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