Any administrator should excel at:

• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates, as well as communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• Maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
• Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization, and getting them to work together to accomplish tasks by encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.

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.

• Maintaining a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment.
• Planning working schedules and assigning duties for maintaining adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads.
• Collaborating with workers and managers for solving working related problems.
• Reviewing working throughout the working processes and at its completion for ensuring that it has been performed properly.
• Transmitting and explaining working orders to laborers.
• Checking specifications of materials loaded or unloaded against information contained in working orders.
• Informing designated employees or departments of items loaded or problems encountered.
• Evaluating employee performance and preparing performance appraisals.
• Preparing and maintaining working records and reports of information such as employee time and wages, daily receipts, or inspection results.
• Conducting staff meetings for relaying general information or for addressing specific topics, such as safety.
• Inspecting equipment for wear and for conformance to specifications.