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