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Steel Erector resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what steel erectors 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 erectors should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Steel erector with hands-on experience assembling and installing structural steel on commercial and industrial projects. Skilled in reading plans, operating rigging equipment, and aligning steel members to specification. Committed to safe work practices and delivering structural frames on time.
Key skills
- Reading plans and specifications
- Hand and power tool work
- Installation and maintenance
- Worksite safety management
- Fabrication and finishing
- Plant and equipment operation
- Building codes and standards
- Total station
- Laser level
- Impact wrench
- Rigging slings
- Welding machine
- Problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Erected structural steel frames for commercial and industrial projects, hoisting and positioning beams and columns with cranes and rigging gear.
- Aligned and bolted steel members to within tolerance, ensuring structures passed inspection without rework.
- Operated total station and laser level to set out and check steel positions, reducing alignment errors on site.
- Completed welding and bolting tasks to secure components, maintaining a zero-incident safety record across multiple projects.
- Worked from plans and specifications to install steelwork accurately, coordinating with crane crews to keep lifts on schedule.
Education
Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication or equivalent trade qualification, or extensive on-site experience with a Construction Induction White Card.
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
- Construction Induction
- Working at Heights
- Rigging Ticket
- Dogging Ticket
- Basic Scaffolding
- EWP
- Structural Steel
- Blueprint Reading
- Welding
- Bolting
- Alignment
- Total Station
- Laser Level
- Impact Wrench
- Rigging Slings
- Welding Machine
- AS/NZS 1554
- AS 4100
- Safety
- WorkSafe
- SafeWork
- Steel Erection
- Fabrication
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.