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.

Any supervisor should excel at:

• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment.
• Detecting or assessing problems whether real or potential.
• Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

• Repairing nanotechnology processing or testing equipment or submitting working orders for equipment repairing.
• Maintaining working area according for cleanroom or other processing standards.
• Setting up or executing nanoparticle experiments according to detailed instructions.
• Compiling information or preparing reports on nanotechnology experiments or applications.
• Recording nanotechnology testing results in logs, laboratory notebooks, or spreadsheet software.
• Producing detailed images or measurement of objects, using tools such as scanning tunneling microscopes or oscilloscopes.
• Performing functional tests of nano enhanced assemblies, components, or systems, using equipment such as torque gauges or conductivity meters.
• Monitoring equipment during operation for ensuring adherence to specifications for characteristics such as pressure, temperature, or flow.
• Measuring or mixing chemicals or compounds in accordance with detailed instructions or formulas.