Cultivation Associate
Job Type:Full Time; Non-Exempt
Schedule:Monday to Friday - 7:00 am to 3:30 pm
Starting Wage:$18.50/hr
The Cultivation Associate is responsible for executing production plans in keeping with the Company's operating procedures for indoor cultivation. Cultivators carry out the day-to-day assignments and tasks of the Cannabis production cycle. Company operates under the highest standards of professionalism. You are responsible for employee training and development, along with ensuring the quality and quantity of all products.
Responsibilities
Works with Cultivation Manager 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 the 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 workspaces, 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
Requirements
High School diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)
Knowledge of growing technologies, such as lights, irrigation, soil, nutrients, and more
Knowledge of different strains and their unique growing demand
Ability to execute techniques consistently
Good documentation, inventory, and organization skills
Ability to keep to a tight schedule
Excellent verbal interpersonal communication skills to interact with team members
Basic weights and measurement skills, ability to operate a scale
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted
Ability to stand, bend, crouch, and reach arms above head for extended periods of time