Some suggestions that may assist you in preparing your CV: -

• Use spell check
• Position required or previous position held
• Personal details , give as much detail as what you are comfortable to share.
• Qualifications , state the date of completion, institution, qualification name, including schooling.
• Relevant Courses attended, state the date of completion, institution, course name
• State your actual position held, don’t inflate your positions held, everyone must start somewhere, if your CV shows your first ever position held in your construction career was as a Project Manager, Site Agent or General Foreman then there is a problem! Red flag
• Projects worked on, try to list contracts that you have worked on under each employer. It gives prospective employers an idea of what your expertise may be or how you could add value to their upcoming projects.
• Dates worked at the specific employers.
• Make sure references are contactable and relevant, try to supply details of a manager that you reported to, the CEO or HR Manager wouldn’t really know what happened on your project or your workspace (unless it’s a small operation)
• Be honest regarding reasons for leaving, makes it easier.
• Don’t over inflate your current salary or expectations, we all want to improve our income, but be realistic.
• Try not to manufacture the information on your CV it will could come back to bite you.

Here is an example of how you could structure your CV: -

Personal Details

Name
ID/Birthdate
Address or suburb/city of residence

Contact details

• Email
• Mobile number
• Alternative number

Qualifications

• Secondary schooling, institution, level, year
• Tertiary studies, institution, course, year
• Courses relevant to your vocation

Employment history

ABC Contractors
Nov 2008 to Dec 2010
Site Finishing Foreman

National Bank building, refurbishment of North Wing and additions to parking area, Sea Point.
Duties/responsibilities

• Site safety
• Manage finishing team
• Quality control
• Attend site meetings
• Calculate required material list
• Snagging
• Report to Site Agent

Sunshine Contracting
Jan 2011 to Dec 2015
Senior Finishing Foreman

New restaurant for Burger Shack, Durbanville
Duties/responsibilities

• Site safety
• Ordering materials
• Assist in planning and scheduling
• Manage finishing team
• Quality control
• Attend site meetings
• Snagging
• Report to Project Manager

References

W Smith, Site Agent, ABC Contractors 083 xxxxxx

TR Rabada, Contracts Manager, Sunshine, 082 xxxxx