Most strategists should excel at:

• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

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.

• Preparing, or directing the preparation of, product or system layouts and detailed drawings and schematics.
• Inspecting marine equipment and machinery for drawing up working requests and job specifications.
• Conducting analytical, environmental, operational, or performance studies for developing designs for products, such as marine engines, equipment, and structures.
• Designing and overseeing testing, installation, and repairing of marine apparatus and equipment.
• Preparing plans, estimates, design and construction schedules, and contract specifications, including any special provisions.
• Investigating and observing tests on machinery and equipment for compliance with standards.
• Coordinating activities with regulatory bodies for ensuring repairs and alterations are at minimum cost and consistent with safety.
• Conducting environmental, operational, or performance tests on marine machinery and equipment.
• Preparing technical reports for using by engineering, management, or sales personnel.