Controller

Archetype 4 Controller

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.

Inspector

Archetype 6 Inspector

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.

Other work activities related to Ship and boat captains

  • Steering and operating vessels, using radios, depth finders, radars, lights, buoys, or lighthouses.
  • Computing positions, setting courses, and determining speeds, using charts, area plotting sheets, compasses, sextants, and knowledge of local conditions.
  • Measuring depths of water, using depth measuring equipment.
  • Directing or coordinating crew members or workers performing activities such as loading or unloading cargo, steering vessels, operating engines, or operating, maintaining, or repairing ship equipment.
  • Monitoring the loading or discharging of cargo or passengers.
  • Calculating sightings of land, using electronic sounding devices and following contour lines on charts.
  • Signaling passing vessels, using whistles, flashing lights, flags, or radios.
  • Maintaining boats or equipment on board, such as engines, winches, navigational systems, fire extinguishers, or life preservers.
  • Signaling crew members or deckhands for rigging towing lines, opening or closing gates or ramps, or pulling guarding chains across entries.