Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Musical Instrument Fabrication & Repair field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Musical Instrument Fabrication & Repair majors need many skills, but most especially Quality Control Analysis. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Musical Instrument Fabrication & Repair majors need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Equipment Selection.

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 Musical Instrument Fabrication & Repair 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 Quality Control Analysis, Critical Thinking, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.