Its first incumbent, David Oldham, describes himself as a "caretaker of energy" who enjoys the variety of the role, with its mixture of promotional work to encourage things like recycling, and hands-on tasks: one of his first jobs was organising £200,000-worth of lighting equipment that turns off the lights in unused areas.
The team leader, on the other hand, can delegate the actual hands-on tasks, keeping his or her hands and mind free to coordinate the whole resuscitation process.
Hands-on tasks are key, says language teacher Francis O'Connell, from St Edward's Catholic Primary School.
Being first selectman used to mean taking on hands-on tasks, not just sitting at a meeting table.
The hands-on tasks include tending the estate rose garden and monitoring for pests and diseases, as well as planning for planting on the property.
His job combines hands-on tasks like planning for planting, tending the estate rose garden and monitoring for pests and diseases, and administrative responsibilities like supervising arborists and other ground-care professionals.
This is the Waldorf School of the Peninsula, one of around 160 Waldorf schools in the country that subscribe to a teaching philosophy focused on physical activity and learning through creative, hands-on tasks.
Looking at results from 1998 to 2008 in the national Health and Retirement Study, conducted every other year, Dr. Cagle found few gender differences in the hands-on tasks that spouses undertook -- the so-called activities of daily living.
The clubs will be built around practical hands-on tasks that will include children making games and eventually controlling robots.
