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