Cultivation Technician

Job Description

Job description:

• As a Cultivation Technician, you will be a member of a team who are responsible for the health and integrity of our plants, record keeping and compliance
• Technicians also carry out the day-to-day assignments and tasks of the Cannabis production cycle
• Works with Director of Cultivation to plan for growing activities that are consistent with planned production schedules
• Prepares space required for planned production
  Cloning: cutting, rooting and transplanting; clone care, watering and feeding; clone monitoring and climate control; labeling; and inventory data input into state mandated electronic tracking system
• Monitors growing conditions and reviews changes in humidity, moisture and temperature and cultivation procedures to ensure conformance with quality control standards
  
  Inspects crop to ascertain conditions such as leaf texture, bloom size and the existence of pests or disease; removing substandard or diseased plants to maintain quality standards
• Plant monitoring and care during vegetative and flowering phase: trimming and staking; big leafing and pruning; plant care, watering and feeding; plant monitoring and 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 curing process and climate control; labeling; weighing and inventory data input
• Preparation and packaging of all cannabis products will be needed during peak times; including extraction products
• Operating and maintaining cultivation systems/equipment: 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 work spaces and tools
• Ensure daily compliance with policies and procedures including but not limited to; state compliance, security protocols, and access protocols
• Any other tasks assigned by Management
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works with Director of Cultivation to plan for growing activities that are consistent with planned production schedules.
• Prepares space required for planned production.
• Cloning: cutting, rooting and transplanting; clone care, watering and feeding; clone monitoring and climate control; labeling; and inventory data input into state mandated electronic tracking system.
• Monitors growing conditions and reviews changes in humidity, moisture and temperature and cultivation procedures to ensure conformance with quality control standards.
• Inspects crop to ascertain conditions such as leaf texture, bloom size and the existence of pests or disease; removing substandard or diseased plants to maintain quality standards.
• Plant monitoring and care during vegetative and flowering phase: trimming and staking; big leafing and pruning; plant care, watering and feeding; plant monitoring and 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 curing process and climate control; labeling; weighing and inventory data input.
• Preparation and packaging of all cannabis products will be needed during peak times; including extraction products.
• Operating and maintaining cultivation systems/equipment: 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 work spaces and tools.
• Ensure daily compliance with policies and procedures including but not limited to; state compliance, security protocols, and access protocols.
• Any other tasks assigned by Management

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Stand or be on their feet for long periods of time
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Possess clear close vision to be able to read gages, instrument panels and computer screens.
• Focus on a physical task for a long period of time without losing edge.
• Ability to sit for long periods of time depending on your position and/or getting up and down through your work shift.
• Manual dexterity; enough to reach/handle items, work with fingers.
• Exposed to heat and cold and internal…