factory foreman
Manufacturing floor boss
A factory foreman is a supervisor who oversees workers and operations on a manufacturing floor.
The foreman assigns tasks, ensures production quotas are met, maintains safety standards, and serves as the link between management and laborers: The factory foreman called a meeting about the new equipment.
The role emerged with industrialization and remains common in manufacturing settings.
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- overseerOne who monitors work
- managerOne who directs others
- shiftMovement or work period
- night shiftOvernight work period
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Manufacturing floor employee
assembly line worker · laborer · factory hand · rank and file · CEO
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Elected worker representative
shop steward · union representative · labor organizer · capitalist · strike leader
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