Plastics Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Plastics Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Plastics role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Plastics job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 38% of Plastics job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
38%
cnc
28%
plastics
25%
injection moulding
21%
mechanical
21%
engineering
18%
solidworks
14%
cad
14%
surface grinding
11%
maintenance
11%
programming
11%
design
11%
haas
7%
milling
7%
cnc machinist
7%
cnc turner
7%
fanuc
7%
heidenhain
7%
aerospace
7%
automotive
7%
hydraulic
7%
quality engineer
7%
3d
7%
drawings
7%
bristol
7%
cam
7%
cnc programmer
7%
fusion 360
7%
programmer
7%
sommerset
7%
weston
7%
mills
4%
setting and operating
4%
cnc setter/operator
4%
mazak
4%
proturn
4%
siemens
4%
forklift operator
4%
panel
4%
cad/cam
4%
edm
4%
fitting
4%
manufacture
4%
mechanical assembly
4%
mechanical fitting
4%
tooling
4%
tooling engineer
4%
toolmaker
4%
electrical engineer
4%
electrical maintenance
4%
electrician
4%
extrusion
4%
moulding
4%
plastic
4%
3 axis
4%
5 axis
4%
durham
4%
electrical
4%
engineer
4%
gateshead
4%
multiskilled
4%
newcastle
4%
north east
4%
plc
4%
production
4%
shift
4%
sunderland
4%
tyne and wear
4%
injection molding
4%
iso14001
4%
quality manager
4%
design engineer
4%
industrial placement
4%
5s
4%
chemicals
4%
ci
4%
fmcg
4%
industrial
4%
kaizen
4%
kanban
4%
lean manufacturing
4%
pneumatic
4%
process
4%
process engineer
4%
robotic
4%
six sigma
4%
industrial engineer
4%
lean
4%
manufacturing engineer
4%
plant
4%
polymer
4%
waste
4%
clients
4%
commercial
4%
data management
4%
hseq
4%
leicester
4%
leicestershire
4%
manager
4%
midlands
4%
quotations
4%
sales
4%
vacuum forming
4%
comah site
4%
mechanical fitter
4%
mechanical technician
4%
technician
4%
engineering drawings
4%
fabricating
4%
iso
4%
welding
4%
general operator
4%
manual machinist
4%
manual miller
4%
cnc miller
4%
mill
4%
miller
4%
turner
4%
turning
4%
extrusion operator
4%
line technician
4%
maintenance technician
4%
specialist
4%
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