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