Innovators will usually have four main goals:

• Developing or creating new applications, relationships, systems, or products.
• Providing creative ideas or artistic contributions.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Benchmarking, experimenting and testing novel approaches to solving problems.

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.

• Preparing graphic representations or drawings of proposed plans or designs.
• Collaborating with architects or related professionals on whole building design for maximizing the aesthetic features of structures or surrounding land and for improving energy efficiency.
• Creating landscapes capable of minimizing water consumption such as by incorporating drought resistant grasses or indigenous plants.
• Designing and integrating rainwater harvesting or gray and reclaimed water systems for conserving water into building or land designs.
• Identifying and selecting appropriate sustainable materials for using in landscape designs, such as recycled wood or recycled concrete boards for structural elements or recycled tires for playground bedding.
• Conferring with clients, engineering personnel, or architects on landscape projects.
• Preparing site plans, specifications, or cost estimates for land development.
• Analyzing data on conditions such as site location, drainage, or structure location for environmental reports or landscaping plans.