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Border guard officer CV: example and template

This example is for officers of the Polish Border Guard at border crossings, airports and posts, for people after their service looking for civilian work, and for candidates with foreign languages.

The employer wants to know which tasks you carry out, how you check documents, which languages and systems you know and how you work with people from different countries. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: border guard officer

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Kamila Jarosz

Border guard officer

Przemysl +48 123 456 789 kamila.jarosz@example.com

Professional profile

Border Guard officer with 8 years of service, the last 5 at a road border crossing post. I carry out border checks of people and vehicles, verify travel documents and the legal stay of foreigners, work in information systems and cooperate with the customs and tax service. I speak Ukrainian at C1 and English at B2. At peak times I check more than 500 people per shift.

Work experience

Officer, border checks

03.2021 - present

Border Guard post, road border crossing, Przemysl

  • Border checks of people and vehicles, over 500 people per shift at peak times.
  • Verifying travel documents and visas, detecting forgeries.
  • Checking the legal stay of foreigners in information systems.
  • Work with the customs and tax service and the police on joint checks.
  • Talking to travellers in Ukrainian, Polish and English.

Officer, legal stay checks

09.2017 - 02.2021

Border Guard post, Rzeszow

  • Checks of legal employment of foreigners.
  • Documentation and administrative proceedings.
  • Work with the provincial office.

Education

Master's degree, national security

2012 - 2017

University of Rzeszow

Skills

  • Border checks
  • Verifying documents and detecting forgeries
  • Legal stay and employment of foreigners
  • Service information systems
  • Cooperation between services
  • Communication in foreign languages

Training

  • Basic and specialist training in the Border Guard
  • Document examination training, 2022
  • Qualified first aid course, 2023

Languages

  • Ukrainian: C1
  • English: B2

Additional information

  • Shift work
  • Driving licence category B

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a border guard officer CV

Professional summary

Write how long you have served, at which post and which tasks you carry out. Give foreign languages with their level. If you are moving to a civilian job, say where you want to use your experience, for example in airport security, HR for foreign workers or customer service.

National security graduate with Ukrainian at C1 and English at B2. I work in airport customer service and know screening procedures. I am applying to join the Border Guard.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the post, tasks, traffic volume, documents, systems and cooperation. Show scale in numbers. Do not give classified information or personal data. Add the languages you use with travellers.

Weaker: Border checks.

Better: Border checks of people and vehicles, over 500 people per shift at peak times.

Weaker: Documents.

Better: Verifying travel documents and visas, detecting forgeries.

Weaker: Languages.

Better: Talking to travellers in Ukrainian, Polish and English.

Skills worth listing

List checks, documents, rules on foreigners, systems, cooperation and languages. In your soft skills show observation, composure and good manners.

Professional skills

  • Border checks
  • Document verification
  • Rules on foreigners
  • Service systems
  • Cooperation between services
  • Foreign languages

Personal skills

  • Observation
  • Composure
  • Good manners
  • Stress resilience
  • Teamwork

Training

List Border Guard training, document examination courses and first aid. The service recruits through a qualification procedure with tests.

How to become a border guard officer

Candidates go through a qualification procedure with knowledge and fitness tests and an interview. Foreign languages are a big plus.

After the service, the experience is useful in airport security, companies employing foreigners and serving travellers.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A road crossing needs fast checks of heavy traffic, an airport work with many nationalities, and legal stay checks rules and proceedings. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a border guard officer CV

Questions and answers

What should a border guard officer put on a CV?

Length of service, post, tasks, traffic volume, documents, systems, languages, training and skills useful in the new job.

How do you join the Polish Border Guard?

Through a qualification procedure with tests and an interview. Border Guard units publish the notices.

Do foreign languages help?

A lot, especially languages of neighbouring countries and English.

Which jobs suit former officers?

Often airport security, HR for foreign workers, security and serving travellers.

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