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