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