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.

• Checking the forms holding the concrete for verifying that they are properly constructed.
• Setting the forms holding concrete to the desired pitch and depth, and aligning them.
• Spreading, leveling, and smoothing concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel, hand or power screed, and float.
• Molding expansion joints and edges, using edging tools, jointers, and straightedge.
• Monitoring how the wind, heat, or cold affect the curing of the concrete throughout the entire procedure.
• Signaling truck driver for positioning the truck for facilitating the pouring of concrete, and moving chute for directing concrete on forms.
• Producing rough concrete surface, using broom.
• Operating power vibrator to compact concrete.
• Directing the casting of the concrete and supervising laborers who are using shovels or special tools for spreading it.
• Mixing cement, sand, and water for producing concrete, grout, or slurry, using hoe, trowel, tamper, scraper, or concrete mixing machine.
• Cutting out damaged areas, drilling holes for reinforcing rods, and positioning reinforcing rods for repairing concrete, using power saws and drills.