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.

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.

• Making special pickups of recyclable materials, such as food scraps, used oil, discarded computers, or other electronic items.
• Inspecting trucks prior to beginning routes for ensuring safe operating conditions.
• Refuel trucks or adding other fluids, such as oil or brake fluid.
• Filling out defective equipment reports.
• Driving trucks, following established routes, through residential streets or alleys or through business or industrial areas.
• Operating equipment that compresses collected refuse.
• Operating automatic or semiautomatic hoisting devices for raising refuse bins and dumping contents into the loading area of the trucks.
• Dismounting garbage trucks for collecting garbage, and remounting trucks for riding them to the next collection point.
• Communicating with dispatchers concerning delays, unsafe sites, accidents, equipment breakdowns, or other maintenance problems.
• Tagging garbage or recycling containers for informing customers of problems, such as excess garbage or inclusion of items that are not permitted.