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Shopfitter resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what shopfitters 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 shopfitters should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Shopfitter with hands-on experience in commercial fitouts across retail, hospitality and office tenancies. Skilled at reading shop drawings, setting out, fabricating and installing counters, shelving, wall units and shopfronts to Australian building and safety standards. Known for precise work, clean finishes and keeping site work coordinated around other trades and building occupants.
Key skills
- Hand and power tool work
- Reading plans and specifications
- Installation and maintenance
- Worksite safety management
- Fabrication and finishing
- Building codes and standards
- Circular saw and drop saw operation
- Laser level setting out
- Nail gun use
- AutoCAD drawing review
- Attention to detail
- White Card and site induction compliance
Experience: example bullet points
- Interpreted shop drawings and setting-out plans to build and install counters, shelving and wall units for retail fitouts, checking dimensions before fabrication to reduce rework on site.
- Measured and cut timber, laminate and sheet materials with circular saw and drop saw, organising cuts to get the most from each sheet and limit offcut waste.
- Installed shopfronts, doors, windows and hardware, adjusting frames and fittings so they opened and closed smoothly and passed defect inspection first time.
- Completed fitout work in live retail and hospitality spaces, staging tasks around trading hours and coordinating with other trades to keep access clear and dust contained.
- Followed SWMS, tool guarding and housekeeping requirements on commercial sites, contributing to a crew record of no lost-time injuries across multiple tenancy projects.
Education
Typical entry is a Certificate III in Shopfitting or a Certificate III in Carpentry through an apprenticeship, with a White Card and ongoing site experience. Some shopfitters build on this with a Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Building) or a Diploma of Building and Construction (Building).
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.
- White Card
- Certificate III in Shopfitting
- CPC30120 Certificate III in Shopfitting
- Certificate III in Carpentry
- shop drawings
- commercial fitout
- retail fitout
- hospitality fitout
- joinery installation
- shopfront installation
- counters and shelving
- work health and safety
- WHS
- SWMS
- National Construction Code
- NCC
- Australian Standards
- SafeWork NSW
- WorkSafe Victoria
- WorkSafe Queensland
- laser level
- AutoCAD
- circular saw
- drop saw
- nail gun
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.