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