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