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Skilled Trades and Construction Resume Template Pack: Journeyman and Experienced, Project Portfolio, Apprentice and Entry Level, and a Bullet-Writing Guide
Three ATS-friendly resume layouts built around how electricians and others in skilled trades and construction are hired, and a guide to writing bullets in your own words.
$15 one time · 14-day full refund · Word and PDF · download link by email
Who it is for
Electricians, plumbers, carpenters, HVAC technicians, welders, laborers, apprentices and foremen. Anyone in skilled trades and construction who wants to write or rebuild their own resume.
Not the right fit if
You want someone to write your resume for you (see our done-for-you resume rewrite), or you work outside skilled trades and construction: the templates and verbs are built for this field.
Why it is different
- Built for skilled trades and construction: the section order puts trade, level and licenses at the top where the people hiring look first.
- The guide starts from what skilled trades and construction readers check first, such as: your trade and level, plus any license or apprenticeship status, stated in the first lines. Example bullets are structures with [placeholders], never invented results.
- It also flags the field's common slips, for example: hiding your trade and level in the middle of a paragraph instead of the first line. One column, standard headings, nothing promised.
What is inside
- Resume template 1: Journeyman and Experienced (Word). Licensed or experienced tradespeople with a steady work history. Sections in order: Summary, Licenses, Cards and Certifications, Work Experience, Tools and Equipment, Apprenticeship and Training. One column, standard headings, no tables or text boxes.
- Resume template 2: Project Portfolio (Word). Foremen, leads and tradespeople whose best evidence is the projects they built. Sections in order: Summary, Licenses, Cards and Certifications, Selected Projects, Work Experience, Tools and Equipment. One column, standard headings, no tables or text boxes.
- Resume template 3: Apprentice and Entry Level (Word). Apprentices, pre-apprentices and career changers coming into the trades. Sections in order: Summary, Apprenticeship and Training, Tools and Equipment, Work Experience, Licenses, Cards and Certifications. One column, standard headings, no tables or text boxes.
- Bullet-writing guide. 24 action verbs grouped by on the job, planning and quality, crew and safety; 8 example bullet structures with [placeholders]; 3 summary structures; what readers in skilled trades and construction usually scan for; and 5 common mistakes.
A look inside
The first pages, as you will get them
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What's in the download?
Three Word resume templates for skilled trades and construction (Journeyman and Experienced, Project Portfolio, Apprentice and Entry Level) and a bullet-writing guide, each with a matching PDF. You get a download link by email after payment.
Which template should I use?
Journeyman and Experienced: Licensed or experienced tradespeople with a steady work history. Project Portfolio: Foremen, leads and tradespeople whose best evidence is the projects they built. Apprentice and Entry Level: Apprentices, pre-apprentices and career changers coming into the trades.
Do I need a resume for a trade job?
Many contractors still hire by phone or through a hall, but a one-page resume helps when you apply online, to larger contractors or for a lead role. It also helps you answer the application questions consistently.
Are the example bullets real results I can copy?
No, on purpose. They are structures such as "Installed [systems or components] on [number] [residential, commercial or industrial] projects, from rough-in to [final stage].", so you fill in only facts you can back up.
Will these templates get past applicant tracking systems?
They are built the way ATS software reads most reliably: one column, standard headings, no tables, text boxes or images. No template can promise how an employer's system ranks you, and we don't.
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