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.

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.

• Performing quality checks on products and parts.
• Packaging finished products and preparing them for shipment.
• Shoveling, sweeping, or otherwise cleaning working areas.
• Reviewing working orders and blueprints for ensuring working is performed according to specifications.
• Completing production reports for communicating the team production levels to management.
• Maintaining production equipment and machinery.
• Supervising assemblers and training employees on job procedures.
• Operating machinery and heavy equipment, such as forklifts.
• Determining working assignments and procedures.
• Providing assistance in the production of wiring assemblies.