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Fabricator resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a fabricator resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Your 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 writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:

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

Step 2: Include your years of experience in fabricator-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 fabricator interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is an easy way to let recruiters know you have the skills to do the job. Just as importantly, it can help your resume not get filtered out by hiring software. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Look to the job listing. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description. Take note of the skills listed for the job.
  2. Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
  3. Be specific. If you are too broad, you may not be giving the best picture of your skills and leave the hiring manager uncertain of your abilities.
  4. Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
  5. Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some fabricator interviews.

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

  • Hand Tools
  • Basic Math
  • Calipers
  • Math
  • Tape Measure
  • CNC
  • Aluminum
  • MIG
  • Fabrication Shop
  • Shop Equipment
  • Grinders
  • Safety Procedures
  • Quality Standards
  • Work Ethic
  • Customer Specifications
  • Fiberglass
  • Tig Welding
  • Stainless Steel
  • Drill Press
  • Punch Press
  • Engineering Drawings
  • Troubleshoot
  • TIG
  • Arc Welding
  • Jigs
  • Brake Press
  • Sketch
  • Torches
  • ISO
  • Carbon Steel

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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 fabricator 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 fabricator resumes:

Work history example #1

Fabricator/Installer

G-Force

  • Sealed some fiberglass cuts on machine per order, worked vacuumed packed machine for salt/ pepper dept.
  • Started as a Saw Operator then promoted to CNC Machine on my 2nd month.
  • Evaluated and investigated unexpected variances.
  • Installed signs with the use of cranes, ladder trucks, ladders and various tools.
  • Started apprenticeship training for installation of residential HVAC systems

Work history example #2

Fabricator

Canon Virginia

  • Performed continual inspections of crane equipment before/during and after operation and reported findings to a supervisor.
  • Welded and cut steel using MIG/ARC welders and cutting torches.
  • Designed and plotted layouts for truck lettering, lawn signs, banners, etc.
  • Served on safety sub-committee that investigated all plant accidents and recommended necessary changes.
  • Identified aluminum part numbers, extrusion shapes, and their locations.

Work history example #3

Assembler And Forklift Operator

ManpowerGroup

  • Moved and stocked products using a stand up and sit down forklift.
  • Selected for full-time position by Avery Dennison-Fasson.
  • Used clamp truck to move big roll of 4o00 sheets of napkins.
  • Operated forklift to load and unload materials from semi-trailers.
  • Verified specification using precisionmeasuring tools.Machine OperatorMazak CNC machine operator, Paletec parts loader operation, milling machine operation.

Work history example #4

Fabricator

Halliburton

  • Worked from blueprints, layout and fitting and performed MIG, TIG and Stick welding of mild and stainless steel.
  • Blasted, sorted and prepped bits for QC to Die check.
  • Recognized and reported defective materials and equipment to shift supervisor.
  • Fabricated various parts for large generators, welding using a mig welder
  • Performed preventive maintenance, troubleshoot breakdowns and repaired malfunctioning HVAC systems and components.

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Add an education section to your resume

The education section should display your highest degree first.

Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and 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 from fabricator resumes:

High School Diploma

1997 - 1997

Highlight your fabricator certifications on your resume

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

To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.

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

  1. OSHA Safety Certificate
  2. Certified Welding Engineer
  3. EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)
  4. Certified Welding Fabricator (CWF)

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