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.

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.

• Determining loading weights and checking them against lifting capacities for preventing overload.
• Moving levers, depressing foot pedals, or turning dials for operating cranes, cherry pickers, electromagnets, or other moving equipment for lifting, moving, or placing loads.
• Inspecting cables or grappling devices for wear and installing or replacing cables, as needed.
• Cleaning, lubricating, and maintaining mechanisms such as cables, pulleys, or grappling devices, making repairs as necessary.
• Inspecting and adjusting crane mechanisms or lifting accessories for preventing malfunctions or damage.
• Directing helpers engaged in placing blocking or outrigging under cranes.
• Loading or unloading bundles from trucks or moving containers to storage bins, using moving equipment.
• Weighing bundles, using floor scales, and recording weights for company records.
• Reviewing daily working or delivery schedules for determining orders, sequences of deliveries, or special loading instructions.
• Directing truck drivers backing vehicles into loading bays and covering, uncovering, or securing the loads for their delivery.