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