- Put your licence classes and ticket expiry dates in the header.
- List trailer types, route experience and years driving — not just job titles.
- Two pages maximum. One page is fine for drivers under five years' experience.
- Always include a working phone number — transport managers call, they don't email.
Lead with what they're hiring for
Your licences are the single most important line on the resume. Put them up top with classes and expiry dates: 'HC (current to 11/2028), DG, BFM, White Card, Forklift LF'. A recruiter who can see your tickets in the first five seconds will keep reading.
Experience: be specific
Instead of 'Truck Driver, ABC Logistics, 2022–2024', write what you actually drove and where: 'B-double linehaul Sydney–Brisbane Pacific Hwy, 18 months, ~140k km, zero at-fault incidents'. Quantify drops per day, pallets handled, trailer types (curtainsider, refrigerated, flat-top, skel).
Skills and equipment
List the equipment you've operated — forklifts, EWPs, MHE — and any company systems (TMS, MTData, EROAD, Teletrac, SAP). Yard skills, customer-facing experience and any 2-up linehaul time are worth calling out.
Format and length
Keep it clean — one or two columns, no photos, no Comic Sans. PDF, not Word, so the formatting doesn't fall apart. Drivers with under five years' experience can comfortably fit one page; senior drivers should keep it to two.
Contact details
Mobile and email at the top. Many transport managers will ring before they read the resume in detail — make sure your voicemail greeting is professional.