Plumber CV example

A plumber CV should put your registrations and cards first, because they decide what work you are allowed to do: Gas Safe for gas appliances, your plumbing qualification, and a CSCS card for construction sites. Then show the jobs you do, from boiler swaps to bathroom fits, and how you leave them tested and signed off.

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Craig Morrison

Plumbing and Heating Engineer

Sheffield · 07700 900175 · craig.morrison@example.com · Gas Safe registered, CSCS card, full UK driving licence

Profile

Gas Safe registered plumbing and heating engineer, qualified for eight years, working on domestic installs, servicing and breakdowns. Fits combi and system boilers, full heating systems and bathrooms, and answers emergency call-outs calmly and tidily. Fitting air source heat pumps since 2025. Looking for a heating engineer or senior plumber role.

Experience

Plumbing and Heating Engineer, Don Valley Heating, Sheffield 2020–present

Install about three boiler replacements a week and full central heating systems in new extensions.

Service and repair gas boilers and controls, completing landlord gas safety records.

Fit air source heat pumps with the firm's renewable installer, and balance the radiators afterwards.

Attend emergency call-outs for leaks, blocked drains and failed boilers on a one-in-three weekend rota.

Plumber, Peak Bathrooms, Chesterfield 2017–2020

Fitted bathrooms and kitchens, from first fix to final testing, for about two customers a week.

Apprentice Plumber, Peak Bathrooms, Chesterfield 2015–2017

Registrations and qualifications

Gas Safe registered: boilers, cookers and fires 2019

Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Plumbing and Domestic Heating 2018

Air source heat pump installation 2025

Unvented hot water systems 2021

CSCS card 2024

Skills

Boiler installation, servicing and fault finding

Central heating design and balancing

Bathroom and kitchen plumbing

Heat pumps and unvented cylinders

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

What plumbing and heating firms look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you to	Where this CV shows it
Install and repair water, heating and drainage systems	Boiler replacements, full heating systems and bathroom fits
Cut, shape and join pipes and fittings	First fix to final testing on bathrooms and kitchens
Service gas and oil-fired central heating systems and radiators	Gas boiler servicing and landlord gas safety records
Respond to emergency call-outs, like broken boilers or blocked drains	A one-in-three weekend call-out rota
Fit heat pumps in households	Air source heat pumps with the firm's renewable installer

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a plumber. 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: 51 words here
Experience: 104 words here
Registrations and qualifications: 37 words here
Skills: 24 words here

How to write yours

Registrations first

Gas Safe, your qualification level and CSCS card decide which jobs you can be sent on. Put them in the header and in their own section.

Count the installs

Boilers a week or bathrooms a month tell an employer how productive you are.

Show renewables

Heat pumps and solar hot water are in demand. List the training and how many you have fitted.

Mention call-outs and customers

Emergency rotas and working in people's homes need a calm, tidy manner. One bullet shows you have it.

Checks and qualifications to mention

Gas Safe Register. You need to be on the Gas Safe Register to work with domestic gas heating systems (National Careers Service). Give the appliance types you are registered for.
CSCS card. You need a Construction Skills Certification Scheme card or equivalent to train and work on a construction site (National Careers Service).
Apprenticeships and NVQs. Give your level and year; many plumbers start as apprentices, as this example does.

One page in the Compact design keeps registrations, cards and jobs together; trade employers rarely need more.

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