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.

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.

• Presenting data, maps, or other information at construction related public hearings or meetings.
• Reviewing development plans for determining potential traffic impacts.
• Preparing administrative, technical, or statistical reports on traffic operation matters, such as accidents, safety measures, or pedestrian volume or practices.
• Evaluating transportation systems or traffic controlling devices or lighting systems for determining need for modification or expansion.
• Evaluating traffic controlling devices or lighting systems for determining need for modification or expansion.
• Developing or assisting in the development of transportation related computer software or computer processes.
• Preparing project budgets, schedules, or specifications for labor or materials.
• Preparing final project layout drawings that include details such as stress calculations.
• Planning alteration or modification of existing transportation structures for improving safety or function.