Any supervisor should excel at:

• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment.
• Detecting or assessing problems whether real or potential.
• Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

Most strategists should excel at:

• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

• Providing training to subordinate or new employees for improving biofuels plants safety or increasing the production of biofuels.
• Providing direction to employees for ensuring compliance with the biofuel plants safety, environmental, or operational standards and regulations.
• Monitoring transportation and storage of flammable or other potentially dangerous feedstocks or products for ensuring adherence to safety guidelines.
• Drawing samples of biofuels products or secondary by products for quality controlling testing.
• Conferring with technical and supervisory personnel for reporting or resolving conditions affecting the biofuel plants safety, operational efficiency, and product quality.
• Supervising production employees in the manufacturing of biofuels, such as biodiesel or ethanol.
• Shutting down and restarting the biofuel plants or its equipment in emergency situations, or for equipment maintenance, repairs, or replacements.
• Reviewing registries, datasheets, or reports for ensuring adequate production levels or for identifying abnormalities with the biofuels production equipment or processes.