Manufacturing Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Manufacturing

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Manufacturing Skills List in Manufacturing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Manufacturing role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Manufacturing job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 40% of Manufacturing job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
40%
production
29%
ci
12%
manufacturing operative
12%
assembly
12%
operative
12%
manufacturing engineer
8%
engineering
8%
manufacturing operator
8%
extrusion operator
8%
operator
8%
engineer
8%
pfmea
8%
assembler
4%
tamworth
4%
staffordshire
4%
stafford
4%
warehouse
4%
quality
4%
qhse
4%
purchasing
4%
procurement
4%
bom
4%
operations manager
4%
electronics manufacturing
4%
operations director
4%
project manufacturing engineer
4%
good time keeping
4%
stocks
4%
resolve issues
4%
product lines
4%
machinist
4%
machining
4%
product quality
4%
lean manufacturing
4%
appraisal
4%
reliability
4%
organisational skills
4%
lean six sigma
4%
factory/machine experience
4%
manual handling
4%
machine setting
4%
machine operating
4%
manufacturing manager
4%
production planning
4%
mechanical engineering
4%
birmingham
4%
production build packs
4%
process improvement
4%
h&s training
4%
welding
4%
metal fabrication
4%
project management skills
4%
phd
4%
construction industry
4%
additive manufacturing
4%
supervisory experience
4%
machine tools
4%
hand tools
4%
5s
4%
cnc programming
4%
cnc manufacturing
4%
cnc machine
4%
production operative
4%
sewing
4%
manufacturer
4%
industrial sewing
4%
drawings
4%
dfmea
4%
maintenance
4%
health and safety
4%
head of operations
4%
coventry
4%
aerospace
4%
packing
4%
machine operator
4%
npi
4%
nuneaton
4%
8d
4%
six sigma
4%
opex
4%
leadership
4%
change
4%
kaizen
4%
green belt
4%
black belt
4%
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