Much has been said and written about data science roles and the growth of the data science group of occupations1. The work of data science starts with the task of handling data in some way2. So, one place to start…
Continue ReadingIn our previous posts[1][2][3], we drew comparisons between occupational requirements and job content for technologists in Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. A closer look at the table below, showing the job titles in the O*NET database corresponding to the two…
Continue ReadingIn our previous posts[1][2], we observed that the occupational requirements and job content profiles shown in O*NET for Industrial Engineering Technologists indicate that higher entry qualification levels may be required than for Mechanical Engineering Technologists. We further found that Industrial…
Continue ReadingIn our previous post we observed that the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) technique for O*NET work styles indicates that Industrial Engineering Technologists, along with Mechanical Engineers, score relatively higher in Innovation than the other occupations we were examining. We will…
Continue ReadingIn this previous post, we identified that the education profiles for industrial engineering and mechanical engineering technologist occupations in O*NET data deviate from the pattern we would expect to see. In Industrial Engineering, the proportion of technologists with bachelor’s degrees…
Continue ReadingThe titles and meanings of engineer, technician and – increasingly – technologist occupations are still very loose. In the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfATE’s) apprenticeship standards, for instance, we see ‘engineer’ standards as low as level 2[1] and ‘technician’ standards as…
Continue ReadingIn the UK labour market there appears to be a distinct and emerging set of occupations referred to as ‘technologists’. However, they are not properly recognised as occupations within the UK Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) in the same way as,…
Continue ReadingIn this previous post, we described how we can use the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) method, as borrowed from international economics, to gain quick and important insights into key skills and work content for individual, or groups of, occupations. Another…
Continue ReadingIn this previous post, we presented Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) calculations as being a useful, though not exclusive, tool for taking first looks at occupational requirements and content and for identifying important job characteristics. It highlighs the importance of occupations…
Continue ReadingRevealed Comparative Advantage is an index used in international economics for calculating the relative advantage or disadvantage of a certain country in a certain class of goods or services as evidenced by trade flows[1]. RCA is equal to the proportion…
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