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Window Cleaner resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what window cleaners 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 window cleaners should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Window cleaner with commercial and residential experience across shopfronts, offices, apartment blocks and multi-storey facades, working from ladders, water-fed poles and elevated work platforms. Used to running a full day of jobs solo, quoting on site and dealing directly with building managers, tenants and homeowners. Focused on streak-free glass, safe setup, and spotting cracked panes, failed seals and leaks before they turn into a client problem.
Key skills
- Squeegee and traditional hand-finishing technique on glass
- Water-fed pole operation and pure water filtration systems
- Ladder, harness and boom-type elevated work platform setup
- Glass, frame, sill and track cleaning and detailing
- Pressure washing facades, paths and hard surfaces
- On-site quoting and job scheduling in ServiceM8
- Working to SWMS, site inductions and WHS requirements
- Customer service, payments and repeat client relationships
- Spotting cracked glass, failed seals, leaks and gutter overflow
- Physical stamina for full days outdoors in varied weather
- Comfort working at height on ladders and platforms
- Sole trader administration including ABN, invoicing and insurance
Experience: example bullet points
- Cleaned glass, frames and sills across a recurring weekly round of commercial shopfronts and offices, keeping every site on schedule and presenting well for tenants and customers.
- Operated water-fed pole systems from ground level to reach upper-storey windows, cutting ladder setup time and reducing the number of jobs that needed a platform.
- Set up ladders, harnesses and elevated work platforms to SWMS and site inductions, and kept inspection and pre-start checks current on all height equipment.
- Inspected glass and seals during each clean and reported cracked panes, failed seals and leaks to clients and building managers before they worsened.
- Quoted residential and small commercial jobs on site, then scheduled, invoiced and followed up in ServiceM8, building a base of repeat and referral customers.
- Managed a run of up to ten properties a day as a sole trader, planning routes, handling payments and keeping equipment and vehicle serviced.
Education
No formal qualification is needed to start, and many window cleaners enter with Year 12 or below and learn on the job. From there, the common pathway is a Certificate III in Cleaning Operations (CPP30321), with some cleaners going on to a Certificate IV in Cleaning Management or a Diploma of Facilities Management when they move into supervising crews or running their own business. Short courses in working at heights (RIIWHS204E) and the White Card (CPCCWHS1001) are widely held, along with a state-issued boom-type elevating work platform licence (WP) for high-rise facade work.
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.
- window cleaning
- commercial window cleaning
- water-fed pole
- pure water system
- squeegee
- working at heights
- White Card
- boom-type elevating work platform licence
- EWP ticket WP
- ladder safety
- AS/NZS 1892
- SWMS
- WHS compliance
- public liability insurance
- ABN
- ServiceM8
- Working with Children Check
- police check
- Certificate III in Cleaning Operations
- high-rise facade cleaning
- pressure washing
- job quoting
- sole trader
- building cleaning services
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.