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.

Inspectors should be great at:

• Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

• Checking aircraft prior to flights for ensuring that the engines, controls, instruments, and other systems are functioning properly.
• Contacting controlling towers for takeoff clearances, arrival instructions, and other information, using radio equipment.
• Starting engines, operating controls, and pilot airplanes for transporting passengers, mail, or freight according to flight plans, regulations, and procedures.
• Monitoring engine operation, fuel consumption, and functioning of aircraft systems during flights.
• Considering airport altitudes, outside temperatures, plane weights, and wind speeds and directions for calculating the speed needed for becoming airborne.
• Ordering changes in fuel supplies, loads, routes, or schedules for ensuring safety of flights.
• Obtaining and reviewing data such as loading weights, fuel supplies, weather conditions, and flight schedules for determining flight plans and identifying needed changes.
• Planning flights according to government and company regulations, using aeronautical charts and navigation instruments.