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Airport Ground Crew resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what airport ground crews 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 airport ground crews should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Airport ground crew member with hands-on experience across apron operations, baggage handling and aircraft turnaround. Comfortable operating tugs, belt loaders and ground support equipment in all weather, and working to strict aviation safety and security procedures. Looking to bring reliable, safety-first turnaround support to a busy airport operation.
Key skills
- Aircraft turnaround and apron operations
- Baggage, mail and freight handling
- Marshalling and pushback coordination
- Tugs, belt loaders and ground support equipment operation
- Baggage handling system and handheld barcode scanners
- Two-way radio communication
- Apron safety checks and hazard reporting
- Manual handling and load sheet compliance
- Passenger escorting between terminal and aircraft
- Safety and compliance awareness
- Customer service
- Attention to detail
- Physical stamina and dexterity
Experience: example bullet points
- Loaded and unloaded baggage, mail and freight from narrow-body and wide-body aircraft holds, keeping turnarounds within scheduled windows.
- Marshalled aircraft on arrival and departure, coordinating with ramp control to keep pushback on schedule.
- Operated tugs, belt loaders, stairs and other ground support equipment, completing pre-start checks and reporting faults before they affected turnaround.
- Conducted apron safety checks and reported hazards, helping maintain a clean and compliant apron environment.
- Escorted passengers between the terminal and aircraft, ensuring compliance with airside security requirements.
- Reduced bag loading errors across a 10-person shift by double-checking bag tag scans against load sheets before closing the hold.
Education
Year 12 or equivalent, plus a Certificate II or III in Aviation (Ground Operations) or equivalent on-the-job training.
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.
- ASIC (Aviation Security Identification Card)
- Airside Driver Authority (ADA)
- Manual handling
- Dangerous goods awareness
- CASA regulations
- Airside safety
- Aircraft turnaround
- Baggage handling system
- Load sheet
- Pushback
- Marshalling
- Ground support equipment (GSE)
- Two-way radio
- WHS
- Aviation security
- Apron
- Ramp
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.