Cannabis Cultivation Technician

Job Title: Cultivation Technician

Job Summary

Our Cultivation Technicians are responsible for executing cultivation plans in accordance with the company's operating procedures for indoor cultivation. Technicians handle the daily tasks involved in the cannabis production cycle.

Cultivation Responsibilities:

• Cloning, cutting, transplanting; watering; labeling; and inventory data input.
• Plant care during vegetative and flowering phases: trimming, manipulating, and staking; big leafing and pruning; watering; plant monitoring; inventory data input.
• Harvesting: Cutting plants; weighing and inventory data input into the electronic inventory tracking system.
• Operating and maintaining cultivation systems/equipment; stocking and handling production inputs and supplies; sanitizing and cleaning growing rooms, cultivation workspaces, and tools.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Cloning: Cutting, rooting, and transplanting; clone care, watering, and feeding; clone monitoring and climate control; labeling; and inventory data input into the state-mandated electronic tracking system.
• Monitoring Growing Conditions: Reviewing changes in humidity, moisture, and temperature; adjusting cultivation procedures to ensure quality control standards.
• Crop Inspection: Assessing leaf texture, bloom size, and pest/disease presence; removing substandard or diseased plants to maintain quality standards.
• Plant Care: Trimming and staking; big leafing and pruning; watering and feeding; climate control; pest and disease control; inventory data input.
• Harvesting: Cutting plants; trimming cut plants; removing flowering tops; weighing and inventory data input into the electronic inventory tracking system.
• Curing: Hanging and dry-racking flowers; monitoring the curing process and climate control; labeling; weighing and inventory data input.
• Equipment Maintenance: Monitoring, calibrating, running, and maintaining lighting, irrigation, climate control, and other cultivation systems; stocking and handling production inputs and supplies; sanitizing and cleaning growing areas, cultivation workspaces, and tools.
• Compliance: Ensuring daily adherence to policies and procedures, including state compliance, security protocols, and access protocols.
• Additional Duties: Performing other duties as required to assist the company in meeting its goals.

Qualifications:

• Excellent communication skills
• Strong work ethic, reliability, and flexibility
• Commitment to producing the highest quality work
• Ability to work in a demanding, fast-paced environment, including flexible and/or extended hours as needed

Education:

• High school diploma/GED preferred

Experience:

• Experience in the cannabis or agricultural industry is preferred but not required

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Attitude):

• Adaptable/Flexible: Effectively manages change and adjusts comfortably to new people and processes; multitasks and handles ambiguity and stress well while remaining positive; bounces back quickly from challenging situations; asks for help when needed and stays focused on being a force for good.

Direct Reports:

• No direct reports

Working Conditions:

• Exposure to dust, kief, cleaning chemicals, and fumes.
• Work in rooms with bright light where eye protection is required.
• Work in rooms with moderate heat and humidity.
• Exposure to moderate background noise due to environmental systems, equipment, and fans.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged sitting, standing, and/or walking throughout the shift.
• Constant hand/finger movement; requires good manual dexterity, coordination, and stamina.
• Frequent ladder climbing to inspect/maintain plants.
• Occasional operation of power hand tools and other cultivation machinery.
• Ability to inspect and detect quality deviations and defects.
• Occasional lifting, positioning, or moving items up to 50 pounds.