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.

• Conversing with customers for determining details of equipment problems.
• Reassembling machines after making repairs or replacing parts.
• Traveling to customers’ stores or offices to service machines or for providing emergency repairing service.
• Reinstall software programs or adjusting settings on existing software for fixing machine malfunctions.
• Advising customers concerning equipment operation, maintenance, or programming.
• Testing new systems for ensuring that they are in working order.
• Assembling machines according to specifications, using hand or power tools and measuring devices.
• Operating machines for testing their functioning of parts or mechanisms.
• Maintaining records of equipment maintenance working or repairs.
• Installing and configuring new equipment, including operating software or peripheral equipment.
• Maintaining parts inventories and order any additional parts needed for repairs.
• Updating existing equipment, performing tasks such as installing updated circuit boards or additional memory.