Top skills for Maintenance Technician jobs
Based on 3,620 active Maintenance Technician postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Maintenance Technician postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Plumbing44%
- Painting33%
- Work Orders32%
- Carpentry28%
- Maintenance Work24%
- Service Requests23%
- Ladders23%
- Manufacturing22%
- Welding20%
- Pneumatic18%
- Scheduling16%
- Supervision14%
- Motors13%
- Leasing12%
- Recycling12%
- Refrigerant12%
- Blueprints12%
- Punch List11%
- Chemicals10%
- Safety Procedures10%
- Housekeeping8%
- Wiring8%
- Packaging8%
- Compressors7%
- Hydraulics6%
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