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Fitter and Turner resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what fitter and turners actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most fitter and turners should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Fitter and Turner with experience machining and fitting metal components to fine tolerances. Skilled in reading engineering drawings, setting up lathes and milling machines, and using precision measuring instruments to keep production machinery and plant running accurately. Committed to safe work practices and quality workmanship.
Key skills
- Reading engineering drawings and specifications
- Setting up and operating lathes, milling machines and machining centres
- Precision measurement with micrometers, vernier calipers and gauges
- Fitting, aligning and assembling machined components
- Diagnosing and repairing production machinery and plant
- Hand and power tool work
- Fanuc CNC controls
- Mastercam
- AutoCAD
- Worksite safety management
- Problem solving and attention to detail
Experience: example bullet points
- Machined replacement parts for production equipment from engineering drawings, reducing unplanned downtime on a busy shift.
- Set up and operated Mazak lathes and machining centres to produce components within tolerances, cutting rework on a run of 200 parts.
- Measured and checked finished parts with Mitutoyo micrometers and vernier calipers, picking up out of tolerance work before it reached assembly.
- Fitted and aligned machined components into conveyor drives and pumps, restoring full operation to a processing line.
- Diagnosed and repaired faults in hydraulic and pneumatic plant equipment, bringing a stalled production line back into service inside a shift.
- Worked with maintenance and production teams to improve changeover procedures, saving several hours of machine time each week.
Education
Certificate III in Engineering (Mechanical Trade), usually completed through an apprenticeship, with further study options at Certificate IV and Diploma level.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Fitter and Turner
- Certificate III in Engineering (Mechanical Trade)
- MEM30219
- engineering drawings
- lathe
- milling machine
- CNC machining
- Fanuc
- Mazak
- micrometer
- vernier caliper
- precision machining
- mechanical fitting
- plant maintenance
- WHS
- Australian Standards
- apprenticeship
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.