Technicians will often be asked these tasks:

• Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
• Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.

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.

• Repairing circuits, wiring, and soldering, using soldering irons and hand tools to installing parts and adjusting connections.
• Testing equipment functions such as signal strength and quality, transmission capacity, interference, and signal delay, using equipment such as oscilloscopes, circuit analyzers, frequency meters, and wattmeters.
• Installing, adjusting, and repairing stationary and mobile radio transmitting and receiving equipment and two way radio communication systems.
• Examining malfunctioning radio equipment for locating defects such as loose connections, broken wires, or burned out components, using schematic diagrams and testing equipment.
• Removing and replacing defective components and parts such as conductors, resistors, semiconductors, and integrated circuits, using soldering irons, wire cutters, and hand tools.
• Calibrating and aligning components, using scales, gauges, and other measuring instruments.
• Turning setscrews for adjusting receivers for maximum sensitivity and transmitters for maximum output.