Job Description:
Job Summary:
The Cultivation Technician provides daily care of cannabis plants from planting to harvest. They will provide quality care and attention to the growing process of the plants from clone to harvest which includes cloning, transplanting, watering, and providing nutrients. The Cultivation Technician will care for vegetative and flowering plants. Detailed recordkeeping and strict adherence to the company?s operating procedures and compliance with the state regulations are essential for this position.
Accountabilities:
- Oversee flower rooms and maintain plant health through daily check-ins, evaluation of plant health and happiness, spot watering of plants, canopy management, and making adjustments to room environment or grow process with input from the Cultivation manager.
- Monitor and maintain irrigation system including nutrient mixing, monitoring of nutrient EC, pH, and temperature, and adjusting auto irrigation cycle.
- Communicate with support teams and management continuously regarding plant happiness, pest outbreaks, and equipment issues (irrigation, tables, lights, etc.)
- Monitor temperature, humidity, and CO2 levels daily according to company standards and make adjustments as needed.
- Support other grow team members throughout the grow as needed, including spraying for pest management, supporting colleagues in other grow rooms, or supporting outside of grow rooms
- Timely completion of work per schedule and strive to increase productivity through coordinated workflow and process improvement recommendations
· Ensure accurate plant inventory including strain names per tray and count of plants · Keep documented logs and notes of room metrics and plant care actions for company records
- Analyze data of current and past grow cycles to continuously improve
Job Requirements:
our grow processes and standards
- Maintain clean grow rooms and workspaces at all times by regularly sanitizing tools, equipment, and grow rooms to ensure sanitary practices and to keep pests away
- Use PPE as required: gloves, lab coat, tinted eye protection
- Perform all other duties as necessary and any additional duties assigned by the Cultivation Manager
Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain a positive safety culture ensuring safety of employees and visitors at all times. This includes following procedures and practices that are in place.
- Focus on maintaining continuous improvement initiatives/activities within the cultivation team.
- Ensure compliance of Red White and Bloom Standards
- Interact and communicate with cultivation employees
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Skills/Competencies required:
- Knowledge of large-scale commercial plant cultivation, including but not limited to, nutrient requirements, growing media, light requirements, temperature control, and airflow.
- Understand, adopt and model the behavior outlined in the Red White and Bloom Core Values
- Experience with compliance systems.
- Strong attention to detail, especially when dealing with plant health and data-tracking.
- Demonstrate strong communication skills.
- Maintain a positive working relationship with office and production employees.
- Good attention to detail and ability to produce work quickly, accurately, and independently.
- Work collaboratively in a team environment to accomplish company objectives with either direct or indirect authority.
- Excellent prioritization, planning, organization, time management and multitasking skills.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office products and other related technical software programs.
Education, Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture, Agricultural, or related field (prefe