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.

Most strategists should excel at:

• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

• Patrolling the assigned tracks’ sections so that damaged or broken tracks can be located and reported.
• Cleaning tracks or clearing ice or snow from tracks or switch boxes.
• Repairing or adjusting the tracks’ switches, using wrenches and replacement parts.
• Lubricating machines, changing oil, or filling hydraulic reservoirs to specified levels.
• Dressing and reshaping worn or damaged railroad switching points or frogs, using portable power grinders.
• Cutting rails to specified lengths, using rail saws.
• Raising rails, using hydraulic jacks, allowing for tie removal and replacement.
• Adjusting controls of machines used for spreading, shaping, raising, leveling, or aligning the tracks, according to specifications.
• Drilling holes through rails, tie plates, or fishplates for insertion of bolts or spikes, using power drills.
• Grinding ends of new or worn rails for smoothing joints, using portable grinders.
• Operating track wrench machines for tightening or loosening bolts at joints holding the ends of rails together.