HD Mechanic and Diesel Fitter Resume Example
A complete HD mechanic resume example for FIFO applications, with trade wording, equipment experience, maintenance records and guidance for moving from road transport to mining.
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An HD mechanic or diesel fitter resume should make your actual qualification, equipment background and maintenance responsibilities easy to find. Start with the machines and systems you have worked on, then show how you diagnose faults, complete work and record it.
A trade-qualified heavy vehicle mechanic moving into mining should describe that transition directly. Road-transport experience is relevant mechanical experience; it should not be relabelled as mine-fleet experience.
Complete resume example
The following applicant and employers are fictional. Use the structure and replace every fact with your own.
Sample applicant
Perth, WA · [Your phone] · [Your email]
Target role: HD mechanic / diesel fitter
Professional summary
Trade-qualified heavy vehicle mechanic with five years of post-apprenticeship workshop experience servicing and repairing prime movers and rigid trucks. Experienced in scheduled maintenance, fault diagnosis, brake repairs and component replacement, with job records completed in the workshop system. Seeking to transfer this background into a suitable mining maintenance role. Based in Perth and available to discuss FIFO rosters.
Qualification and training
- [Exact completed trade qualification] — [training provider], [year]
- [Relevant manufacturer or workplace training] — [provider], [year]
- [Actual licence class, where relevant]
Equipment and systems
- [Truck makes and models actually maintained]
- Diesel engines, cooling systems and braking systems within actual work experience
- [Diagnostic tools and software actually used]
- [Workshop or maintenance-record system actually used]
Employment history
Heavy vehicle mechanic — Example Fleet Workshop, Perth
February 2021–present
- Complete scheduled servicing and inspections on prime movers and rigid trucks using the applicable service information.
- Investigate reported faults, record diagnostic findings and discuss additional work with the supervisor.
- Replace components and complete checks within the scope of training and workshop procedures.
- Follow isolation and workshop safety procedures before starting maintenance.
- Record labour, parts and completed work against job numbers, including outstanding defects for follow-up.
- Support apprentices with allocated tasks under the workshop’s supervision arrangements.
Apprentice heavy vehicle mechanic — Example Transport Workshop, Perth
January 2017–January 2021
- Assist qualified mechanics with servicing, inspection and repair work as part of the apprenticeship.
- Prepare tools and work areas, and maintain housekeeping during allocated jobs.
- Complete training requirements and record practical learning under supervision.
Availability
Perth-based. Notice period: [your details]. Seeking a role that recognises the equipment background described above.
Why the equipment list matters
A recruiter needs to distinguish workshop road-fleet work from maintenance on mine haul trucks, excavators or fixed plant. Name actual makes and models rather than adding a list copied from the vacancy. If the employer asks for a machine you have not maintained, describe the closest genuine experience and ask whether transition training is available.
Do not call familiarisation “extensive experience”. Separate manufacturer courses, supervised exposure and independent maintenance work where that distinction helps the reader.
Check your CV for diesel fitter work after entering your own qualification and equipment details.
Write maintenance bullets around the work
A useful bullet gives the task, the equipment or system and your responsibility. “Fixed trucks” could become “Investigated braking faults on the workshop’s rigid-truck fleet, recorded findings and completed approved repairs.” Use that wording only if it describes your work.
Measured results can help when supported by records, but they are optional. Do not invent downtime reductions, safety hours or a percentage improvement. A clear explanation of the fault, action and follow-up is useful on its own.
Qualifications and tickets
Use the exact title on your trade document rather than treating all mechanical trades as interchangeable. Check the vacancy’s stated qualification, licence and site-training requirements. A resume guide cannot establish whether a particular qualification is accepted for a particular vacancy.
List completed training with the correct provider and date. If training is booked or in progress, label that status accurately rather than implying completion. Avoid including licence or identity numbers in a scanner input.
If you already work in mining
Lead with your genuine mine-fleet experience, work setting and responsibilities. Show whether you perform field breakdowns, planned workshop maintenance, shutdown work or a combination. Keep earlier road-transport experience further down if the recent mining work is more relevant.
For supervisors, add actual planning and team responsibilities without changing your job title. For contractors, make employers and assignments understandable and keep dates consistent.
Use our Word template or browse the other FIFO resume examples. For general work-history presentation, see SEEK’s work-experience guide. Check employer instructions directly, such as BHP’s recruitment information.