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.

Technicians will often be asked these tasks:

• Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
• Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.

• Locking doors and gates of entrances and exits for securing buildings.
• Responding to medical emergencies by administering basic first aid or by obtaining assistance from paramedics.
• Patrolling industrial or commercial premises for preventing and detecting signs of intrusion and ensuring the security of doors, windows, and gates.
• Answering alarms and investigating disturbances.
• Monitoring and authorizing the entrance and departure of employees, visitors, and other persons for guarding against theft and maintaining security of premises.
• Writing reports of daily activities and irregularities, such as equipment or property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons, or unusual occurrences.
• Calling police or fire departments in cases of emergency, such as fire or presence of unauthorized persons.
• Circulating among visitors, patrons, or employees for preserving order and protecting property.
• Warning persons of rule infractions or violations, and apprehending or evicting violators from premises, using force when necessary.