leadman
Senior skilled worker
A leadman is a senior worker who supervises a small crew, ranking between ordinary workers and a full supervisor or foreman.
The term appears most often in film and television production, where the leadman heads the set decoration department under the set decorator, managing the crew that handles furniture and props: The leadman coordinated the truck drivers bringing set pieces to location.
Film's chief electrician
- gripSecure manual hold
- best boyChief assistant to gaffer
- key gripFilm lighting crew supervisor
- electricianWiring installation specialist
lighting · rigging · set · crew chief · dolly · camera · production · stagehand
Worker who directs others
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- crew chiefLeader of a work group
- jobsitePlace of employment activity
- contractorHired construction professional
blueprint · scaffold · tradesman · journeyman · apprentice · carpenter · electrician · plumber
Metal-bearing rock
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- veinVessel toward heart
- extractionAct of removing
drill · blasting · headlamp · underground · prospector · geology · mineral · excavation
Backstage theater worker
- set dresserArranges objects on stage
- propsTheater accessories or praise
- sceneryVisible natural surroundings
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
backdrop · load-in · strike · green room · wings · stage manager · carpenter · scenic
gaffer
Film's chief electrician
electrician · lighting · rigging · set · crew chief · dolly · camera · production · stagehand · technician
foreman
Worker who directs others
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- crew chiefLeader of a work group
- jobsitePlace of employment activity
contractor · blueprint · scaffold · tradesman · journeyman · apprentice · carpenter · electrician · plumber · welder
ore
Metal-bearing rock
extraction · drill · blasting · headlamp · underground · prospector · geology · mineral · excavation · deposit
stagehand
Backstage theater worker
- set dresserArranges objects on stage
- propsTheater accessories or praise
- sceneryVisible natural surroundings
rigging · backdrop · load-in · strike · green room · wings · stage manager · carpenter · scenic · changeover
leadmanapprentice
Learner bound to employer
helper · trainee · bottom man · laborer · grunt