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Steel Detailer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what steel detailers 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 steel detailers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Steel detailer with experience interpreting engineering drawings and producing accurate shop drawings for fabrication. Skilled in Tekla Structures and AutoCAD, with a strong focus on compliance with Australian steel standards and practical buildability. Works closely with engineers, architects and fabricators to resolve design issues before they reach the workshop.
Key skills
- Reading plans and specifications
- CAD and technical drawing
- Engineering design and analysis
- Tekla Structures
- AutoCAD
- Revit
- SDS/2
- Advance Steel
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
- Written communication
- BIM modelling
- Shop drawing production
- Steel fabrication coordination
Experience: example bullet points
- Produced detailed shop drawings for commercial and industrial steel structures, ensuring all dimensions and connections were clearly communicated to the fabricator.
- Modelled steel frames in Tekla Structures and ran clash detection with architectural and services models, resolving issues before drawings were issued.
- Checked drawings for accuracy and compliance with AS 4100 and project specifications, picking up dimensional errors that would have caused site rework.
- Coordinated with engineers and fabricators to resolve design queries, reducing turnaround on revised drawings from five days to three for a repeat client.
Education
Certificate IV in Engineering Drafting or Diploma of Civil Construction Design, or equivalent engineering qualification.
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.
- AS 4100
- AS/NZS 5131
- National Construction Code
- BIM
- Tekla Structures
- AutoCAD
- Revit
- SDS/2
- Advance Steel
- shop drawings
- fabrication drawings
- steel detailing
- Australian Steel Institute
- White Card
- engineering drawings
- steel fabrication
- 3D modelling
- clash detection
- structural steel
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.