What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cultivation Associate position at Curaleaf?
Cultivation Associate
Job Type: Full-Time; Non-Exempt
Who You Are:
As our Cultivation Associate, you will be responsible for the day-to-day assignments and tasks that keep our plants healthy in order to meet our production goals and quality targets on track. These responsibilities include but are not limited to trimming, pruning, debucking, transplanting, canopy manipulation, harvesting, data entry and overall plant care at our cannabis cultivation facility. This position is also responsible for many of the cleaning, sanitation, and organization task of our grow rooms and will require the use of our cleaning instruments and chemicals to ensure a sterile and pest-free environment for our plants.
What You’ll Do:
- Work with cultivation leadership to plan for growing activities that are consistent with planned production schedules
- Prepare space required for planned production
- Cloning: cutting, rooting, and transplanting; clone care, watering, and feeding; clone monitoring and climate control; labeling; and inventory data input into the state-mandated electronic tracking system
- Monitors growing conditions and reviews changes in humidity, moisture, and temperature and cultivation procedures to ensure conformance with quality control standards
- Inspects crop to ascertain conditions such as leaf texture, bloom size, and the existence of pests or disease; removing substandard or diseased plants to maintain quality standards
- Plant monitoring and care during vegetative and flowering phase: trimming and staking; big leafing and pruning; plant care, watering and feeding; plant monitoring and climate control; pest and disease control; inventory data input
- Harvesting: cutting plants; trimming cut plants; removing flowering tops; weighing and inventory data input into the electronic inventory tracking system
- Curing: hanging and dry-racking flowers; monitoring curing process and climate control; labeling; weighing and inventory data input
- Preparation and packaging of all cannabis products will be needed during peak times; including extraction products
- Operating and maintaining cultivation systems/equipment: monitoring, calibrating, running, and maintaining lighting, irrigation, climate control, and other cultivation systems; stocking and handling production inputs and supplies; sanitizing and cleaning growing areas, cultivation workspaces, and tools
- Ensure daily compliance with policies and procedures including but not limited to; state compliance, security protocols, and access protocols
- Other duties as assigned related to the overall health and efficiency of our cultivation efforts
What You’ll Bring:
- A green thumb, a passion for working with plants, and experience with harvesting plants in a work or home setting (gardening, etc)
- Strong knowledge of weights and measurements
- Ability to work well with other employees in a fast paced, team environment while contributing to a positive and professional atmsphere
- Possess great attention to detail
- Ability to learn and execute techniques consistent with company best practices
- Previous landscaping, horticulture, or agriculture experience a plus
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted on a consistent basis through out the assigned shift
- Ability to stand for long periods of time
- Ability to occasionally climb ladders and crawl under low spaces
- Ability to lift and reach with arms above shoulder heigh for extended periods of time
- Excellent hand dexterity include the ability to use scissors/shears/trimmers for extend periods of time
- Ability to work in an environment that is exposed to plant materials and strong odors
