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Plain and one column: quick to read on a phone, which is where many site managers will see it.
Use this design: KewFree electrician CV template
For electricians, improvers and apprentices, and a good starting point for other trades. Qualifications, cards and tickets first.
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Bristol
A colour header and a ticked skills list, handy for your tickets and specialist work.
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A side panel for your qualifications and cards, beside your work history.
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What to put on an electrician CV
Electrical contractors, agencies and maintenance teams want to know straight away what you are qualified to do and which cards you hold. A clear electrician’s CV puts your qualifications, your ECS card and the type of work you do (domestic, commercial or industrial) on page one.
The same approach works for other trades, from plumbers to joiners: lead with your qualifications, your CSCS or trade card and your tickets, then the jobs you have done.
Whatever the job, the UK CV format applies: your name and contact details, a short profile, experience with the most recent first, then education and skills. No photo, age or date of birth.
Qualifications and cards
Your Level 3 electrotechnical qualification and AM2, 18th Edition (BS 7671), inspection and testing such as C&G 2391, and your ECS card with its grade, for example JIB Approved Electrician.
Registration
If you work for yourself, your competent person scheme (such as NICEIC or NAPIT) for Part P work.
The work you do
Domestic rewires and consumer units, commercial fit-outs, industrial installations, testing and EICRs, fire alarms, emergency lighting, EV chargers and solar PV.
Experience
Each employer or contract with the type of sites and projects, what you did and whether you supervised apprentices or ran jobs.
Safety tickets
IPAF, PASMA, SSSTS or SMSTS, asbestos awareness and first aid, with expiry dates.
Practical details
A full UK driving licence, your own tools and van, and how far you will travel.
Skills and keywords for an electrician CV
From our skills guides and CV examples for this job. Use the ones that are true for you, in the words of the job advert, so recruiters and applicant tracking systems find them.
- 18th Edition (BS 7671)
- Testing and inspection (EICR)
- First and second fix
- Distribution boards and consumer units
- Fire alarm systems
- EV charger installation
- Solar PV installation
- Data and network cabling
- Fault finding
- Reading technical drawings
- C&G 2391
- JIB Gold Card
- ECS card
- Part P
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Electrician CVs: your questions
What cards and tickets should an electrician put on a CV?
Your ECS card with its grade, your 18th Edition, inspection and testing qualifications such as C&G 2391, and site safety tickets such as IPAF, PASMA, SSSTS or asbestos awareness. Add expiry dates where they apply.
Do I need a CSCS card as an electrician?
Electricians usually carry an ECS card, the electrotechnical industry’s card, which is a CSCS partner scheme and accepted on CSCS sites. Labourers and many other trades use a CSCS card. Check what the site asks for.
How do I write an electrician CV as an apprentice or improver?
List your college course and level, your AM2 status, the contractor you trained with and the work you have done under supervision. Show the range: domestic, commercial, testing and fault finding.
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