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Program technician resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a program technician 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 program 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.

Hiring managers spend under a minute reviewing resumes on average. This means your summary needs to demonstrate your value quickly and show why you are the perfect fit for the program technician position.

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List the right project manager skills

Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. 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 program technician interviews.

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

  • Customer Service
  • Math
  • Technical Support
  • FSA
  • Program Regulations
  • Software Applications
  • Rehabilitation
  • USDA
  • Patients
  • PowerPoint
  • Data Entry
  • Word Processing
  • Producer Data
  • Technical Assistance
  • DOD
  • CPR
  • GIS
  • Farm Programs
  • Office Machines
  • Computer System
  • HTML
  • Computer Programs
  • Direct Care
  • Process Applications
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Health Insurance
  • Technical Program Management
  • CRP
  • GPS
  • Medical Bills

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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 program technician.

How to write program technician 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 program technician resumes:

Work history example #1

Program Technician

24 Hour Fitness

  • Prepared meals according to USDA guidelines and regulations.
  • Developed and presented PowerPoint presentations to Board of County Commissioners.
  • Implemented good Manufacturing Practices as approved FDA regulations.
  • Participated in the development of forms, overhead slides, educational materials and PowerPoint presentations in support of department and educators.
  • Proposed and tested corrective actions to address deficiencies in hardware/software designs.

Work history example #2

Program Technician

Valvoline

  • Carried out electrical and engine diagnosis for strategic repair plan implementation.
  • Performed diagnosis of equipment and system malfunctions and performed or coordinated necessary modifications.
  • Maintained county electronic and paper FSA files and maintained sensitive/confidential federal program files.
  • Provided graphic publications for staff members within the organization along with developing PowerPoint Presentations.
  • Prepared PowerPoint presentation, meeting materials and project summary data for Project Manager.

Work history example #3

Program Coordinator

New York Foundling

  • Monitored school attendance and assisted with educational outcomes such as review report cards, transcripts and Individualized Educational Plan (IEP)
  • Maintained good communication between department heads, medical staff and governing boards by attending review meetings and conducting joint supportive supervisions.
  • Instructed CPR to girls in particular groups.
  • Facilitated AHA donor/CPR program database.
  • Received highest provider distinction of "Accredited with Commendation" from the American CME accrediting board, the ACCME

Work history example #4

Program Technician

Firestone Complete Auto Care

  • Manipulated computerized aerial photographic maps for use by producers and FSA.
  • Established official producer acreage for USDA contract payments from information researched electronically on courthouse records.
  • Completed field checks, compliance reports, and programs for other agencies in the USDA.
  • Informed the public about FSA Loan Programs, eligibility requirements and application procedures.
  • Disseminated information about FSA programs verbally, and in newspaper publications.

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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 for resumes:

Bachelor's Degree in business

Ashford University, San Diego, CA

1991 - 1994

Highlight your program technician certifications on your resume

Certifications can be a crucial part of your resume. Many jobs have required certifications.

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

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

  1. Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
  2. Medical Assistant
  3. Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
  4. Certified Medical Interpreter - Spanish (CMI)
  5. Dental Assistant (RDA)
  6. Certified Manager Certification (CM)
  7. Programming in C# Certification

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