Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Art History, Criticism, & Conservation field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Art History, Criticism, & Conservation majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Art History, Criticism, & Conservation majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Technology Design, Management of Personnel Resources, Service Orientation, Time Management, Operations Analysis, Systems Analysis, Social Perceptiveness, Quality Control Analysis, Coordination, Active Listening, Persuasion, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Speaking, Negotiation, Instructing, Active Learning, Operation Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Systems Evaluation, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Learning Strategies, Repairing, Programming, Troubleshooting, Mathematics, Equipment Selection, Science, Operation and Control, and Equipment Maintenance.
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 Art History, Criticism, & Conservation 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 Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Active Listening, Instructing, Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Time Management, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Systems Analysis, Service Orientation, Management of Personnel Resources, Persuasion, Systems Evaluation, Negotiation, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Mathematics, Management of Financial Resources, Science, Quality Control Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Technology Design, Programming, Troubleshooting, Repairing, Equipment Selection, Operation and Control, Installation, and Equipment Maintenance are the three most important skills for people in the field.