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.

Analyzers will often perform the following tasks:

• Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

• Visiting sites for observing environmental problems, to consulting with contractors, or for monitoring construction activities.
• Designing agricultural machinery components and equipment, using computer aided design (CAD) technology.
• Testing agricultural machinery and equipment for ensuring adequate performance.
• Designing structures for crop storage, animal shelter and loading, and animal and crop processing, and supervising their construction.
• Providing advices on water quality and issues related to pollution management, river controlling, and ground and surface water resources.
• Conducting educational programs for providing farmers or farm cooperative members with information for helping them in improving agricultural productivity.
• Discussing plans with clients, contractors, consultants, and other engineers so that they can be evaluated and necessary changes made.
• Supervising food processing or manufacturing plants operations.