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.

Analyzers will often perform the following tasks:

• Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

• Writing technical reports or publications related to water resources development or water using efficiency.
• Reviewing and critique proposals, plans, or designs related to water or wastewater treatment systems.
• Providing technical assistance on water resource or treatment issues to government agencies.
• Providing technical direction or supervision to junior engineers, engineering or computer aided design (CAD) technicians, or other technical personnel.
• Identifying design alternatives for the development of new water resources.
• Developing plans for new water resources or water efficiency programs.
• Designing or selecting equipment for using in wastewater processing for ensuring compliance with government standards.
• Conducting water quality studies for identifying and characterizing water pollutant sources.
• Performing mathematical modeling of underground or surface water resources, such as floodplains, ocean coastlines, streams, rivers, or wetlands.