Controllers are expected to be good at:

• Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate manufacturing systems.
• Working with hand operated industrial machines and power tools.
• Adjusting knobs, levers, and physical or touch sensitive buttons in industrial devices.
• Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.

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.

• Measuring dimensions of finished workpieces for ensuring conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments, templates, and fixtures.
• Removing and replacing dull cutting tools.
• Mounting, installing, aligning, and securing tools, attachments, fixtures, and workpieces on machines, using hand tools and precision measuring instruments.
• Listening to machines during operation for detecting sounds such as those made by dull cutting tools or excessive vibration and adjusting machines for compensating for problems.
• Adjusting machine loading and speed, changing cutting tools, or adjusting machine controls when automatic programming is faulty or if machines malfunction.
• Stopping machines for removing finished workpieces or for changing tooling, setup, or workpiece placement, according to required machining sequences.
• Lifting workpieces to machines manually or with hoists or cranes.
• Modifying cutting programs accounting for problems encountered during operation and save modified programs.