Inspectors should be great at:

• Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

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.

• Conducting environmental audits or inspections or investigations of violations.
• Evaluating violations or problems discovered during inspections for determining appropriate regulatory actions or for providing advices on the development and prosecution of regulatory cases.
• Reviewing and implementing environmental technical standards, guidelines, policies, and formal regulations that meet all appropriate requirements.
• Providing advices on proper standards and regulations or the development of policies, strategies, or codes of practice for environmental management.
• Analyzing data for determining validity, quality, and scientific significance and for interpreting correlations between human activities and environmental effects.
• Collecting, synthesizing, analyzing, managing, and reporting environmental data, such as pollution emission measurements, atmospheric monitoring measurements, meteorological or mineralogical information, or soil or water samples.