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.

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.

• Monitoring animals recovering from surgery and notifying veterinarians of any unusual changes or symptoms.
• Administering anesthetics during surgery and monitoring the effects on animals.
• Cleaning, maintaining, and sterilizing instruments or equipment.
• Administering medication, immunizations, or blood plasma to animals as prescribed by veterinarians.
• Providing emergency first aid to sick or injured animals.
• Cleaning and maintaining kennels, animal holding areas, examination or operating rooms, or animal loading or unloading facilities for controlling the spreading of disease.
• Holding or restraining animals during veterinary procedures.
• Performing routine laboratory tests or diagnostic tests, such as taking or developing x rays.
• Filling medication prescriptions.
• Collecting laboratory specimens, such as blood, urine, or feces, for testing.
• Examining animals for detecting behavioral changes or clinical symptoms potentially indicating illness or injury.
• Assisting veterinarians in examining animals for determining the nature of illnesses or injuries.