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Truck Driver resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what truck drivers 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 truck drivers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Truck driver with experience running multi-day interstate and regional routes, keeping loads secure, deliveries on schedule and logbooks compliant with fatigue management rules. Comfortable managing cargo weight distribution, pre-trip vehicle inspections and direct contact with dispatch and customers under time pressure.
Key skills
- Heavy vehicle operation (HC/MC)
- Load securing and weight distribution
- Fatigue management and logbook compliance
- Tachograph and electronic logbook systems
- GPS navigation and route planning software
- Two-way radio and mobile communication
- Pre-trip inspection and defect reporting
- Inventory and cargo management
Experience: example bullet points
- Operated articulated heavy vehicles on interstate and regional routes, maintaining on-time delivery across multi-day trips
- Conducted pre-trip inspections on tractor and trailer units, identifying and reporting mechanical faults before departure to avoid roadside breakdowns
- Secured and distributed loads within legal axle limits using load restraint equipment and weighbridge checks, preventing shifting cargo and compliance breaches
- Maintained accurate electronic logbook and fatigue management records in line with Heavy Vehicle National Law, avoiding fatigue-related infringements
- Liaised with dispatch and customers by two-way radio and mobile phone to resolve delivery delays and reroute around road closures
Education
Typical pathway: HR or HC/MC heavy vehicle licence obtained through a registered training organisation, often alongside a Certificate III in Driving Operations; no formal secondary schooling requirement beyond Year 10, though many drivers hold a Year 12 certificate.
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.
- HC licence
- MC licence
- Heavy Vehicle National Law
- NHVR
- Chain of Responsibility
- fatigue management
- NHVAS
- dangerous goods licence
- load restraint
- electronic work diary
- weighbridge
- pre-trip inspection
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.