Automotive Technician Resume Example
A mid-level automotive technician in Fresno, nine years in, who started on the lube line at a tire and service chain and is now the lead diagnostic tech at an independent repair shop.
A fictional resume written by our team. The person, employers and numbers are invented; the tools, licenses and schools are real.
Why it works
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“ASE Certified Master Automobile Technician (A1-A8) with L1, 9 years in independent and chain shops. A-tech at a 6-bay independent shop, flagging about 48 hours a week on flat rate with comebacks under 1%. EPA Section 609 certified.”
Certifications, years, the shop, the vehicles, a productivity number and a quality number. A service manager checks all of those before the first bullet.
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“Flag about 48 hours a week on flat rate against roughly 42 hours clocked, on domestic and Asian cars and light trucks”
Hours flagged against hours clocked is the productivity number a shop already tracks. It tells a manager how much of the board this tech can carry.
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“Kept comebacks under 1% of repair orders in 2025 against a shop goal of 2%, road testing every drivability job before release”
A quality number measured against the shop's own goal, with the habit behind it.
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“Diagnose about 15 check-engine, no-start and electrical jobs a week with an Autel MaxiSys, a lab scope and a smoke machine”
The diagnostic work with the tools named. 'Advanced diagnostics' in a skills list proves nothing, and this line shows the shop sends its hard jobs to this tech.
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“Took over the shop's A/C work in 2022 and grew it from about 4 jobs a month to 20”
Work the shop gained because of this tech, with a before and after. The EPA 609 certification below is what makes it possible.
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“Trained 2 lube techs on brakes, alignments and inspections, and both now work as B-level techs at the shop”
Training with a result. Moving lube techs up saves the shop from hiring outside, and a manager reads it as lead work.
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“Moved from the lube line to brakes, suspension and alignments in 14 months, about 10 cars a day on a Hunter alignment rack”
A promotion with the time it took and the pace after it.
How it scored
We ran this example through the same free roast you can use, three times, and kept the middle result. The roast ranks a resume against a typical applicant pile and grades hard: even a resume with a number in nearly every bullet usually lands in the B range.
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Monroe Salcido Automotive Technician, ASE Master, Drivability and Electrical Fresno, CA | monroe.salcido@example.com SUMMARY ASE Certified Master Automobile Technician (A1-A8) with L1, 9 years in independent and chain shops. A-tech at a 6-bay independent shop, flagging about 48 hours a week on flat rate with comebacks under 1%. EPA Section 609 certified. EXPERIENCE Automotive Technician (A-Tech), Lead Diagnostic, Millbrook Auto Service | Mar 2021 - Present - Flag about 48 hours a week on flat rate against roughly 42 hours clocked, on domestic and Asian cars and light trucks - Kept comebacks under 1% of repair orders in 2025 against a shop goal of 2%, road testing every drivability job before release - Diagnose about 15 check-engine, no-start and electrical jobs a week with an Autel MaxiSys, a lab scope and a smoke machine - Took over the shop's A/C work in 2022 and grew it from about 4 jobs a month to 20 - Trained 2 lube techs on brakes, alignments and inspections, and both now work as B-level techs at the shop Lube Technician, then General Service Technician, Kingsburg Road Tire and Lube | Jun 2017 - Feb 2021 - Moved from the lube line to brakes, suspension and alignments in 14 months, about 10 cars a day on a Hunter alignment rack - Raised approved recommended work on my bays by about a quarter in 2020 by adding photos and measurements to every inspection EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS ASE Certified Master Automobile Technician (A1-A8), 2023, and L1 Advanced Engine Performance Specialist, 2025 EPA Section 609 MVAC certification, MACS, 2017 Associate of Science, Automotive Technology, Fresno City College, 2017 SKILLS Drivability diagnosis, Electrical and network faults, Lab scope and smoke testing, Autel MaxiSys and J2534 programming, A/C service (R-134a and R-1234yf), Brakes, suspension and alignment, ALLDATA and Mitchell 1, Digital inspections
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