A shop foreman or plant foreman is a front-line supervisor in a skilled trades, manufacturing or production operation: a person who plans, organizes and controls the operations of the shop or plant; supervises, trains and develops staff; provides advice to management and staff; and performs other duties. He will normally be experienced in the operations performed by the workers under supervision, and foremen are usually promoted from the to perform this job; but the foreman is technically part of management.