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.

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.

• Authorizing actions for correcting identified operational inefficiencies or hazards so that the operating efficiency is maximized and the potential environmental issues are minimized.
• Directing measurement of the intensity or types of radiation in working areas, equipment, or materials.
• Directing the collection and testing of air, water, gas, or solid samples for determining radioactivity levels or for ensuring the appropriate radioactive containment.
• Identifying or directing the implementation of appropriate decontamination procedures, based on equipment and the size, nature, and types of contamination.
• Operating nuclear power reactors in accordance with policies and procedures for protecting workers from radiation and for ensuring environmental safety.
• Supervising technicians’ working activities for ensuring that equipment is operated in accordance with policies and procedures for protecting workers from radiation and ensuring environmental safety.
• Developing or implementing actions such as lockouts, tagouts, or clearances to allow equipment to be safely repaired.