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