Maintenance Technician Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Maintenance Technician Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Maintenance Technician role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Maintenance Technician job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 70% of Maintenance Technician job descriptions contained mechanical as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

mechanical
70%
engineering
60%
apprenticeship
58%
water
56%
utilities
56%
practical
56%
manual
56%
environment
56%
apprentice
56%
maintenance
24%
electrical
16%
maintenance technician
12%
maintenance engineer
12%
apprenticeships
8%
anglian water
8%
manufacturing
8%
technician
6%
planned preventative maintenance
6%
mechanical engineering
6%
conveyors
6%
electrical maintenance engineer
6%
manufacturing environment
4%
electrical maintenance technician
4%
waste
4%
troubleshooting
4%
reactive
4%
motors
4%
service technician
4%
fmcg
4%
electrician
4%
engineer
4%
machine shop
2%
multi skilled maintenance engineer
2%
multi skilled maintenance technician
2%
multi-skilled electrical maintenance technician
2%
building maintenance engineer
2%
cmms
2%
electromechanical
2%
fault finding
2%
field service engineer
2%
field service technician
2%
hydraulic
2%
tradesman
2%
multi-trade operative
2%
repair
2%
service engineer
2%
gearboxes
2%
hydraulics
2%
maintenance management
2%
pneumatics
2%
electrical equipment
2%
production line
2%
electrical engineer
2%
caretaker
2%
equipment maintenance
2%
multi skilled
2%
plc
2%
production
2%
heavy vehicle
2%
light vehicle
2%
mechanical fitter
2%
rail
2%
rolling stock
2%
electrical technician
2%
facilities
2%
handyman
2%
shifts
2%
onc
2%
hotel
2%
machinery
2%
hnc
2%
maintenance operative
2%
multi-skilled
2%
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