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