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.

Any administrator should excel at:

• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates, as well as communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• Maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
• Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization, and getting them to work together to accomplish tasks by encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.

• Examining immigration applications, visas, and passports and interviewing persons for determining eligibility for admission, residence, and travel in the U.S.
• Detaining persons found to be in violation of customs or immigration laws and arranging for legal action, such as deportation.
• Locating and seizing contraband, undeclared merchandise, and vehicles, aircraft, or boats that contain such merchandise.
• Interpreting and explaining laws and regulations to travelers, prospective immigrants, shippers, and manufacturers.
• Inspecting cargo, baggage, and personal articles entering or leaving U.S. for compliance with revenue laws and U.S. customs regulations.
• Recording and reporting job related activities, findings, transactions, violations, discrepancies, and decisions.
• Institute civil and criminal prosecutions and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies in the investigation and prosecution of those in violation of immigration or customs laws.
• Testifying to the regarding decisions at immigration appeals or in federal court.