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Automation Technician resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what automation technicians 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 automation technicians should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Automation technician with a trade and instrumentation background, experienced in installing, programming and maintaining PLC, HMI and SCADA systems across manufacturing and processing plant. I fault find on live equipment, commission drives and sensors, and keep control system documentation accurate so production stays safe and running. I work closely with engineers and electricians to solve control problems and improve plant reliability.
Key skills
- PLC programming and modification
- HMI and SCADA configuration
- Instrument calibration and loop testing
- Variable speed drive commissioning
- Fault finding on live automated plant
- Safety interlock and emergency stop testing
- Control system documentation and backups
- Process improvement
- Siemens TIA Portal
- Rockwell Studio 5000
- Ignition SCADA
- HMI terminals
- Multimeters and loop calibrators
- Problem solving
- Safety and compliance awareness
- Attention to detail
Experience: example bullet points
- Commissioned PLC and drive systems on a new packaging line, bringing it to full production within the planned shutdown window.
- Diagnosed and repaired control faults across a 24/7 processing plant, reducing unplanned stoppages on the shift.
- Modified HMI screens and PLC logic to support a product changeover, cutting setup time from two hours to forty minutes.
- Calibrated pressure, flow and level instruments across the site, keeping measurement drift within tolerance.
- Tested safety interlocks and emergency stops on conveyors and guarding, logging all results and closing out defects before restart.
- Maintained control system documentation and backups, so the team could restore programs quickly after a fault.
Education
Certificate IV in Electrotechnology (Automation) or a diploma in electrical, instrumentation or automation engineering, typically combined with an electrical licence or an electrical trade background.
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.
- Automation technician
- PLC
- SCADA
- HMI
- Siemens TIA Portal
- Rockwell Studio 5000
- Ignition SCADA
- variable speed drives
- instrument calibration
- loop testing
- fault finding
- AS/NZS 3000
- electrical licence
- safety interlocks
- emergency stop testing
- lockout tagout
- hazard identification
- functional safety
- control system documentation
- commissioning
- Cert IV Electrotechnology
- EEHA
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.