What Junior Skilled Trades Jobs Ask For
Across 607 open Junior Skilled Trades postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are personal-protective-equipment, confined-space, osha.
Updated October 10, 2026
1,463 open Junior Skilled Trades postings. The percentages below are measured over the 607 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| personal-protective-equipment | 30% |
| confined-space | 20% |
| osha | 19% |
| hazardous-waste | 14% |
| corrective-action | 11% |
| nfpa | 8% |
| fiber | 6% |
| transformers | 5% |
| cisco | 5% |
| networking | 5% |
| epa | 4% |
| assembly | 3% |
| root-cause-analysis | 2% |
| soldering | 2% |
| automation | 2% |
| cloud | 2% |
| first-aid | 2% |
| waste-management | 2% |
| ethernet | 1% |
| accessibility | 1% |
| ai | 1% |
| ccna | 1% |
| emergency-response | 1% |
| itil | 1% |
| job-safety-analysis | 1% |
| scada | 1% |
| vlan | 1% |
| active-directory | 1% |
| dns | 1% |
| firewall | 1% |
| linux | 1% |
| toolbox-talks | 1% |
| voip | 1% |
| vpn | 1% |
| android | 1% |
| autocad | 1% |
| aws | 1% |
| cad | 1% |
| cnc | 1% |
| crm | 1% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 1,463 open Junior Skilled Trades jobs →
Across all Skilled Trades levels
Most Skilled Trades postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- osha 4,462
- epa 2,026
- confined-space 1,966
- personal-protective-equipment 1,797
- nfpa 935
- corrective-action 921
- hazardous-waste 784
- networking 720
- automation 663
- assembly 480
- cnc 477
- ai 428