The Role
Does everything you touch turn to green? GTI is looking for a Cultivation Technician to join our cultivation (grow) team. The Cultivation Technician provides manual labor which supports the activities and operations of our cultivation department, while abiding by laws, rules, policies, procedures and operational guidelines. Our ideal candidate is a self-motivated, positive individual who can think of no better way to spend the work day than potting, pruning, and tending to the health of our cannabis plants with expert care and precision.
Pay: $16/hr to start, $16.50/hr after 90 days, and $18/hr after 1yr of employment
Schedule: Mon-Fri, occasional rotating weekend coverage
Responsibilities
- Plant maintenance in veg cycle:
- Topping plants
- Bottoming plants
- Transplanting
- Mixing soil
- Scouting for disease or potential insects
- Training plants
- Flower:
- Move plants from veg to flower
- Stick irrigation emitters into plants
- Lay trellis netting and work plants into place
- Defoliate and prune plants
- Harvest:
- Prepare room for harvest
- Harvest/ take down plants
- Defoliate and break plants into smaller pieces
- Hang plants on dry rack
- Clean both dry and flower rooms in between harvests
- Cleanliness:
- Sweeping, mopping and all other required cleaning
- Cleaning of the plant housing devices
- Maintenance and cleaning of the plant tables
- Maintenance of the plant pots
- Reporting any issues to management to ensure a timely fix
Requirements
- Previous experience working with plants, plant disease and pests is desired
- Strong work ethic with flexibility to work days, nights, weekends and holidays
- Proven ability to maintain consistency in a fast paced, hard working, high-stress environment
- High attention to detail with ability to scout for disease and pests is required
- Ability to work in ever changing physical conditions
- Must possess a can-do attitude and be able to work with a team
- Must be able to obtain required licensing at time of hire and submit personal information for licensing and fingerprinting
- Must be 21 years of age or older