Our client is seeking Cultivation Associates who will be responsible for providing care and support for plant cultivation, abiding by policies, procedures, and operational guidelines.
The Cultivation Associates must have knowledge of Cannabis plants and their care Candidate must have experience in all life cycles of the plant. This role will require overseeing plant maintenance and the health of all plants by performing tasks assigned by management.
Duties will also include maintaining a clean and healthy environment within the zone for the plants and for fellow associates and will remove the spent pots and clean the area of harvest. Hired applicants must execute their duties and maintain a productive work environment while striving to maintain a clean and safe workspace.
Responsibilities:
- Sow, pot, thin, weed, water, transplant, and move plants
- Defoliation and plant stripping
- Spot plant pests and other perils and act before they become a problem for plant health
- Manage marijuana plants, giving each individual plant the attention it needs
- Maintain a clean and organized work environment
- Take part in overall facility cleanliness
- Execute all activities in the mom and veg rooms
- Participate in tracking clones and moms
- Execute on the mother plant and veg plant maintenance
- Inform the supervisor if the growing environment is out of specification
- Maintain open communication with the management team and other co-workers
- Responsible for following all operational guidelines, verbal directives, training information, and policies when performing duties
- Accomplish all assigned or requested tasks, including defoliation, lollipopping, trimming, cleaning, plant feeding, cloning, transplanting, harvest and reset, cleaning duties, and IPM spraying.
- Following direct orders from supervisors
- Additional tasks assigned by Cultivation Supervisor
Desired Experience:
- Regulations require that applicants be at least 21 years of age and able to obtain and maintain state marijuana work credentials
- 2 years experience in cultivation facilities
- Multitasking
- Attention to detail
- organized
- Hard-working
- Reliable Transportation
- Ability to work effectively and in a cohesive team atmosphere in all areas
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Proficient written and verbal communications skills
- Strong ethics and sound judgment
- Defoliation and plant stripping experience required
Physical Demands:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to perform grasping, lifting, walking, standing, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions
- Must be able to lift, carry and balance up to 75 pounds (125 pounds with assistance)
- May include walking or standing for extended periods of time, as well as stooping, bending over, and/or crouching
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