Electrician CV example
Electrical CVs are filtered on qualifications and job type: domestic, commercial, industrial, panel work. Without the cards at the top you don't get read.
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- Sector
- Trades and services
- Template used
- Oslo
- ATS level
- ATS verified
- ATS keywords
- 5
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How the CV looks once laid out
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Megan Lewis
Electrician with 18th Edition and current ECS card
megan.lewis@mail.com · 07700 900456 · Manchester · linkedin.com/in/megan
Professional summary
Electrician with nine years across new-build housing and industrial maintenance. I've completed full first and second fix on 140 homes and run preventive maintenance on a plant with 60 distribution boards. 18th Edition qualified with a current ECS card and site safety training.
Experience
Electrician
Employer name · City · 2019 – Present
- Completed full electrical installation on 140 homes with no inspection failures
- Cut breakdown downtime 35% with a monthly preventive maintenance plan
- Built and certified 60 distribution boards to current wiring regulations
Education
Qualification or certificate for the role
Training centre · Year
Skills
- Domestic and commercial installationAdvanced
- Panel buildingAdvanced
- Testing and certificationAdvanced
- PLC and controlsAdvanced
- Reading drawingsAdvanced
- Site safetyAdvanced
Languages
- EnglishNative
- SpanishB2
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Professional headline
This is the line that decides whether they keep reading: a specific role and years of experience, never an adjective.
Electrician with 18th Edition and current ECS card
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Example professional summary
Three or four sentences with your specialism, one figure and your goal. It sits right under the headline.
Electrician with nine years across new-build housing and industrial maintenance. I've completed full first and second fix on 140 homes and run preventive maintenance on a plant with 60 distribution boards. 18th Edition qualified with a current ECS card and site safety training.
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Achievements that work in this role
Past-tense verb, what you did, measurable result. Three to five per role, strongest first.
- 01Completed full electrical installation on 140 homes with no inspection failures
- 02Cut breakdown downtime 35% with a monthly preventive maintenance plan
- 03Built and certified 60 distribution boards to current wiring regulations
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Skills to include
Written as plain text: rating bars are invisible to automated filters.
- Domestic and commercial installation
- Panel building
- Testing and certification
- PLC and controls
- Reading drawings
- Site safety
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ATS keywords
The terms filters search for in this role. Place them inside your experience, not in a list at the end.
- 18th Edition
- wiring regulations
- distribution boards
- preventive maintenance
- testing and inspection
Work them naturally into your experience — these are the terms screening software scans for.
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Tips for this CV
What separates a CV for this trade from a generic one.
- 01
Put your cards and qualifications with expiry dates in the first line — it's pass/fail.
- 02
Separate the job types (domestic, industrial, commercial) and give volume in homes or square metres.
- 03
Name the regulations exactly (18th Edition, BS 7671); ATS matching is literal.
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What a electrician CV is
Short definition, ready to quote.
A electrician CV is the one or two page document used to apply for a electrician role in trades and services: it brings together the professional headline, the profile summary, experience with measurable results and the competencies the trade expects you to evidence, such as Domestic and commercial installation and Panel building. Unlike a generic CV, it is ordered around what the applicant tracking system and the hiring manager look for in a electrician: the words used in the advert and the numbers of the actual job.
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Keywords and where to place them
Each term works best in a specific place in the document. Repeating them all at the end scores nothing.
| Keyword | Where to place it |
|---|---|
| 18th Edition | In the professional headline |
| wiring regulations | In the profile summary |
| distribution boards | Inside an achievement with a figure |
| preventive maintenance | In the skills list |
| testing and inspection | In training or certifications |
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How this electrician CV gets through the filters
What the example above does right, point by point.
- The headline reads «Electrician with 18th Edition and current ECS card»: the job title (electrician) appears literally in the first line, not as a creative synonym.
- The trade's keywords —18th Edition, wiring regulations, distribution boards— sit inside the experience and summary, where the filter reads them in context.
- Every achievement carries its figure. «Completed full electrical installation on 140 homes with no inspection failures» is the pattern to copy: volume, timeframe and result.
- Skills such as Domestic and commercial installation, Panel building, Testing and certification are written as plain text, never as rating bars or stars, which no parser can read.
- The Oslo template is single-column and rated ATS verified, so the sections come out in order.
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What hiring managers look for in a electrician
The three points that separate two candidates in this trade.
Type of installation and voltage
Domestic, industrial, commercial and solar are different jobs. State the installation type, whether you work on low or high voltage, and the typical load.
Qualifications and cards
Your electrical qualification level, 18th Edition, inspection and testing, plus a current site card and any access or working-at-height tickets.
Drawings and certification
Reading schematics, building a board to drawing, testing with the correct instruments and issuing certification. That is what separates a mate from a qualified electrician.
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Common mistakes on a electrician CV
The ones that repeat in this role, each with its fix.
- 01
Writing “electrician” with no grade or sector
Hiring turns on grade and sector. Without them, the reader cannot tell whether you can be left on site alone.
- 02
Not listing test instruments
Multifunction tester, clamp meter, insulation tester, bender and crimps. Naming your daily kit proves your level better than any adjective.
- 03
Leaving out safety training
Safe isolation, lock-off and a current site card are conditions of site entry. Put the card and its expiry on the CV.
- 04
Giving no volume of work
Properties certified, boards built per month, metres of tray installed or faults cleared per shift. A number turns experience into measurable capability.
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What a electrician earns
So you can tell whether an advert is at market rate before applying.
- Usual range
- Typically £32,000-£48,000 a year, with higher day rates on industrial and solar contracts
- What moves the figure
- High voltage, solar and industrial maintenance pay above domestic install; call-out and travel are paid on top.
- Where the figure comes from
- Ranges observed in UK electrical adverts through 2026.
Frequently asked
Questions about a electrician CV
- What certification do employers check first?
- Your qualification level, 18th Edition and inspection and testing, then your site card. List each with the year so it reads as current.
- How do I show my level briefly?
- Through installation type and test kit: a reader understands your level immediately from “board builds tested with a multifunction tester and certified”.
- Is solar worth a separate line?
- Yes, it is the fastest-growing niche. Give installed kWp, whether it was domestic or utility, and the inverters you have commissioned.
- Should I state my own van and travel radius?
- Yes. On install and maintenance work, transport and travel radius are genuine selection criteria.
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