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, 50% of Manufacturing job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
50%
production
50%
stocks
20%
resolve issues
20%
operative
20%
appraisal
20%
lean manufacturing
20%
product quality
20%
product lines
20%
conveyors
10%
packing
10%
distribution
10%
electrical
10%
engineer
10%
engineering
10%
industrial
10%
maintenance
10%
mechanical
10%
multi skilled
10%
sewing
10%
ex forces
10%
machine operator
10%
machine operating
10%
project manufacturing engineer
10%
pfmea
10%
lean six sigma
10%
ci
10%
operator
10%
machinist
10%
machining
10%
reliability
10%
organisational skills
10%
good time keeping
10%
factory/machine experience
10%
manual handling
10%
machine setting
10%
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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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