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.

Analyzers will often perform the following tasks:

• Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

• Consulting with authors and editors regarding manuscript changes and suggestions.
• Archive documents, conducting researching, and reading copy, using the internet and various computer programs.
• Writing original content such as headlines, cutlines, captions, and front covers copy.
• Typesetting and measuring dimensions, spacing, and positioning of page elements, such as copy and illustrations, for verifying conformance to specifications, using printer’s ruler or layout software.
• Correcting or recording omissions, errors, or inconsistencies found.
• Marking texts for indicating and correcting any errors in typing, arrangement, grammar, punctuation, or spelling, using standard printers’ marks.
• Reading corrected copies or proofs for ensuring that all corrections have been made.
• Comparing the information or figures on one document against the same data on other documents, or with and original copy, for detecting errors.
• Consulting reference books or securing the aid of readers for checking references with rules of grammar and composition.