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Rock Island - Cultivation Technicians (Copy)

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Rock Island, ILOn-site$17.50/hr
Posted Wednesday, 2/18/2026

The Role
Does everything you touch turn green? If so, our client is looking for you! As a Cultivation Technician, you will provide expert care and maintenance to grow healthy, strong cannabis plants while overseeing all aspects of plant growth.

Our ideal candidate is self-motivated, positive, and finds joy in spending the workday potting, pruning, and tending to plants with the utmost care and precision. Cannabis is a highly regulated industry; therefore, all employees must follow safety and compliance regulations at all times.

Essential Functions

Plant Life

  • Topping plants

  • Bottoming plants

  • Transplanting & defoliating

  • Tending to various grow media

  • Scouting for disease or potential insect issues

  • Training plants

  • Adhering to the national grow model and standards

Harvest (smaller sites)

  • Prepare rooms for harvest

  • Harvest/take down plants

  • Defoliate and break plants into smaller pieces

  • Hang plants on dry racks

  • Clean both dry and flower rooms between harvests

Sanitation

  • Sweeping, mopping, and other cleaning duties as required

  • Cleaning plant housing devices, tables, and pots

  • Reporting any maintenance issues to management for timely resolution

Safety & Compliance

  • Maintain awareness of hazards in the workspace

  • Complete and retain department-specific training

  • Report safety incidents/concerns and follow required corrective actions

  • Adhere to all safety requirements, state regulations, and PPE policies

  • Follow GMP, biosecurity, sanitation, and other compliance standards

  • Accurately and completely perform record-keeping as directed

  • Maintain and calibrate tools, equipment, and machinery as needed

  • Escalate safety and quality concerns promptly

Working Conditions

  • Regularly perform reaching, grasping, bending, stooping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions

  • Ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods while maintaining focus

  • Lift, carry, and balance up to 50 lbs with extreme care, especially when handling product

  • Work in environments with temperatures of 85+ degrees and 70% humidity for extended periods

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing, and challenging environment

  • Willingness to work at heights of 6–8 ft using catwalks, ladders, and scaffolds

  • Daily exposure to allergens such as cannabis, tree nuts, and coconut oil

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED required; Associate degree or relevant certifications preferred

  • Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, changing environment

Additional Requirements

  • Must be at least 21 years of age

  • Must possess a valid state-issued ID

  • Must be able to obtain and maintain state badging requirements for work in the cannabis industry (includes background check and state review)

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