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