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Armed forces leaver CV example

A CV for leaving the armed forces translates.

Give your rank and trade once, then describe the work in the words a civilian employer uses: the team you led, the stock and vehicles you were responsible for, and the checks you ran. This example is an Army logistics corporal leaving after 12 years to manage a warehouse.

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Steven Rowan
Warehouse and Logistics Supervisor

Profile

Logistics supervisor with 12 years in the British Army, the last five as a corporal running a stores and distribution team of eight. Responsible for stock worth £2.4 million, accurate to the item at every audit, and for planning daily deliveries to 14 sites. Holds forklift licences and IOSH Managing Safely. Leaving the Army in December 2026 and looking for a warehouse supervisor or assistant manager post.

Experience

Corporal, Supply Chain Operator Royal Logistic Corps, Catterick Garrison · 2021–2026

Led a team of eight in a store holding 6,000 lines of equipment and spares worth £2.4 million.

Planned and loaded daily deliveries to 14 units, working with transport and the units' own stores.

Ran stock counts and quarterly audits; every audit since 2022 found the stock accurate.

Wrote the shift rota and trained each new team member on stock systems and safe lifting.

Carried out the store's weekly health and safety and fire checks.

Lance Corporal and Private, Supply Chain Operator Royal Logistic Corps, UK and overseas · 2014–2021

Received, stored and issued stock; drove and loaded vehicles for exercises in the UK and Germany.

Qualifications and training

IOSH Managing Safely (2026, resettlement course)

Counterbalance and reach truck licences (2015)

Category C driving licence (2016)

Level 3 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace (2023)

GCSEs including English and Maths (2013)

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

What warehousing and logistics employers look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Co-ordinate the loading and unloading of goodsDaily deliveries planned and loaded for 14 units
Monitor stock levels and storage space6,000 lines worth £2.4 million; stock counts and audits
Make sure stock is stored correctly and safelyEvery audit since 2022 found the stock accurate
Organise shift rotasWrote the team's shift rota
Oversee recruitment and trainingTrained each new team member on stock systems and lifting
Carry out inspections, like health and safety checksWeekly health and safety and fire checks

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a warehouse manager.

Average pay: £25,000 a year for a starter and £42,000 for an experienced warehouse manager, working 40 to 42 hours a week (National Careers Service, checked 14 October 2026).

Facts checked against GOV.UK: Career Transition Partnership on and National Careers Service: Warehouse manager on .

Skills to list for this job

The skills the National Careers Service lists for a warehouse manager, in CV wording. Put down only the ones you can show, each with where you used it.

  • Business management
  • Leadership
  • Transport methods, costs and benefits
  • Maths
  • Thorough, with close attention to detail
  • Customer service
  • Flexible and open to change
  • Administration
  • Confident with computers and everyday software
Choose them in the editor

From the National Careers Service profile, checked 17 October 2026.

Inside this example
  • Profile: 67 words here
  • Experience: 115 words here
  • Qualifications and training: 34 words here
  • Skills: 20 words here

How to write yours

01

Rank and trade once, then civilian words

“Corporal, Supply Chain Operator” in the job title is enough. In the bullets, write team, stock, deliveries and audits, not unit abbreviations a civilian reader has to look up.

02

Give the size of what you ran

People, stock value, sites served: the numbers translate across better than any title.

03

Say when you are free to start

Your leaving date in the contact lines tells an employer when you can start, so they can plan around your discharge.

04

Keep security details out

Name countries and exercises only as broadly as you are allowed to, and leave out operational details.

Rules and checks for a service leaver's CV

What resettlement support can I get?

The Career Transition Partnership is the official resettlement service for the armed forces. What you can use depends on how long you served: after more than six years, the Core Resettlement Programme from two years before discharge until two years after (GOV.UK).

How much resettlement time can I have?

With more than six years' service you can have up to 35 days of graduated resettlement time before discharge, depending on length of service (GOV.UK). Courses you take in it belong on your CV.

Do I need a health and safety qualification?

For warehouse management, the National Careers Service says a qualification in health and safety might be useful, though not essential. List yours with the year.

Modern and one page: the side column carries your licences, leaving date and skills, so the experience column can translate the military work into civilian terms.

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