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.

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.

• Adjusting controls of equipment for controlling particle beam movement, pulse rates, energy or intensity, or radiation, according to specifications.
• Collecting air, water, gas or solid samples for testing for determining radioactivity levels or for ensuring appropriate radioactive containment.
• Decontaminating objects by cleaning them using soap or solvents or by abrading using brushes, buffing machines, or sandblasting machines.
• Identifying and implementing appropriate decontamination procedures, based on equipment and the size, nature, and types of contamination.
• Measuring the intensity and identifying the types of radiation in working areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments.
• Monitoring nuclear reactor equipment performance for identifying operational inefficiencies, hazards, or needs for maintenance or repairing.
• Preparing reports for communicating information such as contamination testing results, decontamination results, or decontamination procedures.