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.

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.

• Assembling boilers at installation sites, using tools such as levels, plumb bobs, hammers, torches, or other hand tools.
• Installing equipment for improving the energy or operational efficiency of residential or commercial buildings.
• Performing routine maintenance on boilers, such as replacing burners or hoses, installing replacement parts, or reinforcing structural weaknesses for ensuring optimal boiler efficiency.
• Positioning, attaching, or blowing insulating materials for preventing energy losses from buildings, pipes, or other structures or objects.
• Testing and treating water supplies.
• Dismantling machines, equipment, or devices for accessing and removing defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, or power tools.
• Performing routine maintenance, such as inspecting drives, motors, or belts, checking fluid levels, replacing filters, or doing other preventive maintenance actions.
• Maintaining or repairing specialized equipment or machinery located in cafeterias, laundries, hospitals, stores, offices, or factories.