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Scaffolder resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what scaffolders 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 scaffolders should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
I am a licensed scaffolder with experience on commercial, civil and industrial sites, erecting, inspecting and dismantling modular scaffold systems. I hold a current High Risk Work Licence for scaffolding and a White Card, and I am comfortable working at heights while keeping safety, compliance and programme front of mind.
Key skills
- Worksite safety management
- Hand and power tool work
- Reading plans and specifications
- Building codes and standards
- Plant and equipment operation
- Installation and maintenance
- Kwikstage scaffolding systems
- Layher Allround
- Scaffold Designer
- AutoCAD
- Laser levels
- Physical stamina and dexterity
- Problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Erected and dismantled Kwikstage and Layher Allround scaffolds on multi-storey commercial projects, completing a 12-storey perimeter scaffold two days ahead of the construction programme.
- Inspected scaffolds daily for compliance with AS/NZS 4576, correcting bracing and tie issues before work commenced and maintaining a clean safety record across a 40-person site.
- Secured modular scaffold systems with ropes, cables and brackets in exposed coastal conditions, allowing facade work to continue through high-wind days without lost time.
- Worked at heights up to 60 metres to assemble modular scaffold decks and guardrails, mentoring two new labourers in safe climbing and tool handling.
- Read engineering plans and scaffold design drawings to set out standards, ledgers and transoms accurately, reducing rework and material wastage on a 30-metre bridge access scaffold.
Education
Year 12 or equivalent, then a Certificate III in Scaffolding (CPC31120) and the High Risk Work Licence classes for basic, intermediate and advanced scaffolding. Many workers start as a labourer or trainee and complete the certificate on the job.
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.
- High Risk Work Licence
- Scaffolding Licence
- CPCCLSF3001
- CPCCLSF3002
- CPCCLSF3003
- CPCCLSF3004
- White Card
- Working at Heights
- SafeWork Australia
- Work Health and Safety Act
- AS/NZS 4576
- AS 1576
- Kwikstage
- Layher Allround
- Scaffold Designer
- AutoCAD
- SWMS
- JSA
- Toolbox talks
- Certificate III in Scaffolding
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.