Glossary
Construction Foreman Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential construction foreman terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key construction foreman vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in construction foreman training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Apprenticeship
- Paid structured training.
- Blueprint
- Construction drawing.
- Change order
- Contract change.
- Daily report
- Record of work.
- Inspection
- Code check.
- Journeyman
- Fully trained worker.
- Layout
- Marking locations.
- Look-ahead schedule
- Short-term plan.
- OSHA
- Workplace safety agency.
- Production rate
- Work per day.
- Punch list
- Final fix list.
- RFI
- Request for information.
- Submittal
- Product approval.
- Superintendent
- Site boss.
- Toolbox talk
- Short safety meeting.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Construction Foreman practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Construction Foreman training.
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