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