This is the first article in our ‘career viewpoint series’ for forklift licence Melbourne. In our first article we are going to cover the forklift licence  holder resume preparation. So what should you include in your resume as a forklift operator? Yes, the basics are the same regardless of industry – experience, forklift training details and past jobs details. However, most importantly, you should point out your experience and the training in detail because when it comes to forklifts, there are many variables to consider.

For example, Forklift operator’s duty involves transferring heavy loads in warehouses, storage locations, factories, construction sites and most other industrial sites. Forklift operator may work indoor, outdoors or both and can be responsible for driving electric or gas forklifts and, again, in some cases both. The forklift truck attachments use may very depending on the type of load and job requirement.

Forklift operator may also be responsible for other duties such as loading the forklift, conform that the material is placed in the proper storage that will be easy to make records and keep the records of materials that are transferred.

Forklift operator may also be working on other tasks to operate other equipment on the work site. It is important that you point out all these details in resume. Your prospective employer will be considering these details so, in my opinion, more details you provide is better

Sample Forklift Operator Resume
John Citizen
123 Melbourne Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
(03) 1234 5678

Objective: Looking for the greatest opportunity to work as forklift operator for a reputed company.

Skills:
Able to do shift work
Available for overtime work.
Good working in a team and having good interpersonal skills.
Excellent communication and writing skills.
Responsible for other duties as needed.
Work Experience:

Go Workplace Training (2007 – till date)
Forklift Operator
Responsible for using forklift to pull orders.
Worked in the receiving and shipping department.
Responsible for packing, picking and scanning orders
Responsible for putting and pulling away orders in a temperature controlled setting.
Also responsible for working as a scanner.
Education:
High School Diploma, Cert 4, forklift training, successfully completed forklift licence  test in 2004.
References: Available upon request.