Data capturer CV example

A complete example CV for a data capturer in South Africa, then the bullets that make it work, rewritten from weaker versions with the reason for each change.

A fictional example. Sipho Ndlovu is not a real person, and the employers, dates and numbers are made up to show the shape of a good CV. Use your own facts: never copy someone else's.

Sipho Ndlovu

Data capturer

Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal · Cell: 0XX XXX XXXX · sipho@example.com

Profile

Data capturer with three years capturing claims and stock records. Types 55 words a minute with a low error rate, works in Excel and SAP, and checks his own work before it goes through.

Skills

Typing: 55 wpm (online test, 2025)
Microsoft Excel: data validation, filters
SAP: goods receipts
Document scanning and indexing
Quality checks

Work experience

Data capturerJun 2023 to present

Medical scheme administrator, Pietermaritzburg

Capture 250 to 300 claim forms a day against a team target of 220.
Kept an error rate under 1% in monthly quality audits for 12 months in a row.
Scan and index supporting documents so claims can be found by member number.

Stock clerk (contract)Feb 2022 to May 2023

Wholesaler, Durban

Captured goods received in SAP from delivery notes, about 80 lines a day.
Found and corrected duplicate stock codes during the year-end count.

Education and qualifications

End User Computing certificate, NQF level 3. Training college, Pietermaritzburg, 2021
National Senior Certificate (matric), 2020

Languages

English, isiZulu

References

Available on request

Before and after: the bullets that make it work

Before: ~~Fast typist.~~
After: Types 55 words a minute (online test, 2025).
Why: A number with a source beats an adjective. Recruiters for capturing roles often ask for a speed.
Before: ~~Captured claims.~~
After: Capture 250 to 300 claim forms a day against a team target of 220.
Why: Volume against a target shows you're productive, not just present.
Before: ~~Accurate and reliable.~~
After: Kept an error rate under 1% in monthly quality audits for 12 months in a row.
Why: Accuracy is the job. Show the measure your employer already uses.

South African details to get right

Give each qualification its NQF level: matric (the National Senior Certificate) is at level 4, and employers use the levels to compare qualifications. If you're unsure of a level, the institution or SAQA can tell you. Source: SAQA: NQF level descriptors.
Leave out your ID number, date of birth, marital status and a photo unless the advert asks for them. Contact details, your area and your work history are enough to be shortlisted.
Keep it in one column with plain headings (Profile, Skills, Work experience, Education). Tables, text boxes and two-column templates often confuse the software that reads CVs first.

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