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.

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.

• Applying coatings, such as paint, ink, or lacquer, for protecting or decorating workpiece surfaces, using spraying guns, pens, or brushes.
• Examining finished surfaces of workpieces for verifying conformance to specifications and retouch any defective areas.
• Cleaning and maintaining tools and equipment, using solvents, brushes, and rags.
• Reading job orders and inspecting workpieces for determining working procedures and materials required.
• Cleaning surfaces of workpieces in preparation for coating, using cleaning fluids, solvents, brushes, scrapers, steam, sandpaper, or cloth.
• Rinsing, draining, or wiping coated workpieces for removing excess coating material or for facilitating the setting of finishing coats on workpieces.
• Placing coated workpieces in ovens or dryers for specified times for drying or harden finishes.
• Selecting and mixing ingredients to preparing coating substances according to specifications, using paddles or mechanical mixers.
• Melting or heating coating materials to specified temperatures.
• Conceal blemishes in workpieces, such as nicks and dents, using fillers such as putty.