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