What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ice Water Technician (Weekend Shift) position at Vangst?
About Us:
Our client is a leader in producing high-quality, chemical-free cannabis extracts using cutting-edge solventless extraction techniques. They are committed to crafting the purest cannabis concentrates through ice water extraction, ensuring a clean, full-spectrum experience for consumers. Their process relies on only ice, water, heat, and pressure, maintaining the plant's natural terpene profile while avoiding any use of solvents or chemicals.
As we continue to push the boundaries of solventless innovation, we're seeking an Ice Water Solventless Extraction Technician to join our team and help create top-tier hash and rosin products that set new standards for quality and purity in the cannabis industry.
Job Summary:
The Ice Water Solventless Extraction Technician will play a key role in our extraction process, working with fresh frozen cannabis to produce live hash, live rosin, and solventless vape extracts. This position requires a deep understanding of ice water extraction, terpene preservation, and natural purification processes to ensure high-quality results. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in solventless extraction, strong attention to detail, and a passion for clean, chemical-free cannabis products.
Key Responsibilities:
About Vangst:
Vangst is the cannabis industry's hiring platform. Vangst helps cannabis companies find the talent they need to grow their business. From on-demand gig workers to trained & credential full-time employees, Vangst has built the industry's go-to talent marketplace for all cannabis hiring. Vangst is proud to work with 1,200 of the cannabis industry's leading businesses.
Since raising their seed round in 2018, Vangst has become one of the fastest growing companies in the cannabis industry and was recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies.
Today, over 300,000 people have full-time jobs in the cannabis industry and this number is expected to triple over the next five years. Vangst is on a mission to fill every job in the cannabis industry.
Vangst's headquarters is in Denver, CO. Vangst is a Series B company and backed by Lerer Hippeau, Colle Capital, Level One Fund, Snoop Dogg's Casa Verde Capital, and others.
Vangst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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Our client is a leader in producing high-quality, chemical-free cannabis extracts using cutting-edge solventless extraction techniques. They are committed to crafting the purest cannabis concentrates through ice water extraction, ensuring a clean, full-spectrum experience for consumers. Their process relies on only ice, water, heat, and pressure, maintaining the plant's natural terpene profile while avoiding any use of solvents or chemicals.
As we continue to push the boundaries of solventless innovation, we're seeking an Ice Water Solventless Extraction Technician to join our team and help create top-tier hash and rosin products that set new standards for quality and purity in the cannabis industry.
Job Summary:
The Ice Water Solventless Extraction Technician will play a key role in our extraction process, working with fresh frozen cannabis to produce live hash, live rosin, and solventless vape extracts. This position requires a deep understanding of ice water extraction, terpene preservation, and natural purification processes to ensure high-quality results. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in solventless extraction, strong attention to detail, and a passion for clean, chemical-free cannabis products.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform ice water hash extraction to create high-quality bubble hash and live rosin.
- Utilize freezing, sieving, drying, and pressing techniques to refine extracts while preserving full-spectrum cannabinoids and terpenes.
- Monitor water temperature, agitation techniques, and micron screen usage to optimize yield and quality.
- Operate, clean, and maintain hash washing machines, freeze dryers, rosin presses, and other extraction equipment.
- Implement natural purification methods to remove undesirable lipids while maintaining a strong entourage effect.
- Work with fresh frozen cannabis material to ensure top-tier product consistency and flavor.
- Follow strict sanitation, compliance, and safety protocols to meet state and local cannabis regulations.
- Maintain detailed records of extraction runs, including batch yields, environmental conditions, and process optimizations.
- Stay informed on industry trends and new advancements in solventless extraction.
- Experience in solventless extraction, hash-making, or rosin pressing preferred.
- Deep understanding of micron screen sizes, agitation techniques, and freeze-drying methods.
- Knowledge of terpene preservation and full-spectrum cannabis extracts.
- Ability to work with large volumes of fresh frozen and dried cannabis material.
- Experience with freeze dryers, rosin presses, and filtration equipment is a plus.
- Strong attention to detail, cleanliness, and organization.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and stand for extended periods.
- Passion for solventless cannabis products and clean extraction methods.
- Compliance with all local and state cannabis regulations.
About Vangst:
Vangst is the cannabis industry's hiring platform. Vangst helps cannabis companies find the talent they need to grow their business. From on-demand gig workers to trained & credential full-time employees, Vangst has built the industry's go-to talent marketplace for all cannabis hiring. Vangst is proud to work with 1,200 of the cannabis industry's leading businesses.
Since raising their seed round in 2018, Vangst has become one of the fastest growing companies in the cannabis industry and was recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies.
Today, over 300,000 people have full-time jobs in the cannabis industry and this number is expected to triple over the next five years. Vangst is on a mission to fill every job in the cannabis industry.
Vangst's headquarters is in Denver, CO. Vangst is a Series B company and backed by Lerer Hippeau, Colle Capital, Level One Fund, Snoop Dogg's Casa Verde Capital, and others.
Vangst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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Salary : $20 - $21
