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