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.

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.

• Calculating or comparing efficiencies associated with changing from low precision irrigation technologies, such as furrow irrigation, to high precision technologies, such as computer controlled systems.
• Implementing soil or water management techniques, such as nutrient management, erosion controlling, buffers, or filter strips, in accordance with conservation plans.
• Entering local soil, water, or other environmental data into adaptive or Web based decision tools for identifying appropriate analyses or techniques.
• Evaluating or recommending geographic information systems (GIS) applications for addressing issues such as surface water quality, groundwater quality, ecological risk assessments, air quality, or environmental contamination.
• Compiling or interpreting biodata for determining extent or types of wetlands or for aiding in the programs formulation.
• Advising land users, such as farmers or ranchers, on plans, problems, or alternative conservation solutions.