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Mine Deputy resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what mine deputys 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 mine deputys should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Experienced underground mining supervisor with a current Deputy's Certificate of Competency. Skilled in leading production crews, conducting statutory inspections for ground, ventilation and gas hazards, and enforcing safety rules in high-risk underground workings. Committed to keeping crews safe while meeting production targets.
Key skills
- Worksite safety management
- Operations management
- Regulatory compliance
- Risk and internal controls
- Draeger gas detection instruments
- VentSim ventilation modelling software
- INX InControl safety management system
- Underground leaky feeder radio systems
- MICROMINE Pitram
- Safety and compliance awareness
- People leadership
- Problem solving
- Written communication
Experience: example bullet points
- Conducted pre-shift inspections across multiple headings, identifying and addressing ground control and ventilation hazards before work commenced.
- Directed a production crew through mining and support activities, ensuring statutory safety rules were followed at all times.
- Tested for methane, carbon monoxide and other gases using Draeger instruments, recording results and escalating readings that exceeded limits.
- Issued permits and isolation instructions, verifying lock-out tag-out procedures before maintenance work began.
- Responded to an underground incident by coordinating evacuation and emergency procedures, accounting for all personnel and preserving the scene for investigation.
- Maintained daily records of inspections, gas readings and crew performance using INX InControl and MICROMINE Pitram, reducing reporting gaps and improving shift handover.
Education
Certificate III in Underground Coal Mining or equivalent, plus a Deputy's Certificate of Competency issued by the relevant state mining regulator (for example, NSW Resources Regulator or WorkSafe Queensland).
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.
- Deputy's Certificate of Competency
- statutory supervisor
- underground coal mining
- mine safety
- gas testing
- ventilation management
- ground control
- risk assessment
- emergency response
- Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013 (NSW)
- Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld)
- Draeger gas detection
- VentSim
- INX InControl
- MICROMINE Pitram
- leaky feeder radio
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.