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Carpenter resume example

Summary

Journeyman carpenter with 9 years in commercial framing, concrete formwork and finish carpentry. Leads layout for 4-person crews and has worked on hotels, schools and mid-rise residential. Brings accurate layout with total stations, form work that passes first inspection and safe work at height. Comfortable leading layout with a robotic total station on 6-story buildings.

Experience

Journeyman Carpenter, Northgate Builders (Portland, OR)

Apr 2020 – Present

  • Lead layout and framing for a 4-person crew on mid-rise residential and hotel projects
  • Set out walls and embeds with a robotic total station, cutting layout time 40% on a 6-story hotel
  • Built gang forms for 14 elevated concrete decks with zero failed pre-pour inspections
  • Install doors, frames and millwork to finish tolerances in 180 hotel guest rooms
  • Read architectural and structural drawings to set out stair openings, shafts and blocking for other trades

Carpenter, Columbia River Concrete Forming (Vancouver, WA)

Mar 2017 – Mar 2020

  • Built wall and column forms for schools and parking structures
  • Completed scaffold and fall protection training and served as crew safety contact
  • Stripped and reset forms for 3 parking structures

Education

  • Carpentry Apprenticeship (4-year), Pacific Northwest Carpenters Institute (Sep 2013 – Mar 2017)

Skills

  • Carpentry: Wood and metal stud framing, concrete formwork, doors and hardware, millwork
  • Layout: Robotic total station, blueprint reading, transit and laser levels
  • Safety: Fall protection, scaffold use, OSHA 30
  • Teamwork: Crew leadership, apprentice mentoring, trade coordination

How to write a Carpenter resume

A strong Carpenter resume shows the projects you delivered, their value, and how you kept them on time, on budget and safe. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.

Sections, in order

  1. Summary
  2. Experience
  3. Certifications
  4. Skills
  5. Education

Length: One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.

Summary: Write two or three lines: your role, your strongest skills, and one result that proves them.

Skills to feature

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Carpenter resume FAQ

What should a Carpenter resume include?

A Carpenter resume should show the projects you delivered, their value, and how you kept them on time, on budget and safe. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Experience, Certifications, Skills and Education. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.

What is the best resume template for a Carpenter?

Classic, Modern and Ledger work well for Carpenter roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.

How long should a Carpenter resume be?

One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.

Which skills should a Carpenter put on a resume?

Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Carpenter roles are Project management, Cost estimating, Scheduling (Primavera, MS Project), Site supervision, Safety compliance (OSHA) and Contract management.

How do I write strong Carpenter resume bullet points?

Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as project value, budget variance and schedule variance. For example: "Delivered a $28M mixed-use build two weeks early and 3% under budget with zero lost-time incidents."

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