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.

• Monitoring power plants equipment and indicators for detecting evidence of operating problems.
• Adjusting controls for generating specified electrical power or to regulating the flow of power between generating stations and substations.
• Controlling power generating equipment, including boilers, turbines, generators, or reactors, using controlling boards or semi automatic equipment.
• Regulating equipment operations and conditions, such as water levels, based on instrument data or from computers.
• Starting or stopping generators, auxiliary pumping equipment, turbines, or other power plants equipment as necessary.
• Inspecting registries or logbook entries or communicating with plants personnel for assessing the equipment operating status.
• Controlling or maintaining auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, fans, compressors, condensers, feedwater heaters, filters, or chlorinators, for supplying water, fuel, lubricants, air, or auxiliary power.
• Cleaning, lubricating, or maintaining equipment, such as generators, turbines, pumps, or compressors, for preventing failure or deterioration.