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.

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.

• Supervising, training, and evaluating technicians, technologists, survey personnel, engineers, scientists or other mine personnel.
• Inspecting mining areas for unsafe structures, equipment, and working conditions.
• Selecting locations and planning underground or surface mining operations, specifying processes, labor usage, and equipment that will result in safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction of minerals and ores.
• Examining maps, deposits, drilling locations, or mines for determining the location, size, accessibility, contents, value, and potential profitability of mineral, oil, and gas deposits.
• Preparing schedules, reports, and estimates of the costs involved in developing and operating mines.
• Monitoring mine production rates for assessing operational effectiveness.
• Designing, implementing, and monitoring the development of mines, facilities, systems, or equipment.
• Selecting or developing mineral location, extraction, and production methods, based on factors such as safety, cost, and deposit characteristics.