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A site manager reads a carpenter’s CV for your card and qualification first, then for what you can fix and how fast.

Put the CSCS card in your contact lines, say whether you do first fix, second fix or both and on what kind of work, and give a pace they can plan around. This example is a site carpenter and joiner on new-build housing.

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Liam Fletcher
Carpenter
Leeds · 07700 900258 · [email protected] · CSCS Gold Advanced Craft card, own tools and van

Profile

Qualified carpenter and joiner with nine years in housebuilding and refurbishment, five since finishing a Level 3 apprenticeship. First and second fix on new-build homes, from roof timbers and stud walls to staircases, doors and kitchens, at about one house a week to the site programme. Reads drawings, works to tolerance and leaves each plot ready for the next trade. Looking for a lead carpenter role.

Experience

Carpenter, Meanwood Homes, Leeds 2021–present

First fix on new-build houses: floor joists, roof trusses and rafters, stud partitions and door linings, from the plot drawings.

Second fix: hang doors and fit staircases, skirting, architrave and kitchen units, about one house a week.

Agree the week’s plots with the site manager and keep to the build programme so the plasterers and electricians can follow on.

Check each plot against the drawings and the snagging list before handover.

Mentor a second-year apprentice on site.

Apprentice, then Carpenter, Kirkstall Joinery & Building, Leeds 2017–2021

Refurbishments and extensions: timber floors, sash window repairs and fitted furniture made in the workshop.

Qualifications and cards

Craft Carpentry and Joinery Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship 2021

CSCS Gold Advanced Craft card expires 2029

Working at height and mobile towers (PASMA) 2024

First aid at work 2025

GCSEs including English and maths 2017

Skills

First and second fix, new build and refurbishment

Roof timbers, staircases and stud walls

Reading drawings and setting out

Kitchens and fitted furniture

Mitre saw, router and nail guns, kept maintained

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

What housebuilders and building contractors look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Discuss plans and job instructions with clients or site managersThe week’s plots agreed with the site manager
Cut timber for floorboards, doors, skirting boards and window framesFloor joists, door linings, skirting and architrave
Make and fit staircases, door frames, roof timbers and partition wallsRoof trusses, stud partitions and staircases on new-build plots
Install kitchen units, cabinets and shelvingKitchen units on second fix
Assemble fitted and free-standing furnitureFitted furniture made in the workshop during the apprenticeship

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

Average pay: £24,000 a year for a starter and £40,000 for an experienced carpenter, working 40 to 45 hours a week (National Careers Service, checked 17 October 2026).

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Carpenter on .

Skills to list for this job

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

  • Building and construction knowledge
  • Thorough, with close attention to detail
  • Maths
  • Working well with others
  • Practical, hands-on work
  • Using, repairing and maintaining machines and tools
  • Working independently
  • Clear spoken communication
  • Basic computer and hand-held device skills
Choose them in the editor

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

A profile if you are starting out

This CV's profile is written for someone with experience. Here is the same job at the other level: copy it, or open it in the editor with this CV and write over it.

Carpentry and Joinery Level 2 apprentice with a housebuilder, working on first fix beside a qualified carpenter: stud walls, door linings and floor joists. Holds a CSCS apprentice card and keeps a log of the work done for the end-point assessment. Looking for an improver carpenter role.
Use in the editor
Inside this example
  • Profile: 66 words here
  • Experience: 105 words here
  • Qualifications and cards: 35 words here
  • Skills: 31 words here

How to write yours

01

Card and qualification first

Put your CSCS card in the contact lines and your apprenticeship or NVQ at the top of qualifications. A site manager checks both before reading on.

02

First fix, second fix or both

Say which, and on what work: new build, refurbishment, shopfitting or bench joinery.

03

Give your pace

Houses a week, plots or doors hung tell a site manager you can keep to the programme.

04

Name your tools and tickets

Your own tools, a van and tickets such as PASMA save the employer time and cost.

Questions about a carpenter CV

Which CSCS card should I put on my CV?

You’ll need a Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card or equivalent to train and work on a construction site (National Careers Service). Give the card and its expiry date.

What qualifications does a carpenter need?

The National Careers Service lists college courses in bench joinery or site carpentry, the T Level in On Site Construction, and apprenticeships from Carpentry and Joinery Level 2 to Craft Carpentry and Joinery Level 3. Give the course or apprenticeship, its level and the year.

Should I call myself a carpenter or a joiner?

The National Careers Service gives joiner and bench joiner as other titles for this job. Use the title in the advert, and say whether you work on site, in a workshop or both.

How do I get into carpentry from another job?

If you are thinking of moving into carpentry, look out for short or part-time taster courses at your local college (National Careers Service). Put a course you have done under qualifications with its year.

How do I show I am ready to supervise?

With experience you could become a site supervisor or construction project manager, or move into estimating, contracts management or facilities maintenance (National Careers Service). Mentoring an apprentice or running a small team is worth a line of its own.

Compact and one page: your card, qualifications and the work you do fit together, and a site manager reads it in a minute. For an online form, switch to Plain.

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