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Commercial Diver resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what commercial divers 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 commercial divers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Commercial diver with surface-supplied and scuba experience in underwater inspection, maintenance and construction. Skilled at working to decompression schedules, following dive plans and communicating clearly with surface teams. Committed to safety under AS/NZS 2299.1 and to delivering accurate inspection records for engineering and maintenance teams.
Key skills
- Underwater inspection and defect reporting
- Surface-supplied and scuba diving
- Underwater welding and cutting
- Hydraulic tool operation
- Pipeline and cable installation
- Dive planning software
- Ultrasonic testing equipment
- Dive computers
- Worksite safety management
- Plant and equipment operation
Experience: example bullet points
- Performed underwater inspections on wharf piles, bridge piers and pipeline supports, logging corrosion, cracking and marine growth for engineering review.
- Completed underwater welding and cutting on a pipeline repair, maintaining weld quality to project specification and passing visual inspection.
- Operated hydraulic impact wrenches, chainsaws and grinders during a wharf maintenance project, staying within the dive plan's bottom time.
- Installed and secured underwater cables and pipeline sections, following drawings and confirming alignment with the surface team.
- Conducted search and recovery operations in low visibility, using grid patterns and line signals to cover the search area safely.
- Maintained dive equipment and logs, ensuring all gear passed pre-dive checks and decompression schedules were followed without incident.
Education
Certificate III or IV in commercial diving (ADAS Part 1 or higher), plus current occupational diver medical, first aid and CPR. Many divers also hold a trade qualification such as welding or fitting.
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.
- ADAS
- Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme
- AS/NZS 2299.1
- occupational diving medical
- surface-supplied breathing apparatus
- SSBA
- scuba
- decompression
- hyperbaric
- underwater welding
- ultrasonic testing
- hydraulic tools
- dive plan
- SWMS
- permit to work
- dive computer
- search and recovery
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.