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Carpet technician resume examples from 2026

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a carpet 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 carpet 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 carpet 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. Start with the job listing. Frequently, the keywords looked for by recruiters will be listed. Be careful to include all skills in the job listing you have experience with.
  2. Consider all the software and tools you use on a daily basis. When in doubt, list them!
  3. Make sure you use accurate and up to date terms for all the skills listed.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some carpet technician interviews.

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

  • Upholstery
  • Customer Service
  • Clean Carpets
  • Carpet Care
  • Air Ducts
  • Safety Policies
  • Water Extraction
  • Tile Floors
  • Shampoo Carpets
  • Commercial Buildings
  • Repair Carpet
  • Commercial Cleaning
  • Customers Homes
  • WAX Floors
  • Hardwood Floors
  • HVAC
  • Fire Damage
  • Upselling
  • Truck Mount
  • Payment Services
  • Water Damage Restoration
  • Residential Homes
  • Customer Relations
  • Service Bills
  • IICRC
  • Flood Restoration
  • Fire Restoration
  • Stain Removal

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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 carpet 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 examples from great carpet technician resumes:

Work history example #1

Carpet Technician

Corporate Care

  • Waxed & buffed floors, extracted and spot cleaned carpets, and cleaned upholstery.
  • Supervised 4 technicians/site schedules.-Restored LMU E911 in AT&T sites by replacing LMU's/connectors/GPS antennas.-Supervised over 2000 LMU installations/maintenance.

Work history example #2

Carpet Technician

Northwest Medical Resources

  • Provided carpet and upholstery restoration services as well as water extractions.
  • Configured and implemented a Cisco Unified Communications Manager Solution/System for Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).
  • Cleaned and repaired carpet/stains, steam cleaned furniture and upholstery, and applied chemicals and cleaned tile and grout.
  • Supported team leader in cleaning carpet, tile, grout, upholstery, leather, and stone.
  • Implemented proper application, cleaning, and safety techniques of carpets, wood flooring, tile, and upholstery.

Work history example #3

Carpet Cleaning Technician

Veolia Water North America - Central

  • Cleaned and repaired carpet/stains, steam cleaned furniture and upholstery, and applied chemicals and cleaned tile and grout.
  • Implemented proper application, cleaning, and safety techniques of carpets, wood flooring, tile, and upholstery.
  • Assisted in stone and tile cleaning and carpet repair and hardwood floor resurfacing.
  • Completed HVAC training program (2012) & assisted owner with heating and air conditioning repair and replacement.
  • Certified Water Damage Restoration Technician(WRT) and Applied Microbial Remediation Technician (AMRT) per IICRC.

Work history example #4

Carpet Cleaner

ServiceMaster

  • Certified by iicrc in wtr restoration.
  • Refinished hardwood floors Cleaned carpets Stripped and waxed floors Detailed cars
  • Mopped and vacuumed carpets of offices and dining areas.
  • Performed tile/grout and hardwood floor cleanings using stat of the art equipment.
  • Executed professional carpet & upholstery cleaning using both extraction and bonnet cleaning.

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Add an education section to your resume

Here is the best way to format your education section:

  • Display your highest degree first.
  • If you graduated over 5 years ago, put this section at the bottom of your resume. If you lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
  • If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education.
  • If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

High School Diploma

2016 - 2016

High School Diploma

2015 - 2015

Highlight your carpet technician certifications on your resume

Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.

Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your carpet technician resume:

  1. Certified Carpet Master Installer (CFI)
  2. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

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