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.

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.

• Recommending or implementing practices for reducing turnaround time for trucks in and out of landfill site.
• Preparing reports on landfill operations and gas collection system productivity or efficiency.
• Diagnosing or troubleshooting gas collection equipment and programmable logic control (PLC) systems.
• Coordinating the repairing, overhauling, or routine maintenance of diesel engines used in landfill operations.
• Reading meters, gauges, or automatic recording devices at specified intervals for verifying gas collection systems operating conditions.
• Supervising landfill, well field, and other subordinate employees.
• Preparing and managing landfill gas collection system budgets.
• Preparing soil reports as required by regulatory or permitting agencies.
• Overseeing landfill gas collection system construction, maintenance, and repairing activities.
• Optimizing gas collection landfill operational costs and productivity consistent with safety and environmental rules and regulations.
• Monitoring landfill permit requirements for updates.