Factory worker CV example to fill in
In a factory, supervisors want to know which machines you have worked on, in which industry and on which shifts. This factory worker CV example says it in a few lines, with the numbers from the shop floor. It is written for engineering but works for food, plastics or assembly too: open it in the editor and put in your own machines and departments.
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In this example
- The machines and departments you have worked in.
- Quality and numbers: parts, scrap rate, checks.
- Safety training, tickets and shift availability.
What to write in a factory worker CV
Your profile
Two or three sentences on your industry, your machines and your years of experience. It is what the supervisor reads first, before the company names.
GenericHard-working, reliable team player, keen to grow.
SpecificCNC operator with nine years in engineering: I set up and run CNC lathes and machining centres, read technical drawings and check parts.
Experience
For each company give the industry, the department, the machines and the dates. Then your responsibilities: whether you set up the machine or only ran it, whether you checked parts with measuring tools, whether you trained new starters. Agency placements count too: name the company where you actually worked.
DutyMachine operative.
SpecificI set up and run two CNC machining centres, with two changeovers per shift.
Skills to include
- Machines: lathes, mills, CNC centres, presses, packing lines.
- Setting up and changeovers, if you can do them.
- Reading technical drawings and using measuring tools such as callipers and micrometers.
- Quality checks and recording production data.
- Basic maintenance and a tidy workstation.
Safety and shifts
List your safety training and tickets, such as forklift or overhead crane. Say which shift patterns you can work: two shifts, three shifts or continental.
Frequently asked questions
I worked through an agency: which company do I write?
The one where you actually worked, with «via agency» next to it: the reader cares about the department and the machines.
I’ve had lots of short contracts: what do I do?
Group similar jobs in one entry, for example «production operative via agency at engineering firms, 2017–2019», and list the machines you used.
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