Gurnek Singh

Commercial greenhouse grower and Nursery Manager with 7 years of horticulture experience, including more than 3 years in New Zealand tomato and cucumber production across a 12-hectare operation. Promoted from Greenhouse Worker to Nursery Manager and now leading a team of 10. Hands-on experience with climate control, automated irrigation and fertigation, crop registration, yield forecasting, IPM, crop changeovers, harvesting, packing and dispatch.

Strong computer literacy, production-record discipline and practical health and safety leadership.

Nursery Manager - Rasila Produce Ltd - New Zealand

(2025-06)

• Manage daily commercial tomato and cucumber nursery and greenhouse production across a 12-hectare operation, aligning crop work with production, quality and harvest targets.
• Lead, allocate work to, train and support a team of 10 workers; monitor workmanship, productivity and safe work practices throughout each shift.
• Operate and monitor the commercial climate-control system, adjusting temperature, humidity, ventilation and heating settings and responding to alarms or changing crop conditions.
• Manage automated irrigation and fertigation schedules; monitor EC, pH, drain percentage and fertiliser inputs and adjust programmes to crop requirements.
• Complete crop registrations, assess growth and plant health, support weekly yield forecasting, and maintain crop, labour and production records using Excel and digital systems.
• Implement IPM and crop-protection activities, identify pest and disease issues, coordinate corrective action, and maintain greenhouse hygiene, GAP and health and safety standards.
• Coordinate crop changeovers including vine removal, cleanout, disinfection, irrigation-line flushing, replanting, and string and dripper placement.
• Oversee harvesting, grading, packing and dispatch; control stock and supplies and liaise with suppliers, transport providers and customers.

Greenhouse / Nursery Worker - Rasila Produce Ltd - New Zealand

(2023-03 - 2025-03)

• Maintained commercial tomato and cucumber crops through twisting, clipping, lowering, pruning, de-leafing, canopy management and general crop work.
• Monitored crop health, irrigation and fertigation performance; identified and reported plant-health, pest, disease or quality issues for prompt action.
• Supported crop changeovers, vine removal, sanitation and disinfection, irrigation-line flushing, replanting, string placement and dripper setup.
• Harvested produce to specification and completed grading, packing and preparation for dispatch while meeting hygiene, quality and productivity requirements.
• Followed production schedules, greenhouse hygiene, GAP practices and workplace health and safety procedures.

Agriculture Worker - Til Raj Sood Farm - India

(2019 - 2023-03)

• Completed crop cultivation, soil preparation, planting, crop maintenance, harvesting and general farm operations.
• Managed irrigation activities and fertiliser applications and monitored crop growth, plant health and field conditions.
• Operated agricultural tools and equipment and maintained safe, clean and organised work areas.

Master of Arts - Political Science - Panjab University (2021)

Bachelor of Arts - Panjab University (2019)

Diploma - Computer Engineering - Rayat Polytechnic College (2016)

Diploma - Pharmacy (Ayurveda) - KCM Ayurvedic College