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Assembly technician resume examples from 2026

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write an assembly technician resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in assembly technician-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some assembly technician interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description in your resume. Look at the job listing and consider which of the listed skills you have experience with, along with related skills.
  2. Include as many relevant hard skills and soft skills as possible from the listing.
  3. Use the most up to date and accurate terms. Don't forget to be specific.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some assembly technician interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on an assembly technician resume:

  • Customer Service
  • Hand Tools
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Safety Procedures
  • Basic Math
  • Sub Assemblies
  • Math
  • Quality Standards
  • Work Ethic
  • Assembly Line
  • Mechanical Assembly
  • Dexterity
  • Engineering Drawings
  • ISO
  • Assembly Process
  • Assembly Drawings
  • Test Equipment
  • Jigs
  • Electrical Components
  • Air Tools
  • Clean Room Environment
  • Quality Checks
  • Assembly Procedures
  • Production Equipment
  • Circuit Boards
  • Pallet Jack
  • PPE
  • ESD
  • Torque Wrenches
  • Safety Guidelines

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How to structure your work experience

Your work experience should be structured:

  1. With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
  2. Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
  3. Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
  4. Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.

How to write assembly technician experience bullet points

Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.

Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:

  • Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
  • Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
  • Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.

This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.

Here are great bullet points from assembly technician resumes:

Work history example #1

Hands Assembler

Tyson Foods

  • Performed setup procedures for SMT machines.
  • Wired and installed electrical equipment for communication consoles.
  • Performed various tasks in building communication vehicles.
  • Assembled products according to manufacturing specifications.
  • Used microscope to solder aircraft PCB.

Work history example #2

Fabrication Technician

TSI

  • Maintained apperance of store to attract customers to include merchadise display merchandis stocing ad light houekeeping.
  • Performed school textbook layout design and prepress Proofread text to ensure quality
  • Assembled and did Alterations on Radar Covers, Airships and Blimps.
  • Defused volatile customer situations calmly and courtesy, Installed software, modified and repaired hardware and resolved technical issues.
  • Operated computerized lasers to develope screen prints for cloth.

Work history example #3

Assembler & Quality Control

Motorola Solutions

  • Performed final testing including mechanical/electric inspection of unit devices before shipping.
  • Inspected boards utilizing an automatic optical inspection machine, microscope, and overlays.
  • Responded rapidly when defects were discovered which minimized financial impact.
  • Achieved ISO 9000 certification through understanding of Six Sigma and other quality procedures.
  • Followed established company directives and soldiering board templates for the assembly of cellular phones in a fast paced work atmosphere.

Work history example #4

Fabrication Technician

Nature's Products

  • Detailed finishing of medical products using hand tools and media to bring products within deminsional tolerances according to customers drawings.
  • Managed communication with client offices via fax, phone, and email.
  • Sorted and filed patient routine, previous and priority EKGs.
  • Reviewed and clarified claim status when necessary Verified insurance authorizations Finalized claims Working knowledge of coding of diagnosis and procedures
  • Completed all GMP trainings for building 9 while remaining up to date in building 1.

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries from assembly technician resumes:

High School Diploma

2013 - 2013

Highlight your assembly technician certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.

Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.

Here are some of the best certifications to have on assembly technician resumes:

  1. Master Certified Electronics Technician (CETma)
  2. OSHA Safety Certificate
  3. Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
  4. EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)
  5. Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)
  6. Certified Welding Engineer
  7. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
  8. Engineer In Training Certification (EIT)
  9. Certified Technical Professional (CTP)
  10. First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor

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