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Construction & Trades Retirement Invitations

Two invitations for a career with a hard hat: Excavator, a yellow excavator with a hard hat and a lunch pail, worded Celebrating the career of and badged 40 Years of Hard Work; and Clocking Out, a toolbox, a tape measure and a folded set of blueprints, badged The Last Shift. Excavator opens in Sunflower & Navy and Clocking Out in Royal Blue & Silver.

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Excavator — Trades & Construction retirement invitation

Excavator

No photo needed · 3 palettes · Bowlby One
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Clocking Out — Trades & Construction retirement invitation

Clocking Out

No photo needed · 3 palettes · Alfa Slab One
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Planning tip
Hold it where the crew already gathers: a union hall, the shop floor, the yard. The samples say Chili, cornbread and plenty of stories, and Pizza, cake and a hard-hat photo booth; a stack of old job photos on a table does the rest.
How it works

Details, wording, colors, download

Open any design above in the maker. Type the honoree's name with their title (Mrs., Pastor, Captain, Dr.) and the years in the badge; the back has room for the place, the time and a line for the people they worked with, such as former students welcome or stop by between shifts.

Pick one of the three palettes drawn for the design, then download a 5 x 7 PDF (front and back), a two-per-sheet letter PDF for home printing, print-shop PNGs with bleed, 4 x 6 PNGs for a photo counter, a phone-sized PNG to text or email, or a Word file. For more lines to put on the card, see the retirement invitation wording ideas and the retirement party etiquette guide.

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Frequently asked questions

Is there a heavy equipment operator retirement invitation?
Excavator: a yellow excavator with a hard hat and lunch pail. It suits an operator, a foreman or anyone who spent a career on a job site.
Can I use Clocking Out for an electrician, plumber or mechanic?
Yes. The toolbox and tape measure suit any trade; change the badge to the trade or the years.
Which colors do they come in?
Excavator: Sunflower & Navy, Olive & Khaki and Terracotta & Cream. Clocking Out: Royal Blue & Silver, Terracotta & Cream and Red & Black.
Updated October 2026