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

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Trades Skills List in Construction & Property

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

trainee trades person
40%
trades
35%
carpentry
35%
plumbing
31%
maintenance
31%
repair
27%
plastering
27%
painting
27%
multi trader
27%
decorating
27%
building
27%
electrician
14%
plasterer
9%
carpenter
9%
construction
9%
hawick
5%
edinburgh
5%
estates department
5%
trainee
5%
sealant
5%
devon
5%
cornwall
5%
problem solving
5%
decoration
5%
service manager
5%
management
5%
hvac
5%
smsts
5%
drainage
5%
heating engineer
5%
housing
5%
long term
5%
maintenance plumber
5%
infrastructure
5%
rail
5%
site management
5%
heavy civils
5%
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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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