Technician Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Manufacturing

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Technician Skills List in Manufacturing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Technician role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Technician job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 31% of Technician job descriptions contained repair as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

repair
31%
furniture
20%
restoration
20%
upholsterer
20%
upholstery
20%
manufacturing
18%
electronics
16%
technician
14%
assembly
11%
wiring
11%
inspection
9%
drawings
9%
ppm
9%
soldering
9%
electrical
7%
production
7%
test technician
7%
reactive
7%
planning
7%
quality
7%
mechanical assembly
5%
manual dexterity
5%
machinery
5%
pcb
5%
diagnostics
5%
circuit boards
5%
pcb design
5%
programming
5%
smt
5%
assemblies
5%
visual inspection
5%
logistics
5%
root cause
5%
surface mount operator
5%
engineering
5%
as9100
5%
quality technician
5%
iso9001
5%
laboratory
3%
optics
3%
phd
3%
production technician
3%
test
3%
technical support
3%
msc
3%
solder
3%
build technician
3%
operating systems
3%
pcb boards
3%
surface mount
3%
assembler
3%
cnc
3%
maintenance
3%
lab tech
3%
customer service
3%
electrical assembly
3%
manufacturing drawings
3%
high voltage
3%
harnesses
3%
automotive
3%
returns
3%
mechanical
3%
aerospace
3%
quality control
3%
electrical engineering
3%
document management
3%
schematic
3%
brazing
3%
grading
3%
checking
3%
textiles
3%
technical production
3%
production lines
3%
production line
3%
highly detailed
3%
btec
3%
loom
3%
lasers
3%
hnd
3%
hnc
3%
harness
3%
hardware
3%
degree
3%
circuit
3%
calibration
3%
meng
3%
bsc
3%
board
3%
beng
3%
production. manufacturing
3%
manufacturing engineering
3%
technical documentation
3%
root cause analysis
3%
quality improvement
3%

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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