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