Greenhouse Worker Resume Examples & Writing Guide
A greenhouse worker resume is read for speed, care and crop knowledge. Growers want your production rates (plants transplanted per hour, pounds harvested per hour), the crops and systems you have worked (soil, rockwool, hydroponic, propagation), your pesticide and food safety training, and whether you can be trusted alone in a house on a Sunday.
Greenhouse worker resume example
This sample is for a greenhouse worker with about seven years: seasonal bedding plant work first, then a year-round vegetable greenhouse, now a crop care lead in a hydroponic tomato range. The person and the employers are invented. Copy the shape and put your own crops, rates and training in.
Alicia Moreno
Greenhouse Worker / Crop Care Lead
Wapato, WA · (509) 555-0117 · a.moreno.greenhouse@email.com
Summary
Greenhouse worker with 7 years in vegetable and ornamental production. Leads a 9-person crop care crew in a 6-acre hydroponic tomato range: deleafing, lowering, clipping, pollination and harvest at 55 to 65 pounds an hour. Scouts for pests weekly and releases biological controls. Washington pesticide handler training and Worker Protection Standard training current.
Experience
Crop Care Lead · Hydroponic greenhouse tomato and cucumber grower, 6 acres under glass
Mar 2023 – Present
- Lead a 9-person crop care crew through the full cycle on high-wire tomatoes: clipping, lowering, deleafing, truss pruning and pollination on about 34,000 plants.
- Harvest at 55 to 65 pounds an hour against a 50 pound standard, with grade-out under 3 percent on the packing line audit.
- Scout 40 bays a week for whitefly, thrips, spider mite and botrytis, log counts on sticky cards and report to the grower the same day.
- Release Encarsia and Amblyseius biological controls on a weekly schedule, which cut sprays in the range from about 14 a year to 5.
- Train seasonal hires in their first week: 22 people over two seasons, with 18 still meeting rate after 30 days.
Greenhouse Production Worker · Year-round vegetable greenhouse (lettuce, herbs, peppers)
Feb 2021 – Feb 2023
- Seeded, transplanted and spaced 1,200 to 1,600 plugs an hour on a moving gutter lettuce system, with under 2 percent transplant loss.
- Ran fertigation checks twice a shift: EC and pH readings on feed and drain, logged in the climate computer with corrections flagged to the grower.
- Harvested, weighed, graded and packed 900 to 1,200 heads a shift to retail spec, with 2 customer quality complaints in 2 years.
- Sanitized benches, gutters and tools between crops and followed the food safety plan for a Primus GFS audit passed at 96 percent in 2022.
- Covered weekend irrigation and vent checks alone about twice a month, including responding to a climate alarm at 2am.
Greenhouse Assistant (Seasonal) · Bedding plant and nursery greenhouse, 14 houses
Feb 2019 – Jan 2021 (seasonal, Feb–Jul)
- Filled, seeded and transplanted 400 to 600 flats a day of annuals, hanging baskets and perennials.
- Hand watered and boom watered 14 houses on rotation, adjusting for house position, weather and crop stage.
- Pulled and staged 60 to 90 retail orders a week for garden center delivery, with under 1 percent order errors.
- Pinched, spaced and graded plants for uniformity, and pulled culls before shipping.
Education
Certificate, Greenhouse and Nursery Production
Yakima Valley College, Yakima, WA, 2021
High School Diploma
Wapato High School, Wapato, WA, 2018
Certifications
- EPA Worker Protection Standard (WPS) pesticide handler training, renewed annually, current 2026
- Washington State Department of Agriculture pesticide handler training through employer program, 2024
- Primus GFS food safety training for greenhouse produce handlers, 2022
- Scissor lift and pipe rail trolley operator training, 2023
- American Red Cross Adult First Aid/CPR/AED, valid to 2027
Skills
What a grower or crop manager reads first
Greenhouse hiring is done by the grower, a crop manager or a labor supervisor. They are usually short-staffed and they read for four things.
- Crops and systems. Bedding plants, cut flowers, greenhouse tomatoes, lettuce on a moving gutter and cannabis are all different work. Name the crops and whether it was soil, rockwool, coco or water culture.
- Rate. Every greenhouse tracks output per hour. Bringing your own numbers says you have worked to a standard and were not carried by the crew.
- Pesticides and food safety. WPS training, handler training, whether you have mixed and loaded, and any audit you helped pass. This decides which jobs you can legally be given.
- Reliability and coverage. Greenhouses run seven days. Saying you have covered weekend irrigation or responded to a climate alarm at night is a strong, specific signal.
“I hire in February and I need people who will still be here in June. If a resume says 1,400 plugs an hour and under two percent transplant loss, that person has been measured before and did not mind. Add weekend irrigation cover and current WPS training and I will call them first.”
Greenhouse worker resume summary and objective examples
Three or four lines. Years, crops, one or two rates, then your pesticide or food safety training. Use an objective instead if this is your first greenhouse job.
Greenhouse worker with 7 years in vegetable production. Leads a 9-person crop care crew in a 6-acre hydroponic tomato range: clipping, lowering, deleafing and harvest at 55 to 65 pounds an hour with grade-out under 3 percent. Scouts weekly for whitefly and thrips and releases biological controls. WPS and pesticide handler training current.
Greenhouse assistant with 5 seasons in bedding plants, hanging baskets and perennials across 14 houses. Fills, seeds and transplants 500 flats a day and runs boom and hand watering on rotation. Pulls and stages 60 to 90 garden center orders a week at under 1 percent order errors. Available February through July every year.
Propagation worker with 4 years in a plug and liner nursery. Sticks 900 to 1,100 cuttings an hour with a 94 to 96 percent rooting rate, manages mist and fog benches, and grades liners to spec before shipping. Comfortable with sanitation protocols, clean bench discipline and detailed batch records.
Greenhouse worker with 6 years on hydroponic lettuce and herbs. Runs fertigation checks twice a shift, logs EC and pH on feed and drain, and flags drift to the grower before the crop shows it. Familiar with Priva and Argus climate screens, drip and boom irrigation, and full sanitation between crops.
Seeking a greenhouse worker position in vegetable or bedding plant production. Three seasons of field harvest and orchard thinning work, used to repetitive hand work at a set rate in heat. Completed EPA Worker Protection Standard training in 2026. Reliable transport, available weekends, English and Spanish.
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Greenhouse worker job description for a resume
Plenty of people search for a greenhouse job description to paste into a resume. Do not paste it. Take the duty and add your own number, crop and result. Here is what that looks like.
| Generic job description duty | Your version, with the numbers |
|---|---|
| Plant, transplant and space plants. | Seeded, transplanted and spaced 1,200 to 1,600 lettuce plugs an hour on a moving gutter system, with under 2 percent transplant loss. |
| Water and feed plants as needed. | Ran fertigation checks twice a shift, logging EC and pH on feed and drain in the climate computer and flagging corrections to the grower the same day. |
| Prune, trim and maintain plants. | Clipped, lowered, deleafed and truss-pruned about 34,000 high-wire tomato plants on a weekly cycle with a 9-person crew. |
| Harvest crops. | Harvested tomatoes at 55 to 65 pounds an hour against a 50 pound standard, with grade-out under 3 percent on the packing line audit. |
| Monitor plants for pests and disease. | Scouted 40 bays a week for whitefly, thrips, spider mite and botrytis, counted sticky cards and reported to the grower the same day. |
| Apply pesticides as directed. | Released Encarsia and Amblyseius biological controls weekly, cutting chemical sprays in the range from about 14 a year to 5. |
| Clean and sanitize the greenhouse. | Sanitized benches, gutters and tools between crops under the food safety plan for a Primus GFS audit passed at 96 percent. |
| Grade, pack and prepare orders. | Harvested, weighed, graded and packed 900 to 1,200 lettuce heads a shift to retail spec, with 2 customer quality complaints in 2 years. |
| Train and support other staff. | Trained 22 seasonal hires over two seasons in their first week, with 18 still meeting rate after 30 days. |
| Cover weekend and on-call duties. | Covered weekend irrigation and vent checks alone about twice a month, including a 2am climate alarm response. |
Skills to put on a greenhouse worker resume
Keep it to what a crop manager can put you on tomorrow. Crop work, growing systems, then the practical realities.
Crop work:
- Seeding, sticking cuttings, transplanting, spacing and potting up
- High-wire crop work: clipping, lowering, deleafing, truss pruning, pollination
- Pinching, staking, trellising and training
- Harvest, grading, weighing and packing to retail spec
- Culling, plant health checks and crop registration
- Propagation: mist and fog benches, rooting hormone, liner grading
Systems and equipment:
- Hydroponic growing: rockwool, coco, NFT, deep water culture, moving gutter
- Fertigation, injectors, EC and pH meters, drain measurement
- Climate computer screens and alarms (Priva, Argus, Hoogendoorn)
- Vents, screens, heating pipes, fans and pad walls
- Boom irrigation, drip lines, hand watering by house position
- Sprayers and biological control release, under a licensed applicator
- Pipe rail trolley, scissor lift, pallet jack, potting machine, flat filler
Practical facts growers care about:
- Working at rate in 85 to 95 degree humidity for a full shift
- Weekend, holiday and early morning availability
- Accurate record keeping for food safety and spray logs
- Reliable transport to a rural site
- English, Spanish, or both, and which one your crew leads speak
Pesticide training, food safety and education
Greenhouse work sits under real rules, and knowing which ones you have completed changes what jobs you can be given. Be precise, because these are checked at audit.
- EPA Worker Protection Standard training. There are two levels: worker and handler. Handler training lets you mix, load and apply under supervision. Say which one you hold and the year, because it is renewed annually.
- State pesticide applicator license. This is issued by your state's department of agriculture, and the categories and rules differ by state. If you hold one, name the state and the category. If you only work under someone else's, write "applies under a licensed applicator".
- Food safety. If your greenhouse grows produce, name the audit scheme you worked under, such as Primus GFS or a USDA Harmonized GAP audit, and the year and score if you know it.
- Equipment training. Scissor lift, pipe rail trolley, forklift, pallet jack. Short courses, but they matter for scheduling.
- First aid and CPR from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
- Education. A certificate or associate degree in greenhouse, horticulture or nursery production helps if you want to move toward assistant grower. Without one, years plus rates carry the resume.
Format, seasonal work and the words to mirror
- One page. Greenhouse hiring managers read fast and often on a phone in a break room.
- No photo and no date of birth on a US resume, even though some overseas templates include them.
- Label seasonal jobs clearly, for example "Feb 2019 – Jan 2021 (seasonal, Feb–Jul)", and say if you were asked back each year.
- Put availability near the top if you can work weekends, holidays or nights. That line alone gets people called.
- State your language and your transport situation. Rural greenhouses ask about both anyway.
Mirror the posting's words: greenhouse, glasshouse, propagation, plug, liner, transplanting, spacing, fertigation, EC and pH, hydroponic, rockwool, NFT, high-wire, deleafing, IPM, scouting, biological control, WPS, harvest, grading, packing, sanitation. In the UK and Ireland the same job is often advertised as a glasshouse operative; for US employers use greenhouse worker and US resume conventions.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good greenhouse worker job description for a resume?
Describe the crop work you personally did, with numbers: seeding and transplanting rates, plants maintained, pounds or heads harvested per hour, bays scouted, and any sanitation or food safety work. Avoid pasting a generic duty list. A grower can tell instantly whether a bullet came from a job ad or from your actual production board.
What skills should a greenhouse worker put on a resume?
Transplanting and spacing, crop maintenance for your crop type, harvesting and grading, fertigation and EC or pH checks, IPM scouting and biological control release, sanitation between crops, and irrigation. Add equipment such as pipe rail trolley, boom irrigation and flat fillers, and note your pesticide and food safety training separately.
Do I need a pesticide license to work in a greenhouse?
Not for most crop care jobs. You do need EPA Worker Protection Standard training, which your employer provides and renews every year. A state pesticide applicator license is only needed if you will apply chemicals yourself rather than working under someone else's license. If you are unsure, check your state department of agriculture's requirements.
How do I write a greenhouse resume with no experience?
Lead with any repetitive hand work at a set rate: field harvest, orchard thinning, packing house, food production line or nursery work. Say you are comfortable working at rate in heat and humidity for a full shift, and list weekend availability. Complete the free WPS worker training material before you apply and mention it. Growers train the crop skills; they cannot train reliability.
How do I show seasonal greenhouse work without looking unstable?
Write the dates with the season in brackets, for example "Feb 2019 – Jan 2021 (seasonal, Feb–Jul)", and add a line saying you were asked back for consecutive seasons. Seasonal is normal in this industry. What a grower worries about is people who leave in April, so show that you finish the crop.
What rates should I put on a greenhouse resume?
Use the ones your greenhouse actually measured: plugs or cuttings per hour, flats per day, pounds or heads per hour, bays scouted per week, transplant loss or grade-out percentage. Give a range rather than a single best day. If your employer never posted rates, use a careful estimate and say "roughly".
How long should a greenhouse worker resume be?
One page. Two only if you are applying for an assistant grower or crop manager role and have crop registration, climate control and staff supervision to describe. For hourly crop care jobs, one page with clear rates beats anything longer.
Is greenhouse work the same as nursery or farm work on a resume?
They overlap but they are not the same, and growers notice. Greenhouse work is climate-controlled, year-round and rate-measured. Nursery work is often outdoors with containers and shipping. Field farm work is seasonal and weather-driven. If you have all three, put the greenhouse experience first and describe the other two briefly to show your hand-work history.
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