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.

• Following appropriate safety procedures for transporting dangerous goods.
• Checking vehicles for ensuring that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order.
• Maintaining logs of working hours or of vehicle service or repairing status, following applicable state and federal regulations.
• Obtaining receipts or signatures for delivered goods and collecting payment for services when required.
• Maneuvering trucks into their loading or unloading positions, following signals from loading crew and checking that vehicle and loading equipment are properly positioned.
• Driving trucks with capacities greater than 3 tons, including tractor trailer combinations, for transporting and delivering products, livestock, or other materials.
• Securing cargo for transportation, using ropes, blocks, chain, binders, or covers.
• Reading bills of lading for determining assignment details.
• Reporting vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, or damage to the vehicles.
• Reading and interpreting maps for determining vehicle routes.