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Freight Handler resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what freight handlers 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 freight handlers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Reliable freight handler with hands-on experience loading, unloading and checking cargo in busy depot and warehouse environments. Holds a current High Risk Work Licence for forklift operation and works comfortably across shift rosters, scanning consignments against manifests and securing loads for safe transport. Focused on accurate paperwork, safe manual handling and keeping freight moving on schedule.
Key skills
- Forklift operation (LF high risk work licence)
- Pallet jack and manual handling aid operation
- RF barcode scanning and consignment checking
- Warehouse management system (WMS) data entry
- Pallet wrapping, stacking and load restraint
- Manifest and delivery docket reconciliation
- Damaged and missing freight reporting
- Manual handling technique and WHS compliance
- Shift-based time and deadline management
Experience: example bullet points
- Loaded and unloaded trucks and shipping containers across a multi-bay dock, keeping turnaround within scheduled departure times during peak freight periods
- Scanned inbound and outbound consignments against manifests and delivery dockets, flagging discrepancies before freight left the site
- Operated forklifts and pallet jacks to move palletised and loose cargo, completing pre-start checks and reporting faults the same shift
- Wrapped, stacked and restrained pallets for road transport in line with load restraint requirements, reducing freight damage in transit
- Completed handover paperwork and damage reports at shift change so the incoming crew started with a clear picture of what had moved
- Trained newer team members on scanner use and safe stacking, which cut repeat scanning errors across the afternoon shift
Education
Year 12 or equivalent, plus a Certificate III in Supply Chain Operations (TLI30321) and a current High Risk Work Licence (LF) for forklift operation, both completed through a registered training organisation.
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.
- freight handler
- warehouse
- despatch
- forklift
- LF licence
- High Risk Work Licence
- pallet jack
- RF scanner
- WMS
- manifest
- load restraint
- manual handling
- WHS
- chain of responsibility
- Safe Work Australia
- Certificate III in Supply Chain Operations
- TLI30321
- MSIC
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.