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