Civil Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Civil Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Civil role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Civil job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 54% of Civil job descriptions contained civil as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

civil
54%
engineering
47%
technician
47%
inventor
39%
civil engineer
39%
junior
39%
cad
39%
autocad
39%
3d
39%
2d
39%
structural
39%
solidworks
39%
project
39%
industrial
39%
construction
39%
technical
39%
graduate
39%
engineer
39%
stoke-on-trent
24%
leek
24%
crewe
24%
congleton
24%
cheadle
24%
design
16%
worcester
16%
stratford-upon-avon
16%
birmingham
16%
bromsgrove
16%
leamington spa
16%
redditch
16%
power networks
8%
apprenticeship
8%
senior civil engineer
8%
northern ireland
8%
belfast
8%
senior
8%
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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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