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