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Body Piercer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what body piercers 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 body piercers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Body piercer with a steady hand and a solid grounding in sterile technique, working across studio and salon settings. Comfortable running a full consultation, from placement and jewellery selection through to aftercare and healing checks. Keeps infection control records in order and follows skin penetration requirements without needing to be reminded.
Key skills
- Sterile piercing technique using single-use needles
- Autoclave operation, cycle logging and sterilisation records
- Body jewellery sizing, fitting and adjustment (studs, rings, barbells)
- Client consultation on placement, anatomy and aftercare
- Infection control and skin penetration compliance
- Healing assessment and recognition of warning signs
- Plain-language aftercare advice and written instructions
- Sharps handling and disposal
- Personal care and client comfort
- Studio cleaning and sterile field setup
- Customer service in a busy, client-facing studio
- Attention to detail
- Booking and client records: Fresha, Timely, Square Appointments
Experience: example bullet points
- Consulted with each client on placement, anatomy and jewellery options before a piercing, so they understood healing time and aftercare before anything was marked.
- Operated and logged autoclave cycles and prepared single-use needle and jewellery kits for every appointment, keeping the studio ready for council skin penetration checks.
- Performed piercings using sterile technique, talking clients through each step to keep them calm and still during the procedure.
- Fitted and adjusted rings, studs and barbells, including downsizing jewellery once the initial swelling had settled.
- Wrote plain-language aftercare instructions and followed up at the healing check, which cut the number of confused calls about normal tenderness and crusting.
- Maintained infection control and client records, including consent forms and sterilisation logs, in line with studio policy.
- Worked evenings and weekends across a busy studio roster while keeping appointment turnaround tight.
Education
Certificate III or IV in beauty services or a specialist body piercing qualification, plus infection control training such as HLTINF006; some piercers enter through supervised on-the-job training alongside a current first aid certificate.
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.
- Body piercer
- Skin penetration
- Infection control
- Sterilisation
- Autoclave
- Single-use needle
- Sharps disposal
- Body jewellery
- Aftercare
- Piercing consultation
- Studio hygiene
- Council skin penetration registration
- HLTINF006
- First aid certificate
- Fresha
- Timely
- Square Appointments
- Client records
- Customer service
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.