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Removalist resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what removalists 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 removalists should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Removalist with hands-on experience in household and office relocations, covering packing, protective wrapping, load restraint and furniture reassembly. Comfortable working in small crews, driving light and heavy rigid trucks between pick up and delivery addresses, and dealing directly with clients on moving day. Known for careful handling, clear communication and keeping jobs on schedule without cutting corners on safety.
Key skills
- Household and office relocation
- Packing and protective wrapping with moving blankets, shrink wrap and corner protectors
- Load restraint and weight distribution in removal trucks
- Furniture dismantling and reassembly
- Manual handling and safe lifting technique
- Heavy rigid (HR) truck driving and pre-start checks
- Job and fleet management software such as Moveware
- GPS route planning and delivery apps
- Consignment notes and condition reporting
- Customer service and on-site problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Packed and wrapped household goods for local and interstate moves, using moving blankets, shrink wrap and corner protectors to protect furniture and fragile items in transit.
- Loaded and secured removal trucks, stacking heavier items low and bracing loads with straps so goods arrived without shifting or transit damage.
- Dismantled and reassembled beds, desks and modular office furniture, labelling and bagging parts so reinstallation ran without missing pieces.
- Completed daily pre-start checks and drove light and heavy rigid trucks between pick up and delivery addresses, keeping to booked arrival windows and lift bookings.
- Worked in a crew of four to move a full four-bedroom household in a single day, coordinating the load plan so the truck was packed once and unloaded once.
- Recorded condition reports and consignment notes in Moveware, flagging existing damage before loading to avoid disputes at delivery.
- Trained new crew members in safe lifting, furniture trolley use and load restraint over their first fortnight.
- Handled client questions on moving day, adjusting furniture placement and resolving access issues such as tight stairwells and shared driveways.
Education
Certificate III in Furniture Removal, or entry through on-the-job training with a removal company; a light rigid (LR) or heavy rigid (HR) licence is needed for larger removal trucks, and many employers support staff to upgrade their licence class.
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.
- Furniture removal
- Household relocation
- Office relocation
- HR licence
- LR licence
- MR licence
- Load restraint
- Manual handling
- WHS compliance
- Chain of Responsibility
- NHVR
- AFRA
- White Card
- National police check
- Moveware
- Pre-start check
- Consignment note
- Interstate removal
- Furniture reassembly
- Packing and wrapping
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.