Technician Resume Tips

Technician resume is written by people possessing technical knowledge of a specific industry. They become technicians by understanding the in and out of machinery and its related physics and logic. They write this resume for getting the post of technical managers or technicians in the factory/ operations site.

The role of a technician is not limited to any one industry only. There are many kinds of technicians like computer technician, broadcast and sound engineer, automobile technician, machinery technician, etc. there are many more such job descriptions under the title technician but the basic resume writing style for all of these jobs remain the same. The details that you put into it should all be relevant to the industry-type. You should stress upon all the important technical work done by you till date.

Your technician resume should clearly specify your exact work experience in the field, relevant educational background along with your technical specializations. It should present a clear account about yourself and how can you contribute in the company’s work in its technical department. It has to be quantifiable and qualitative with facts and figures (if applicable). You need to have a strong basic knowledge of technicality involved here and your physics and logic need to be strong.

You should carefully structure the opening section of the resume i.e. the Objective Statement. How well you write this one sentence will govern whether or not you get the job. Therefore, this section has to be written in a very crisp and objective manner that can impress the recruiter. It has to be a strong, declarative statement as to what are you going to bring to the company along with you and in return, what you expect from it.

Under the Skills section, you need to mention all the key skills that you have accumulated till date while working in the field. There should be no more than 5 bullet points here and the information should be precise and clear.

In the Work Experience section, you should clearly mention the name of your previous employer, the post you worked at there and the duration of your employment with that company. It should go in a chronological order, starting from the latest one and then going back to the previous ones. Under the name of the employer and your post, you need to clearly state (in 4-5 bullet points) what your job role was and what responsibilities you handled there.

Under the Education section, you should mention about the relevant educational qualifications along with the course name. Here, one can also specify about any certification courses done by him in the technical field. An applicant needs to have done his engineering in order to be a technician. 

When it comes to Achievements, you can mention here about any outstanding work done by you in the technical field for which you might have got a certificate or an award. Write it if applicable.

Finally, under the Affiliations section, you can write about your affiliations with any relevant clubs or conventions.

Keeping these instructions in mind, you can write good, to-the-point resumes.