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Shipping Clerk resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what shipping clerks 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 shipping clerks should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Detail-oriented shipping clerk with experience in warehouse despatch and freight documentation. Skilled in using warehouse management systems, barcode scanners and carrier platforms such as StarTrack and Australia Post. Committed to accuracy, meeting daily cut-off times and keeping stock records up to date.
Key skills
- Warehousing and despatch
- Inventory management
- Supply chain planning
- Data analysis
- Warehouse management system (WMS)
- Barcode scanners
- Packing scales
- Shipping software (StarTrack, Australia Post)
- Forklift operation (optional)
- Attention to detail
- Time and deadline management
- Customer service
Experience: example bullet points
- Scanned and checked packed orders against pick slips before despatch, reducing errors and ensuring correct items left the dock.
- Printed labels and completed carrier paperwork through StarTrack and Australia Post, meeting daily cut-off times for metropolitan and regional deliveries.
- Weighed and measured cartons to confirm freight charges, avoiding billing discrepancies and unexpected costs.
- Updated the warehouse management system to reflect stock movements and order status, maintaining accurate inventory records.
- Coordinated with warehouse team to resolve missing or damaged items, enabling on-time despatch and minimising delays.
Education
Year 12 or a Certificate III in Warehousing Operations is common, though many shipping clerks enter the role with on-the-job training and a forklift licence.
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.
- Warehouse management system (WMS)
- Barcode scanning
- StarTrack
- Australia Post
- Freight documentation
- Pick slips
- Despatch
- Inventory management
- Work health and safety (WHS)
- Forklift licence
- Supply chain
- Data entry
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.