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