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