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How a 2nd-year electrical apprentice's resume changes when it's written for the trade. The person and every detail below are made up for illustration.

Sample — fictional person, details invented. Jordan Mercier is not a real person. The employers, phone number (555) and email (example.com) are placeholders too.

Before

JORDAN MERCIER — RESUME

jordan.mercier@example.com

Objective: Looking for a job where I can use my skills and grow with a good company.

Experience
Electrical helper/apprentice, 2024 – now
- did wiring in houses and some commercial
- pulled wire, helped journeyman
- cleaned up site

Warehouse worker, 2021 – 2024
- shipping and receiving, forklift

Education
High school diploma. Some college.

Skills
Hard working, team player, fast learner, Microsoft Word

References
Available

What we changed

  1. No trade, level or hours. Hiring managers screen apprentices on trade code, level and hours first. The after version leads with “309A apprentice — Level 2, 3,900 hours logged”.
  2. Tickets missing, no expiry dates. Safety tickets are often a hard requirement. Each one is now listed with the date it expires.
  3. Vague duties. “Did wiring” becomes specific, checkable work: rough-in and trim-out, panel changes, conduit bending, code references.
  4. Generic objective and soft-skill list. Replaced with a three-line trade summary and the tools and codes the job posting asks for.
  5. Hard for applicant tracking software to read. One column, standard headings, plain text and no tables or text boxes, so ATS software reads every line.

After One page · ATS-friendly

Jordan Mercier

309A Electrician Apprentice (Construction & Maintenance) — Level 2

North Bay, ON · 705-555-0142 · jordan.mercier@example.com · G licence, own vehicle and tools

Summary

Registered 309A apprentice with 3,900 logged hours in residential and light commercial work. Level 1 in-school training complete; Level 2 booked. Safe, reliable on site, and comfortable working from drawings and the Ontario Electrical Safety Code.

Apprenticeship

  • Registered apprentice, Electrician — Construction and Maintenance (309A), Ontario
  • Hours logged: 3,900 of 9,000 (logbook signed and up to date)
  • In-school training: Level 1 complete (2025, 85% average) · Level 2 booked for winter 2027

Tickets & safety training

  • Working at Heights (Ontario CPO-approved) — expires 03/2028
  • Standard First Aid & CPR Level C — expires 06/2027
  • Elevating Work Platform (scissor and boom) — expires 09/2028
  • WHMIS 2015 — completed 01/2026 (renews annually)
  • Lockout/Tagout — completed 02/2026
  • Arc flash awareness (CSA Z462) — completed 04/2026

Experience

Electrician Apprentice · Lakeshore Electric (fictional) · North Bay, ON 2024 – present

  • Roughed in and trimmed out 20+ new single-family homes and 3 small retail units, working from drawings
  • Installed and terminated 100 A and 200 A residential panels and sub-panels under journeyperson supervision
  • Bent and installed EMT up to 1¼" and ran NMD90, AC90 and TECK cable to Ontario Electrical Safety Code requirements
  • Tested circuits and troubleshot faults with a multimeter and a circuit tracer
  • Kept the work area clean and safe; zero lost-time incidents

Shipping & Receiving Associate · Northern Supply Co. (fictional) · North Bay, ON 2021 – 2024

  • Operated a counterbalance forklift daily; received and checked 30+ shipments a week against packing slips
  • Trusted with opening shifts and training two new hires

Skills & tools

Residential and light commercial wiring · panel installs · conduit bending (EMT) · reading drawings · Ontario Electrical Safety Code · multimeter and circuit tracer · hammer drill, band saw, fish tape, cable puller · materials take-offs

Education

Ontario Secondary School Diploma, 2021 (math and technology credits)

References from my supervising journeyperson and foreperson are available on request.

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