Great artisans are usually capable of:

• Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials.
• Performing precise and skillful manipulation of small objects.
• Being active and proactive in regards to physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.

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.

• Training new employees for controlling and suppressing forest fires.
• Maintaining communication with fire dispatchers at all times for notifying them of the needs for additional firefighters and supplies, or for detailing any difficulties encountered.
• Rescuing fire victims, and administering emergency medical aid.
• Patrolling burned areas after fires for locating and eliminating hot spots restarting fires.
• Extinguishing flames and embers for suppressing fires, using shovels or engine or manually operated water or chemical pumps.
• Felling trees, cutting and clearing brush, and digging trenches for creating firelines, using axes, chainsaws, or shovels.
• Maintaining knowledge of current firefighting practices by participating in drills and by attending seminars, conventions, and conferences.
• Operating pumps connected to high pressure hoses.
• Participating in physical training for maintaining high levels of physical fitness.
• Establishing water supplies, connecting hoses, and directing water onto fires.
• Maintaining fire equipment and firehouse living quarters.