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