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