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Warehouse operative CV example

A warehouse operative CV, also called a warehouse worker or picker packer CV, should show what you move and how accurately: picks a shift, accuracy rates, goods-in checks and the equipment you are licensed for. Put your licences and shift availability where a supervisor will see them first.

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Piotr Nowak
Warehouse Operative
Milton Keynes · 07700 900163 · piotr.nowak@example.com · Counterbalance forklift licence

Profile

Warehouse operative with five years in retail and parcel distribution centres, on picking, goods-in and loading. Picks accurately at pace, checks deliveries against paperwork and drives counterbalance forklifts safely. Available for days, nights and weekends. Looking for a warehouse operative or forklift driver role.

Experience

Warehouse Operative, Brightline Distribution, Milton Keynes February 2023–present

Pick and pack around 160 orders an hour with handheld scanners, at 99.7% accuracy over the last year.

Check goods-in against delivery notes and report damaged or missing items before they are booked in.

Move pallets to racking with a counterbalance forklift and keep aisles clear.

Load trailers to the dispatch plan so heavy items go first and drops come off in order.

Picker Packer (agency), Various sites, Milton Keynes and Northampton 2021–2023

Picked and packed for parcel and retail clients through peak seasons.

Licences and training

Counterbalance forklift licence 2023

Manual handling and fire marshal training 2025

Polish secondary school leaving certificate (matura) 2016

Skills

Handheld scanners and warehouse management systems

Goods-in checks and stock rotation

Safe loading and pallet wrapping

Polish (native), English (fluent)

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

What warehouses look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Receive deliveries of goodsGoods-in checks against delivery notes
Inspect paperwork and check for damaged or missing itemsReporting damaged or missing items before booking in
Move goods around the warehouse using lifting equipmentPallets to racking on a counterbalance forklift
Check stock levels and make sure items are stored safelyClear aisles and stock rotation
Pack, wrap and load items to be dispatched160 picks an hour at 99.7% accuracy, and trailers loaded to the dispatch plan
Clean the warehouseKeeping aisles clear around the racking

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a warehouse worker. 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: 44 words here
  • Experience: 101 words here
  • Licences and training: 21 words here
  • Skills: 24 words here

How to write yours

01

Use your site's numbers

Picks an hour and accuracy rates are how warehouses measure work. Use your real figures and say over what period.

02

List licences with years

Forklift, reach truck and other licences decide which jobs you can do on day one. Put them in the header or a section of their own.

03

Group agency work

Several short agency placements can share one entry with the sites and dates, so the CV stays readable.

04

Give your shift pattern

Days, nights, weekends and peak overtime decide rotas. Say which you can work.

Checks and qualifications to mention

  • Qualifications. You might not need any, but some employers want GCSEs at grade 4 (C) in English and maths, or equivalent (National Careers Service). Qualifications from another country can be named with the equivalent level if you know it.
  • Forklift training. The National Careers Service says employers often put you through forklift training after your probation. If you already hold a licence, give the type and year.
  • Right to work. Every employer checks it before your first shift; see the right to work guide.

One page. Older agency work can share a single line, so your current site, accuracy and licences stay near the top.

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