Plumber CV example
Plumbing hires on installation type and tickets: hot and cold water, heating, gas, wet systems. Without qualifications at the top the CV isn't read.
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- Sector
- Trades and services
- Template used
- Oslo
- ATS level
- ATS verified
- ATS keywords
- 5
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Megan Lewis
Plumber, Gas Safe registered with heating experience
megan.lewis@mail.com · 07700 900456 · Manchester · linkedin.com/in/megan
Professional summary
Plumber with eleven years across new build and reactive repair. I've installed plumbing and heating in 90 homes, attend around 8 calls a day with an 85% first-time fix rate, and hold current Gas Safe registration.
Experience
Plumber
Employer name · City · 2019 – Present
- Installed full plumbing and heating systems in 90 new-build homes
- Achieved an 85% first-time fix rate across 8 calls a day
- Cut repeat leaks 30% by changing the pressure testing routine
Education
Qualification or certificate for the role
Training centre · Year
Skills
- Hot and cold water systemsAdvanced
- Central heatingAdvanced
- Gas appliancesAdvanced
- Copper and plastic pipeworkAdvanced
- Leak detectionAdvanced
- 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.
Plumber, Gas Safe registered with heating experience
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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.
Plumber with eleven years across new build and reactive repair. I've installed plumbing and heating in 90 homes, attend around 8 calls a day with an 85% first-time fix rate, and hold current Gas Safe registration.
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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.
- 01Installed full plumbing and heating systems in 90 new-build homes
- 02Achieved an 85% first-time fix rate across 8 calls a day
- 03Cut repeat leaks 30% by changing the pressure testing routine
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Skills to include
Written as plain text: rating bars are invisible to automated filters.
- Hot and cold water systems
- Central heating
- Gas appliances
- Copper and plastic pipework
- Leak detection
- 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.
- Gas Safe
- central heating
- pipework
- leak detection
- first-time fix
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 registrations and tickets with expiry dates in the first line — they're pass/fail.
- 02
Separate new build from reactive work and give volume in homes or calls per day.
- 03
Add your first-time fix rate; it's the number service companies hire on.
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What a plumber CV is
Short definition, ready to quote.
A plumber CV is the one or two page document used to apply for a plumber 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 Hot and cold water systems and Central heating. Unlike a generic CV, it is ordered around what the applicant tracking system and the hiring manager look for in a plumber: 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 |
|---|---|
| Gas Safe | In the professional headline |
| central heating | In the profile summary |
| pipework | Inside an achievement with a figure |
| leak detection | In the skills list |
| first-time fix | In training or certifications |
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How this plumber CV gets through the filters
What the example above does right, point by point.
- The headline reads «Plumber, Gas Safe registered with heating experience»: the job title (plumber) appears literally in the first line, not as a creative synonym.
- The trade's keywords —Gas Safe, central heating, pipework— sit inside the experience and summary, where the filter reads them in context.
- Every achievement carries its figure. «Installed full plumbing and heating systems in 90 new-build homes» is the pattern to copy: volume, timeframe and result.
- Skills such as Hot and cold water systems, Central heating, Gas appliances 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 plumber
The three points that separate two candidates in this trade.
Plumbing, heating or cooling
Water, drainage, heating, gas and heat pumps are separate specialisms. Say which is yours and in what type of building.
Gas and refrigerant registration
Gas registration with the appliance categories you hold, refrigerant handling certification and a current site card, each with the year.
Materials and technique
Multilayer, plastic push-fit, copper soldering and press systems. Name the systems you install and the tools you use.
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Common mistakes on a plumber CV
The ones that repeat in this role, each with its fix.
- 01
Not separating install from service
First-fix on site and domestic breakdown work are different jobs with different customers. Say which you have done and in what proportion.
- 02
Leaving out gas registration
It is the most in-demand credential in the trade and adverts ask for it literally. If you hold it and don't state the categories, you are filtered out.
- 03
No service figures
Jobs per day, first-time fix rate, properties piped or boilers commissioned. That is what measures your real output.
- 04
Forgetting the customer side
On breakdowns you explain the fault, quote and leave the house clean. Service companies value that as much as the technique — it is where their reviews come from.
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What a plumber earns
So you can tell whether an advert is at market rate before applying.
- Usual range
- Typically £32,000-£45,000 a year, higher with gas registration and call-out rota
- What moves the figure
- Gas registration, heat pumps and out-of-hours cover are what lift pay in this trade.
- Where the figure comes from
- Ranges observed in UK plumbing adverts through 2026.
Frequently asked
Questions about a plumber CV
- Which certification matters most?
- Gas registration with your appliance categories, plus refrigerant certification if you touch cooling. Put them beside the headline, not at the bottom.
- Does self-employed work count?
- Yes, and it is worth detailing: customer numbers, job types, quotes won and approximate turnover. It proves complete autonomy.
- Are heat pumps worth mentioning?
- Yes, that is where the growth is. Give units installed, brands and whether you commissioned or only fitted the hydraulics.
- Should I state my driving licence?
- Yes, with vehicle availability. The work is at the customer's address, so without transport many service adverts won't call.
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