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Stevedore resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what stevedores 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 stevedores should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Reliable stevedore with experience in container terminals and bulk cargo wharves. Skilled in operating gantry cranes and straddle carriers, lashing cargo and following maritime safety and customs procedures. Focused on keeping import and export freight moving safely and on schedule.
Key skills
- Plant and equipment operation (gantry cranes, straddle carriers)
- Worksite safety management
- Warehousing and despatch
- Driving and transport operations
- Operations management
- Navis N4
- Tideworks Mainsail
- TBA
- Handheld radio data terminals
- Attention to detail
- Time and deadline management
Experience: example bullet points
- Operated gantry cranes and straddle carriers to move containers between ships and trucks, completing up to 28 moves per hour while maintaining a clean safety record.
- Lashed and unlashed cargo on vessels, securing twistlocks and lashing rods before departure and reducing rework on the next shift by double-checking against the loading plan.
- Directed truck and rail movements within the terminal, coordinating with supervisors and drivers to keep average vehicle turnaround under 25 minutes.
- Inspected containers for damage and hazards, logging defects in the terminal system so unsafe loads were held back from further handling.
- Followed safety, security and customs procedures, including MSIC checks and quarantine reporting, contributing to zero lost-time incidents over a 12-month period.
Education
Year 12 or a Certificate III in Stevedoring (or equivalent), plus a current Maritime Security Identification Card (MSIC) and high risk work licences for crane and forklift operation.
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.
- Stevedore
- Stevedoring
- Container terminal
- Bulk cargo
- Wharf
- Maritime Security Identification Card (MSIC)
- High Risk Work Licence
- Gantry crane
- Straddle carrier
- Lashing
- Navis N4
- Tideworks Mainsail
- TBA
- Handheld radio data terminal
- Customs clearance
- Quarantine
- Worksite safety
- Plant operation
- Warehousing
- Despatch
- Shift work
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.