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