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Mechanic CV example

A mechanic's CV shows what you can fix and what you are qualified to work on: the vehicles, the diagnostic equipment you use, your Level 3 and any hybrid or electric vehicle training.

Garages also read it for how you deal with customers and paperwork. This example is a technician four years after finishing an apprenticeship.

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Connor Doyle
Motor Vehicle Technician
Leicester · 07700 900229 · connor.doyle@example.com · Full UK driving licence

Profile

Light vehicle technician with seven years in an independent garage, four of them qualified. Diagnoses electrical and engine faults with scan tools, services and repairs cars and vans of all makes, and is trained to work on hybrid and electric vehicles. Looking for a technician or diagnostic role in a busy workshop.

Experience

Light Vehicle Technician | Wigston Lane Autos, Leicester | 2022–present

Service and repair 25 to 30 cars and vans a week, from brakes and clutches to timing belts.

Diagnose faults with Autel and Bosch scan tools; most electrical faults are now fixed on the first visit.

Explain the fault, the repair and the cost to customers before work starts, and record every job on the garage system.

Service hybrid and electric vehicles, including high-voltage isolation.

Order parts and keep the stock list up to date.

Apprentice Technician | Wigston Lane Autos, Leicester | 2019–2022

Road-tested repaired vehicles and completed service records.

Qualifications

Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician (Light Vehicle) Level 3 apprenticeship, Distinction | 2022

IMI Level 3 Award in Electric/Hybrid Vehicle System Repair and Replacement | 2024

MOT Tester, class 4 | 2023

GCSEs: 5 at grades 9 to 4, including English and maths

Skills

Fault diagnosis: engine, electrical, ABS and airbags

Servicing to manufacturer schedules

Air conditioning regas

Own hand tools

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

What garages look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Find and diagnose faults using hand tools or a computerScan-tool diagnosis, with most electrical faults fixed on the first visit
Advise customers on what repairs are needed, including costsExplaining the fault, repair and cost before work starts
Carry out regular maintenance, and repair or replace faulty parts25 to 30 services and repairs a week, brakes to timing belts
Test vehicles on the road to check repairsRoad tests from the apprenticeship onward
Monitor stock levels and update vehicle service recordsThe stock list and a record of every job on the garage system
Work with high voltage batteries, if you deal with hybrid or electric vehiclesThe IMI Level 3 electric and hybrid award and high-voltage isolation

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

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Motor mechanic on .

Inside this example
  • Profile: 52 words here
  • Experience: 107 words here
  • Qualifications: 44 words here
  • Skills: 21 words here

How to write yours

01

Say what you work on

Cars, vans, makes and fuel types tell a garage whether you fit its workshop before it reads anything else.

02

Name the kit

The scan tools and systems you use are what a service manager checks; list the ones you could pick up tomorrow.

03

Give a weekly number

Jobs a week, or hours sold if your garage measures them, show your pace in one line.

04

Put qualifications in full

Give the exact name, level and year of your apprenticeship and any electric vehicle award, so they can be checked.

Rules and checks for a mechanic's CV

  • Routes in. You can train through a college course, an apprenticeship such as the Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician (Light Vehicle) Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship, or a breakdown company's academy (National Careers Service). Give the one you took and the year.
  • Driving licence. Some jobs need one (National Careers Service). Put yours in the contact line if you hold it.
  • Electric and hybrid vehicles. Hybrid and electric vehicles mean working with high-voltage batteries, and specialising in them takes further training or qualifications (National Careers Service). Name the award you hold.

Classic and one page: the qualifications sit in their own block where a service manager looks for them, and the layout prints cleanly for a workshop interview.

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