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Biosecurity Officer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what biosecurity officers 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 biosecurity officers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Biosecurity Officer with experience in regulatory compliance and field inspection, focused on preventing the entry and spread of pests, weeds and diseases. Skilled in inspecting cargo, mail and baggage, sampling produce and livestock, and issuing import permits and compliance notices. Combines attention to detail with clear advice to importers, producers and travellers.
Key skills
- Regulatory compliance
- Field inspection and testing
- Data analysis
- Integrated Cargo System (ICS)
- ArcGIS
- Microsoft Excel
- Field inspection tablet apps
- Laboratory sample tracking systems
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
- Stakeholder management
- Problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Inspected incoming cargo, mail and baggage for prohibited plant and animal material, identifying and intercepting multiple undeclared risk items per shift.
- Sampled produce, livestock and soil for pests and diseases, maintaining chain-of-custody records that supported laboratory testing and enforcement action.
- Issued import permits, directions and compliance notices, resolving permit queries within agreed timeframes and reducing repeat non-compliance across a client group.
- Investigated reported biosecurity breaches and prepared evidence packs that withstood internal review and led to enforcement outcomes.
- Advised importers, producers and travellers on biosecurity requirements, explaining the reasons behind each rule to encourage voluntary compliance.
Education
Typical entry paths include a bachelor degree in agricultural science, environmental science or a related field, or a Certificate IV or Diploma in biosecurity, government investigations or a similar discipline.
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.
- Biosecurity Officer
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
- Biosecurity Act 2015
- BICON
- Integrated Cargo System (ICS)
- Import permits
- Compliance notices
- Field inspection
- Pest and disease surveillance
- Quarantine
- Biosecurity Queensland
- Agriculture Victoria
- NSW Department of Primary Industries
- ArcGIS
- Microsoft Excel
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.