General Operative Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Manufacturing

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General Operative Skills List in Manufacturing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a General Operative role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of General Operative job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 38% of General Operative job descriptions contained warehouse as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

warehouse
38%
production
34%
production operative
30%
manufacturing
21%
assembly
17%
factory
17%
general operative
13%
heavy lifting
13%
labouring
13%
lifting
13%
packing
9%
machine operative
9%
packer
9%
warehouse operative
9%
industrial cleaner
9%
factory operative
9%
cleaner
9%
housekeeping
9%
cleaning
9%
warehousing
5%
wrapping
5%
operations
5%
loading
5%
operative
5%
pickers and packers
5%
production worker
5%
pallets
5%
follow instructions
5%
repetitive
5%
outside
5%
shaping
5%
policies
5%
transport
5%
handling
5%
labourer
5%
manual handling
5%
flt driver
5%
picking
5%
stock checks
5%
machines
5%
machinist
5%
packaging
5%
workshop
5%
assembly operator
5%
cables
5%
manufacturing operative
5%
admin
5%
manual labour
5%
waste management
5%
food processing
5%
food production
5%
rotating shifts
5%
dyehouse
5%
assembly operative
5%
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