Location: Remote - Grass City, Sacramento, Salinas, Monterey, Fresno, Bay Area, CA
Position summary:
A SAMPLING & and TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST (STS) is one of the most crucial parts of the testing process! The STS is responsible to travel to California’s licensed cultivation, manufacturing and distribution facilities and personally collect samples using a proven scientific method to ensure the sample is representative of the batch. An STS will collect samples consisting of flower, oil, edibles and other cannabis products while following a strict standard operating procedure and transporting them to the analytic testing laboratory.
Once the samples arrive at the testing laboratory they will be processed for Potency, Pesticides, Residual Solvents, Microbiological, Toxins, Heavy Metals and filth/foreign inspections. If the testing results pass the California testing criteria set forth, then they are allowed to be sold to the consumers in the State of California. This ensures the health and safety of the population of the great State of California!
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure area is as clean and free from contaminants and filth as possible and sanitize tools
- Obtain a representative samples from each batch;
- Assign a unique sample identifier to each sample and sample increment;
- Follow chain-of-custody protocols to ensure that sample integrity is such that it may be maintained from point of collection to receipt of samples at the laboratory;
- Wear proper personal equipment items during the entire sampling process
- Properly store and handle samples
- Properly record in the Sample Field Log
- Sample Unpackaged Harvest Batches and Medical Cannabis Goods
- Complete the Sampler Training Requirements
- Package samples in tamper proof packaging
- Transport tamper-proof packaging to a Multiple Unit Logistics Expert
- While transporting samples the vehicles inside temperature must be kept below 80 degrees Fahrenheit
- Follow all traffic laws
REQUIREMENTS:
- Valid Driver's License and Insurance
- Must be 21+ years of age
- Must have clean driving record
- Completed 2 years of college coursework
- Strong communication skills
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Attention to detail
- Strong work ethic
- Knowledge of California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control’s Medical and Adult Use Regulations
- Must be able to pass a Live Scan background check prior to and periodically throughout employment.
- Must not be employed or have any ownership in any other CA cannabis industry license type.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Requires the ability to read, write, communicate, and interpret information accurately in English.
- Requires the ability to concentrate and consistently produce accurate work.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.
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