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Sheet Metal Worker resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what sheet metal workers 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 sheet metal workers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Sheet Metal Worker with trade qualifications and hands-on experience fabricating and installing light gauge metal products, including ventilation ducting, flashings and cladding. Comfortable working from engineering drawings and CAD models through to finished installation on site, with a strong focus on accuracy, safe work practices and getting the job done right first time.
Key skills
- Hand and power tool work
- Reading plans and specifications
- Fabrication and finishing
- Installation and maintenance
- Worksite safety management
- AutoCAD
- SolidWorks
- Lantek
- RADAN
- CNC press brake controllers
- MIG and TIG welding
- Press brake and guillotine operation
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Measured and marked out sheet metal components from engineering drawings and CAD models, checking dimensions before cutting to avoid rework.
- Cut and shaped steel, aluminium and copper sheet using guillotines, shears, press brakes and CNC equipment, holding tolerances to within a millimetre on ducting runs.
- Fabricated and assembled ducting, flashings and enclosures, joining sections by folding, seaming, riveting and welding to project specifications.
- Installed finished ducting, roofing and cladding on commercial and industrial sites, coordinating with other trades to keep installation on program.
- Used Lantek and RADAN nesting software to plan cuts, reducing offcut waste on batch jobs by grouping common sizes.
- Maintained worksite safety by following SWMS, checking equipment and keeping work areas clear, contributing to a site with no lost-time incidents.
Education
Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade (Sheetmetal), typically completed through a four-year apprenticeship, with Certificate IV in Engineering available for leading hand or specialist roles.
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.
- Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade
- Sheetmetal fabrication
- Ductwork installation
- HVAC ducting
- Press brake
- Guillotine
- CNC folding
- MIG welding
- TIG welding
- White Card
- Working at Heights
- AS 4254
- AS 1668.1
- National Construction Code
- Lantek
- RADAN
- AutoCAD
- SolidWorks
- AIRAH
- AMCA Australia
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.