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Construction labourer CV example

A labourer’s CV gets you onto a site when it shows your cards and the jobs you can do, not “general duties”.

Put your CSCS card and any plant tickets in the contact lines, list the work you have done, from trenches and drainage to concrete and paving, and say what you want to train in next. This example is a groundworks labourer.

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Kyle Brannigan
Construction Labourer
Birmingham · 07700 900260 · [email protected] · CSCS Green Labourer card, CPCS dumper card, full UK driving licence

Profile

Construction labourer with four years on housing and commercial sites, mostly in groundworks: digging trenches and laying drainage, fixing steel and pouring foundations, and laying kerbs and paving. Holds a CSCS Green Labourer card and a CPCS card for forward tipping dumpers. Reliable on early starts and safe around plant. Looking for a groundworker role with training towards a 360 excavator card.

Experience

Construction Labourer, groundworks | Saltley Groundworks, Birmingham | 2023–present

Mark out and dig trenches for foundations and drains with the excavator driver, and lay pipes to the engineer’s levels.

Put up formwork and fix reinforcement steel, then pour and level concrete for foundations and slabs.

Lay kerbs, edgings and block paving on estate roads and driveways.

Drive the forward tipping dumper to move spoil and materials around the site.

Keep the bricklayers supplied with bricks, blocks and mortar, and keep walkways clear.

General Labourer | Alder Building Services, Solihull | 2022–2023

Loading out, site clearance and waste on a school extension.

Warehouse Operative | Fordrough Distribution, Castle Bromwich | 2019–2022

Qualifications and cards

CSCS Green Labourer card, with the Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment | expires 2027

CPCS trained operator card, forward tipping dumper | 2024

Asbestos awareness | 2025

GCSEs including English and maths | 2019

Skills

Groundworks: trenches, drainage and foundations

Steel fixing, concrete, kerbs and paving

Forward tipping dumper

Loading out and keeping trades supplied

Working to method statements and site rules

Additional information

Own safety boots, hard hat and hi-viz. Happy to work away from home.

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

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

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Mark out and dig trenches for foundations and drainsTrenches dug with the excavator driver; pipes laid to the engineer’s levels
Fix steel bars to reinforce concrete structuresReinforcement steel fixed for foundations and slabs
Lay concrete for foundations, floors and beamsConcrete poured and levelled for foundations and slabs
Build or resurface roads, and lay kerbs and pavingKerbs, edgings and block paving on estate roads and driveways
Use machinery to lift and move building materials around a siteForward tipping dumper, with a CPCS card
Keep tradespeople supplied with bricks, mortar and timberBricklayers kept supplied with bricks, blocks and mortar

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

Average pay: £23,000 a year for a starter and £35,000 for an experienced construction labourer, working 40 to 44 hours a week (National Careers Service, checked 17 October 2026).

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Construction labourer on .

Skills to list for this job

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

  • Building and construction knowledge
  • Practical, hands-on work
  • Working well with others
  • Public safety and security
  • Thorough, with close attention to detail
  • Operating and controlling equipment
  • Taking feedback and working well under pressure
  • Physical fitness and stamina
  • 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.

Looking for a first job as a construction labourer, with a CSCS Green Labourer card and two years in a builder’s merchant’s yard loading orders, using a pallet truck and learning the materials that go out to sites. Used to early starts and heavy lifting done safely. Full UK driving licence and own safety boots, hard hat and hi-viz.
Use in the editor
Inside this example
  • Profile: 62 words here
  • Experience: 104 words here
  • Qualifications and cards: 36 words here
  • Skills: 27 words here
  • Additional information: 13 words here

How to write yours

01

Cards in the contact lines

Your CSCS card and plant tickets are the first thing a site or agency checks, so put them where they are seen.

02

Say what kind of site

Groundworks, housing, commercial or roads: the work you have done tells an agency which site to send you to.

03

List the jobs, not “general duties”

Trenches, drainage, concrete, kerbs and loading out are what a site manager needs to know you can do.

04

Mention your licence and kit

A driving licence, your own PPE and being able to work away widen the jobs you are offered.

Questions about a construction labourer CV

Which CSCS card do I need as a labourer?

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.

Can I get a labouring job with no site experience?

There are no set requirements to apply directly, but site experience, knowledge of building materials or work in a builder’s merchants or yard may help (National Careers Service). Put yard or warehouse work on your CV.

Should I list plant and machinery on my CV?

Some jobs involve operating plant like excavators or dumper trucks, and for those you’ll need to be 18 or over and have a driving licence (National Careers Service). List each machine you are carded on.

Should I mention my own PPE?

You may need your own safety boots, hard hat and hi-viz top, though some employers supply them (National Careers Service). Say so if you have your own.

How do I show I want to move into a trade?

You could train on the job to be a qualified tradesperson or plant operator, and with experience become a team leader or site supervisor (National Careers Service). Name the trade or machine you want to train in.

Plain and one page: black and white with no columns, so it reads the same in an agency’s system, on a phone or printed for a site cabin.

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