How to Write a Resume for ITI and Skilled Trade Jobs (Welder, Fitter, Electrician, Technician) — With Examples

A trade resume is judged in seconds by a recruiter who has fifty of them to shortlist for one trade test. It has one job: make your trade, level, certificates and experience obvious at a glance. Here is exactly what to put in, in what order, with lines you can copy.

The order that works

1. Name, phone, email, city — and "Passport: valid till MM/YYYY" if you want Gulf work.
2. Headline — your exact trade and level in one line: Pipe Fitter · 7 years · Oil & Gas & Refinery Shutdowns.
3. Summary — two or three lines: what you do, where you have done it, the biggest thing you can be trusted with.
4. Skills — processes, equipment, materials, standards. This is what recruiters search.
5. Certificates & licences — with issuing body and validity dates.
6. Work experience — newest first, with company, project, dates and 2–4 bullet points each.
7. Education — ITI / diploma with trade, institute and year.

Lines you can copy

Welder

• Welded carbon steel and stainless pipe (2" to 24") in 6G position to ASME IX; passed radiography on all test joints.
• Processes: SMAW, GTAW, FCAW. Materials: CS, SS 304/316, alloy steel.

Fitter

• Preventive and breakdown maintenance of pumps, compressors and gearboxes in a 1 MTPA cement plant; bearing replacement and shaft alignment with dial gauges.
• Erected piping and structures from isometric drawings during a 45-day refinery shutdown.

Electrician

• Installed and terminated LT panels, MCCs and cable trays for a 250-room hotel MEP project; tested with megger and clamp meter.
• Fault-finding on motors, starters and lighting circuits; safe isolation and lockout / tagout.

Technician / operator

• Operated CNC turning centre (Fanuc) producing auto components to ±0.02 mm; first-piece inspection with vernier and micrometer.
• Maintained 98% line uptime on three shifts through daily checks and 5S.

Mistakes that get trade resumes rejected

• Only the trade name, no detail. "Welder" tells a recruiter nothing; "6G TIG welder, oil & gas" gets you shortlisted.
• Certificates without dates or issuers. Gulf employers check validity.
• Gaps and mismatched dates. Keep the dates the same on your resume, profile and experience letters.
• A photo-of-paper resume. Recruiters cannot search a scanned image. Type it, or use a builder that produces a real PDF.
• No city or willingness to relocate. Many trade jobs are location-specific; say where you are and where you will go.

Match your profile to your resume

On GoodProfile, recruiters find candidates through candidate search — by trade, skills, certificates and city — so your profile needs the same specific words as your resume. Fill in your skills, experience and preferred locations, then upload or build your resume so it is ready to download.

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