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.

• Preparing information regarding design, structure specifications, materials, color, equipment, estimated costs, or construction time.
• Consulting with clients for determining functional or spatial requirements of structures.
• Preparing contract documents for building contractors.
• Integrating engineering elements into unified architectural designs.
• Administering construction contracts.
• Representing clients in obtaining bids or awarding construction contracts.
• Preparing operating and maintenance manuals, studies, or reports.
• Calculating potential energy savings by comparing estimated energy consumption of proposed design to baseline standards.
• Designing environmentally sound structural upgrades to existing buildings, such as natural lighting systems, green roofs, or rainwater collection systems.
• Designing or planning the construction of green building projects for minimizing adverse environmental impacts or conserving energy.