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, 50% of Plastics job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
50%
plastics
39%
cnc
34%
mechanical
34%
cad
28%
programming
25%
bristol
23%
cam
23%
programmer
23%
weston
23%
cnc programmer
23%
fusion 360
23%
engineering
17%
sommerset
17%
injection moulding
14%
solidworks
14%
design
12%
cnc miller
12%
mill
12%
miller
12%
milling
12%
haas
12%
cnc turner
12%
fanuc
12%
turner
12%
turning
12%
maintenance
9%
surface grinding
6%
aerospace
6%
automotive
6%
hydraulic
6%
quality engineer
6%
chemicals
6%
manager
6%
sales
6%
3d
6%
drawings
6%
manual machinist
6%
manual miller
6%
somerset
6%
extrusion operator
6%
line technician
6%
maintenance technician
6%
specialist
6%
forklift operator
3%
panel
3%
cad/cam
3%
edm
3%
fitting
3%
manufacture
3%
mechanical assembly
3%
mechanical fitting
3%
tooling
3%
tooling engineer
3%
toolmaker
3%
electrical engineer
3%
electrical maintenance
3%
electrician
3%
extrusion
3%
moulding
3%
plastic
3%
3 axis
3%
5 axis
3%
cnc machinist
3%
heidenhain
3%
durham
3%
electrical
3%
engineer
3%
gateshead
3%
multiskilled
3%
newcastle
3%
north east
3%
plc
3%
production
3%
shift
3%
sunderland
3%
tyne and wear
3%
injection molding
3%
iso14001
3%
quality manager
3%
design engineer
3%
industrial placement
3%
5s
3%
ci
3%
fmcg
3%
industrial
3%
kaizen
3%
kanban
3%
lean manufacturing
3%
pneumatic
3%
process
3%
process engineer
3%
robotic
3%
six sigma
3%
industrial engineer
3%
lean
3%
manufacturing engineer
3%
plant
3%
polymer
3%
waste
3%
clients
3%
commercial
3%
data management
3%
hseq
3%
leicester
3%
leicestershire
3%
midlands
3%
quotations
3%
vacuum forming
3%
comah site
3%
mechanical fitter
3%
mechanical technician
3%
technician
3%
engineering drawings
3%
fabricating
3%
iso
3%
welding
3%
general operator
3%
account
3%
business development
3%
management
3%
paint
3%
additives
3%
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