Any supervisor should excel at:

• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment.
• Detecting or assessing problems whether real or potential.
• Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

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.

• Inspecting, testing, and adjusting completed units for ensuring that units meet specifications, tolerances, and customer order requirements.
• Assembling parts or units, and positioning, aligning, and fastening units to assemblies, subassemblies, or frames, using hand tools and power tools.
• Positioning, aligning, and adjusting parts for proper fitting and assembly.
• Connecting cables, tubes, and wiring, according to specifications.
• Attaching name plates and marking identifying information on parts.
• Reading blueprints and specifications for determining component parts and assembly sequences of electromechanical units.
• Disassembling units to replacing parts or to crate them for shipping.
• Measuring parts for determining tolerances, using precision measuring instruments such as micrometers, calipers, and verniers.
• Cleaning and lubricating parts and subassemblies, using grease paddles or oilcans.
• Drilling, tapping, reaming, countersinking, and spotting bolting holes in parts, using drill presses and portable power drills.
• Filing, lapping, and buffing parts for fitting, using hand and power tools.