Tile setter resume examples from 2026
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How to write a tile setter 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 tile setter-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 tile setter interviews.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
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:
- 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.
- Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
- 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.
- Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
- Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a tile setter resume:
- Floor Designs
- Kitchen Floors
- Demo
- Power Grinders
- Polishers
- Install Tile
- Trowels
- Tape Measure
- RAN
- Tiling
- Construction Sites
- Unload Materials
- Floor Tile
- Caulking
- Labor Estimates
- VCT
- Commercial Buildings
- Counter Tops
- Residential Homes
- Power Saws
- Swimming Pools
- Square Footage
- Tile Cutters
- Natural Stone
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How to structure your work experience
Your work experience should be structured:
- With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
- Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
- Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
- Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.
How to write tile setter 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 examples from great tile setter resumes:
Work history example #1
Tile Setter
Italo S Pizza South
- Installed residential VCTs and ceramic tile; installed and removed sheetrock; topped and painted residential rooms.
- Identified cost and labor requirements for completing demolition projects.
- Supervised demolition activities of laborers.
- Ensured equipment used in demolition work are in working conditions Monitored work progress and meet deadlines.
- Ensured demolition work is in compliance with environmental policies.
Work history example #2
Tile Setter Apprentice
Iron Workers Local 808
- Worked for Fanatics through the Randstad staffing temp agency.
- Cared for cooked washed ran errands companionship gaved meds groomed lighthouse work
- Translated "plan o grams" into appealing and eye-catching presentations to help move inventory.
- Experienced in plumbing, I have learned how to lay PVC pipes and pex pipes.
- Completed a 3000 hour State of Connecticut certified Manufacturing apprentice program.
Work history example #3
Cement Finisher
Dunkin' Donuts Northeast Distribution Center
- Decorated and finished donuts by frosting, glazing, topping Operated hopper for filled donuts
- Finished Donuts (i.e., iced, frosted, glazed and filled) Baked muffins, bagels and croissants
- Baked and finished all the donuts and bagels, made drinks, and cooked / served food.
Work history example #4
Cement Finisher
Smith & Nephew
- Trained new employees with finish properties of the products manufactured (sanding, varnishing, etc.).
- Communicated operational issues and changes to supervisor on regular basis.
- Worked on foundations of buildings, in highway construction, on sidewalks, driveways, and patios.
- Sanded parts by hand and by using pneumatic sander to create a finished product.
- Finished components for Rug Doctors after processing by a CNC machine
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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 for resumes:
High School Diploma
2010 - 2010
Highlight your tile setter 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.