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Flagger resume examples from 2026

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a flagger 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: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.

Step 2: Next put your years of experience in flagger-related roles.

Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.

Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.

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

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

  • Work Ethic
  • Safety Rules
  • Construction Sites
  • Direct Traffic
  • Vehicular Traffic
  • Public Safety
  • Asphalt
  • Traffic Flow
  • HEED
  • Work Boots
  • Traffic Control Signs
  • Safety Regulations
  • Construction Projects
  • ATSSA
  • Control Points
  • Traffic Control Devices
  • Construction Zones
  • Warning Devices
  • Flag Signals
  • Pilot Car
  • Traffic Safety
  • Hand Signals
  • Shovels
  • Two-Way Radio
  • Traffic Problems
  • Traffic Movement
  • Pedestrian Traffic
  • Road Signs
  • County Roads
  • CPR

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How to structure your work experience

Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.

Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.

Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.

Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the flagger.

How to write flagger experience bullet points

Effective job bullet points do more than just describe your job duties. Instead, they should be specific and measurable accomplishments. Here are some strategies to mastering job bullet points:

  • 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.

Here are great bullet points from flagger resumes:

Work history example #1

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Ethan Allen

  • Assisted team members and manager with demolition to structures inside and outside of home.
  • Installed temporary and permanent traffic control devices within DOT guidelines to divert traffic and ensure public safety.
  • Operated various construction tools, including a forklift, scissor lift, and demolition tools.
  • Assisted in ensuring proactive planning, communication, and completion of residential/commercial landscapes including Construction, Irrigation/Drainage, and Design.
  • Worked in-sync with coworkers through effective communication to safely control traffic patterns.

Work history example #2

Flagger

Traffic Management

  • Prepared and setup work areas for traffic assignments.

Work history example #3

Flagger

Labor Ready

  • Assisted in general contract help such as, plumbing, carpentry, masonry, electrical, and general repairs and remodeling.
  • Installed floating floors, prefab cabinets, doors, and windows.
  • Maintained close communications with personnel, using two-way radios.
  • Used proper communication with co-worker and the community.
  • Remodeled hardware, cabinets, doors, and paneling and installed and refurbished carpets.

Work history example #4

Flagger

AWP

  • Certified for CPR Analyzed and Tracked Vehicle maintenance, fuel and GPS data using MS Exel and vendor databases.
  • Registered flagger with American Traffic Safety Services Association and CPR & First Aid trained.
  • Gained various forms of training including CPR, first aide, A.E.D.
  • Acquired a CPR and First Aid certification.
  • Registered traffic controller, certified in CPR and first aid.

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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 flagger resumes:

High School Diploma

2014 - 2014

Highlight your flagger certifications on your resume

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

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 flagger resume:

  1. Flagger (Instructor)
  2. OSHA Safety Certificate
  3. Commercial Driver License (CDL)
  4. Flagging Level I
  5. Traffic Control Supervisor (TCS)
  6. EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)
  7. Flagger Instructor Training (FIT)

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