Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Engineering-Related Fields field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Engineering-Related Fields majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Engineering-Related Fields majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Equipment Selection, Troubleshooting, Installation, Technology Design, Programming, Quality Control Analysis, Operation and Control, Operation Monitoring, Management of Material Resources, Mathematics, Science, Management of Financial Resources, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Management of Personnel Resources, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Reading Comprehension, Instructing, Writing, Coordination, Learning Strategies, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Learning, Speaking, Time Management, Active Listening, Negotiation, Persuasion, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, and Operations Analysis.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Engineering-Related Fields majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Speaking, Writing, Complex Problem Solving, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Mathematics, Active Learning, Coordination, Time Management, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Instructing, Social Perceptiveness, Quality Control Analysis, Learning Strategies, Management of Personnel Resources, Science, Persuasion, Operation Monitoring, Service Orientation, Negotiation, Management of Material Resources, Troubleshooting, Management of Financial Resources, Operation and Control, Operations Analysis, Technology Design, Programming, Equipment Selection, Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Installation are the three most important skills for people in the field.