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Viticulturist resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what viticulturists actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most viticulturists should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Viticulturist with hands-on experience managing vineyard blocks through the full growing season, from dormant pruning to harvest. Comfortable balancing horticultural science with commercial pressures, using field data and fruit composition analysis to guide decisions that affect both yield and wine quality. Works well across grower, winemaker and seasonal labour teams.
Key skills
- Field research and sampling
- Data analysis and record-keeping
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Environmental assessment
- Operations and crew management
- Refractometer and fruit maturity testing
- Soil testing kit and tissue sampling
- GIS and precision agriculture software
- Canopy management and irrigation scheduling
- People leadership and seasonal workforce supervision
Experience: example bullet points
- Monitored vine health and disease pressure across multiple blocks weekly, adjusting spray and canopy management schedules to reduce fungal outbreaks
- Planned and executed pruning and irrigation schedules across the growing season, balancing water use against yield and fruit quality targets
- Collected soil and petiole tissue samples each season to guide fertiliser strategy, reducing input costs while maintaining vine vigour
- Recruited, trained and supervised seasonal harvest crews, coordinating pick timing with winery intake schedules to minimise fruit deterioration
- Analysed Baume and pH readings through veraison and harvest, briefing winemakers on fruit composition to inform picking decisions
Education
Most viticulturists hold a Bachelor degree in viticulture, oenology or agricultural science, though a Diploma or Certificate III/IV in viticulture combined with vineyard experience is a well-accepted alternative pathway into the role.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Viticulture
- Vineyard management
- Integrated pest management (IPM)
- Canopy management
- Brix and Baume measurement
- Petiole and tissue testing
- Irrigation scheduling
- Precision agriculture (GIS)
- ChemCert chemical handling accreditation
- WHS compliance
- Sustainable Winegrowing Australia
- Wine Australia
- AWRI (Australian Wine Research Institute)
- Harvest logistics
- Frost and heat mitigation
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.