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