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Apprentice CV example

An apprenticeship CV shows an employer you can learn on the job: your GCSE grades, any college course, the practical things you have built or fixed and a job or work experience that proves you turn up.

This example is a college leaver applying for a Level 3 engineering maintenance apprenticeship.

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Kieran Walsh
Engineering Maintenance Apprentice (applying)
Derby · 07700 900219 · kieran.walsh@example.com · Full UK driving licence (provisional)

Profile

College leaver with a Level 2 Diploma in Engineering and five GCSEs at grade 5 or above, including maths, English and science. Enjoys finding out why machines stop working: rebuilt a scooter engine at home and fault-found motors and pumps in the college workshop. Now working full time in a builders' merchant warehouse. Looking for a Level 3 engineering maintenance apprenticeship.

Education

Level 2 Diploma in Engineering, Merit, Derwent Vale College, Derby 2025–2026

Units: hand fitting, electrical principles, motors and gearboxes, workshop safety

GCSEs, Darley Brook School, Derby 2025

Maths 6, Combined Science 6-6, English Language 5, Design and Technology 7, History 4

Experience

Warehouse Assistant, Trentside Builders Supply, Derby 2026–present

Unload deliveries, check them against the paperwork and put stock away by bay and shelf.

Count stock each Friday and record goods in and out on the handheld scanner.

Work to the yard's safety rules for forklift areas and wear the right PPE.

Work experience, Pennant Packaging, Derby One week, 2024

Shadowed a maintenance fitter on planned maintenance of a conveyor and saw the lockout procedure.

Projects

Rebuilt a 50cc scooter engine with my uncle: stripped it, measured wear, ordered parts and kept a log of each step.

Built a line-following robot for the college open day and wired its motor driver board.

Skills

Hand tools, drilling and filing to a drawing

Reading simple wiring diagrams

Fault-finding step by step

Keeping clear written records

Fictional example for an apprentice. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What apprenticeship employers look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Maintain electrical and mechanical systems like motors, gearboxes and pumpsCollege units in motors and gearboxes, and the scooter engine rebuild
Find and fix faults and arrange for replacement partsFault-finding in the workshop and ordering parts for the rebuild
Do risk assessments and safety checksWorkshop safety unit, forklift area rules and the lockout procedure seen on work experience
Complete job reports and inform production managers of progressA step-by-step log of the engine rebuild
Keep stock control and work records up to dateWeekly stock counts and goods-in records at the warehouse

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for an engineering maintenance technician, the job this apprenticeship trains for. For another apprenticeship, use the profile of the job it leads to.

Facts checked against GOV.UK: Become an apprentice on and National Careers Service: Engineering maintenance technician on .

Inside this example
  • Profile: 61 words here
  • Education: 45 words here
  • Experience: 81 words here
  • Projects: 38 words here
  • Skills: 24 words here

How to write yours

01

Give every grade

Apprenticeship adverts set GCSE grades, often in English and maths. List each subject and grade so nobody has to ask.

02

Show what you have made or fixed

A project with real steps, like an engine or a robot, tells an employer more than "practical" in a list.

03

Count any job

Shop, warehouse or café work shows you turn up on time and follow rules. Keep it, with two or three bullets.

04

Name the apprenticeship

Put its title and level in your profile so the CV reads as written for it.

Rules and checks for an apprenticeship CV

  • Who can start. To start an apprenticeship in England you need to be 16 or over, living in England and not in full-time education. You can apply while you are still at school if you will be 16 by the end of the summer holidays (GOV.UK).
  • Grades. An advanced (Level 3) apprenticeship in this field usually asks for 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4, or equivalent, including English and maths (National Careers Service).
  • Training time. At least 20% of your normal working hours is training, and you are paid for it (GOV.UK). Say if you can travel to the college or training provider.

Minimal and one page: an employer reading many apprenticeship CVs finds grades, the course and projects at a glance.

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