Electrician CV example

An electrician CV should put your qualifications and cards where a contractor sees them first: your Level 3 qualification or apprenticeship, the wiring regulations certificate, testing and inspection, and your ECS card. Then show the work you do, domestic, commercial or industrial, with the size of jobs and how you leave them certified.

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Owen Jenkins

Electrician

Cardiff · 07700 900171 · owen.jenkins@example.com · ECS Gold Card, full UK driving licence

Profile

Qualified electrician with nine years in the trade, five of them qualified, on domestic and commercial installations, including rewires, consumer unit changes, EV chargers and shop fit-outs. Tests and certifies every job, keeps sites tidy and safe and explains work clearly to customers. ECS Gold Card holder with own tools and a van. Looking for an approved electrician role.

Experience

Electrician, Taff Valley Electrical, Cardiff 2021–present

Carry out full rewires, consumer unit upgrades and extensions in homes, about two a week.

Install EV charging points and smart heating controls, and register installations with the scheme provider.

Fit out shops and offices: containment, lighting, small power and data cabling.

Test, inspect and complete electrical installation certificates for every job.

Respond to emergency call-outs on a one-in-four weekend rota.

Apprentice, then Improver Electrician, Bryn Electrical Services, Newport 2017–2021

Qualifications and cards

Installation and Maintenance Electrician Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship, with AM2 2021

BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations (18th Edition) 2024

Level 3 Inspection and Testing 2023

EV charging equipment installation 2024

ECS Gold Card expires 2029

Skills

Domestic and commercial installation

Inspection, testing and certification

Fault finding

EV chargers and smart controls

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

What electrical contractors look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you to	Where this CV shows it
Test electrical systems to make sure they're safe	Testing, inspection and certificates for every job
Fit smart controls for lighting, heating and security systems	Smart heating controls
Install electrical and fibre-optic cabling in homes and businesses	Rewires, and containment, small power and data cabling in fit-outs
Respond to emergency call outs	A one-in-four weekend call-out rota
Install electric vehicle charging points	EV charging points registered with the scheme provider

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a electrician. If the advert you are answering describes a duty in other words, use its words for work you have actually done.

Inside this example

Profile: 59 words here
Experience: 85 words here
Qualifications and cards: 41 words here
Skills: 19 words here

How to write yours

Cards and qualifications first

Contractors check your Level 3, the wiring regulations certificate, testing qualification and ECS card before anything else. Keep them together near the top.

Say what kind of work

Domestic, commercial and industrial jobs need different experience. Name the types and give the size or number of jobs.

Show you certify your work

Testing and certifying every job is what makes you an approved electrician. Give it a bullet of its own.

Mention newer skills

EV chargers, solar and smart controls are in demand. If you install them, list the training with its year.

Checks and qualifications to mention

ECS card. You may need an Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) card to prove you have the qualifications and experience to do electrical work (National Careers Service). Give the card type and expiry.
Apprenticeships. The National Careers Service names the Installation and Maintenance Electrician and Domestic Electrician Level 3 advanced apprenticeships, open to all ages. Give yours with its year.
Driving and tools. Say if you have a full driving licence, your own tools and a van; many contractors ask.

One page in the Compact design keeps qualifications, cards and jobs together; add a second page only for a long list of major projects.

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