Maintenance Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Construction & Property

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Maintenance Skills List in Construction & Property

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Maintenance role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Maintenance job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 39% of Maintenance job descriptions contained maintenance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

maintenance
39%
maintenance operative
21%
plumbing
15%
handyman
15%
building
12%
trades
9%
trustworthy
9%
reliable
9%
hard working
9%
housing
9%
carpentry
9%
inspection
6%
property
6%
property maintenance
6%
caretaker
6%
diy
6%
facilities
6%
electricity
6%
nvq level 4
6%
hnc
6%
property management
6%
project management
6%
project delivery
6%
nebosh
6%
fire protection
6%
building maintenance
6%
facilities management
6%
fire
6%
iosh
6%
handyperson
3%
building services maintenance
3%
bricklayer
3%
maintenance technician
3%
painter
3%
electrician
3%
groundskeeper
3%
gardener
3%
decorator
3%
electrical engineering
3%
restoration
3%
carpenter
3%
electrical operative
3%
foreman
3%
general maintenance
3%
multi skilled operative
3%
multi-skilled operator
3%
plumber
3%
skilled tradesperson
3%
woodwork
3%
construction
3%
decorating
3%
painting
3%
ppm
3%
reactive
3%
engineer
3%
maintenance plumber
3%
long term
3%
heating engineer
3%
hawick
3%
estates department
3%
edinburgh
3%
m&e maintenance
3%
electrical
3%
building services engineer
3%
breakdowns
3%
electrically biased
3%
scheduling
3%
reporting
3%
private sector
3%
driving license
3%
data collection
3%
customer service
3%
coordinator
3%
contractor
3%
handy person
3%
maintenance assistant
3%
fabric engineer
3%
repair
3%
decoration
3%
buildings
3%
admin
3%
repairs
3%
radiator
3%
housekeeping
3%
multi skilled engineer
3%
ground maintenance
3%
gardening
3%
cleaning
3%
janitor
3%
manufacturing operations
3%
fault finding
3%
electrical safety
3%
diagnostics
3%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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