Job ID: 14792
Company: New Leaf Services
Location: Seattle, WA 98108 (South Park area)
Salary: $16.69 - $18.00 an hour
Number of Vacancy: 1
Employment Type: Contractor
Posted: 30+ days ago
Deadline: 01 Jan, 2023
Job Description:
We are a Tier-3 cannabis Producer/Processor in South Seattle. Our mission is to provide some of the most consistent, safe, high-quality cannabis and extracts in Washington state. We are a small company with a strong presence, and right now we're looking to add an experienced Cultivation Technician to our team!
Under the supervision of the Cultivation Manager or department lead, the Cultivation Technician will assist in the upkeep, stocking, and fulfillment of growing cannabis, including, but not limited to; watering, feeding, pruning, cloning, cleaning, data collection, and transplanting. Attention to detail is extremely important in this role. The ideal candidate will excel as a team member within a tightly controlled, state-regulated system and timelines. The Cultivation Technician is part of a team that is responsible for maintaining the high quality of live and harvested product while paying close attention to detail during the cultivation process. Ensuring quality cannabis leaves the cultivation facility is the most important aspect of this role. Schedule will be Wednesday-Sunday (10:30am-7:00pm).
We are seeking a passionate, driven, detail and achievement-oriented Cultivation Technician who is looking to grow with an established company that has been serving the cannabis community since 2012. The ideal candidate will possess a strong work ethic and the ability to interact positively and effectively in a team environment. We are innovative but hand-crafted, and to achieve that quality we need people committed to growth and success.
- Assists with daily plant maintenance: environmental monitoring, irrigation, preparation of nutrient solutions to desired Ph and concentration, media fertility management, insect scouting, pruning, topping, training.
- Perform tasks related
Job Requirements:
to sanitation, decontamination, propagation, transplantation, harvest, trimming, etc. in a highly productive and efficient manner to maximize yield.
- Top, defoliate, trellis and prune plants based on instructions provided by management.
- Move plants from the vegetation to stage into designated flowering bays, spaces the pots according to the number of pots per bench, ensures irrigation stakes and emitters are placed correctly to ensure all plants are receiving adequate amounts of water.
- Preparation and application of specified pesticide solutions in a safe and compliant manner, through aerial application and chemigation and keeping records in accordance with state and federal law.
- Work with cultivation team to determine changes needed based on the nutritional and/or environmental needs of the crop.
- Harvests product; defoliates, hangs and organizes product by strain and batch.
- Maintain appropriate biosecurity measures.
- Periodically moves/rotates barrels and/or boxes to keep a consistent drying/curing process.
- Manually and/or by cart transport waste to dumping area.
- Clears pots and waste out of greenhouse to prepare for new planting.
- Maintains and upkeeps of all equipment, tools, supplies and products throughout the work shift to make certain department is clean when management, or regulatory agencies walk the property.
- Completes tasks in a timely and efficient manner according to company objectives and SOPs
- Other duties as assigned
- Minimum 2+ years cannabis cultivation experience.
- Background in horticulture, agriculture, and/or plant sciences. Including fundamental knowledge of plant nutrition and physiology and basic understanding of integrated pest management practices.
- High school diploma, GED graduate, preferred.
- Must be 21 years old per state regulations and pass a criminal background check.
- Familiarity with wareho