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.

Any supervisor should excel at:

• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment.
• Detecting or assessing problems whether real or potential.
• Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

• Adding dyes, water, detergents, or chemicals to tanks to dilute or strengthen solutions, according to established formulas and solution testing results.
• Notifying supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
• Adjusting equipment controls for maintaining specified heat, tension, and speed.
• Observing display screens, controlling panels, equipment, and cloth entering or exiting processes for determining if equipment is operating correctly.
• Preparing dyeing machines for production runs, and conducting testing runs of machines for ensuring their proper operation.
• Monitoring factors such as temperatures and dye flow rates for ensuring that they are within specified ranges.
• Starting and controlling machines and equipment for washing, bleaching, dyeing, or otherwise processing and finishing fabrics, yarns, threads, or other textile goods.
• Examining and touching products for identifying defects and variations from coloring and other processing standards.
• Recording production information such as fabric yardage processed, temperature readings, fabric tensions, and machine speeds.