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Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse resume example

A resume for a Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse needs to show the work itself: manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Day to day that means work like this: record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs; direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • Greenhouse Worker
  • Grower
  • Harvester
  • Nursery Worker
  • Farm Laborer
  • Farmer
  • Field Irrigation Worker
  • Gardener
  • Orchard Worker
  • Picker
  • Greenhouse Lab Associate
  • Greenhouse Tech
  • Agriculture Laborer
  • Agriculture Worker
  • Apple Picker
  • Apple Thinner
  • Apple Turner
  • Asparagus Cutter

O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs.
  • Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.
  • Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops.
  • Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them.
  • Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment.
  • Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand.
  • Set up and operate irrigation equipment.
  • Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress.
  • Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers.
  • Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops.
  • Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities.
  • Clean work areas, and maintain grounds and landscaping.

27 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • BCL Landview Systems WinCrop
  • Farm Works Software Trac
  • Global positioning system GPS software
  • IBM Lotus Notes
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • Web browser software

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • Adjustable hand wrenches
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Air compressors
  • All terrain vehicles ATV
  • Allen wrenches
  • Anvil pruners
  • Arborist saws
  • Battery booster cables
  • Battery power testers
  • Bed formers
  • Bed rollers
  • Bench grafting knives

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Operations Monitoring
  2. 02Speaking

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 39%Less than a High School Diploma
  • 29%High School Diploma, or the equivalent
  • 15%Bachelor's Degree

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Little or No Preparation Needed”. Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.

Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.

Common questions

What does a Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse do?
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Day to day that includes work like record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs and Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.
What skills should a Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse put on a resume?
O*NET rates Operations Monitoring and Speaking among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes BCL Landview Systems WinCrop, Farm Works Software Trac, Global positioning system GPS software, IBM Lotus Notes, and Microsoft Excel. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse work?
O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation, including Greenhouse Worker, Grower, Harvester, and Nursery Worker. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 39% reported their level of education as "Less than a High School Diploma". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

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What this page cannot tell you

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  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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