Jobs within equipment repair are valuable because they help keep companies fully operational and safe. For this reason, when explaining your work history, you should be ready to provide specific examples of how your duties and performance helped keep companies in tip-top working order. For instance, if you are a boiler operator, you can explain that you were responsible for maintaining heating systems in the mechanical rooms, ensuring accurate water levels and avoiding contamination throughout the facility. Also, adding numbers or statistics to your duties and responsibilities’ section, will get a potential employer’s attention, and give them a better understanding of the scope of your responsibilities. For example, you can describe a boiler operator including figures like these: Regulated flow of fuel and water into the two main boilers, avoiding malfunction. Tested and treated boiler feed water, using special chemicals, ion-exchange columns for 15 active pumps. Operated fuel-fired boilers to generate steam for supply to eight industrial buildings. Never exaggerate or lie on your resume. Doing so may backfire during your interview or put at risk any future employment opportunities.