew related to duties involved in the construction, maintenance, inspection, and repair of railroad tracks in the United States

Places

  • Foreman, Arkansas, a city in the United States
  • Foreman, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community in the United States
  • Foreman, British Columbia, a community in Canada
  • Foreman Glacier, Antarctica

Other uses

  • Foreman (software), a systems management software application
  • Foreman (surname)
  • The Foremen, a satirical folk music band
  • USS Foreman (DE-633), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy

See also

  • Forman (disambiguation)
  • Furman (disambiguation)
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