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Non-Exempt/Full-time (40 weekly hours)
Collaborates With: Harvesters, Dry/Cure staff
Job Summary:
Perform grow-related tasks and procedures at assigned facility.
Responsibilities/Essential Functions:
- Routine daily tasks include hand-watering, transplanting, pruning, spraying, room/row turnovers/sanitation, container washing, work area and facility cleanliness, and moving plants throughout the facilities.
- Pest and plant issue identification.
- Ensure all corporate and grow policies and procedures are carried out safely and accurately.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Work a 40-hour work week including, at times, holidays, weekends, snow days, etc. Consecutive scheduled days off not always possible.
- Shall work in adverse environmental conditions at times including hot, cold, humid, confined, strong smells, and others.
- Shall work with dirty, wet, and laborious activities at times.
- Works well in team-based systems: Accountability, communication, reliability, time management.
- First year of employment will be focused on transplanting, watering, pruning, harvesting, and pot washing activities.
Preferred Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
General Housekeeping:
- Cleanliness is paramount to proper cultivation. All grow rooms and cultivation areas shall be cleaned daily including all equipment and tools used throughout the day.
Physical and Emotional Requirements:
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time, up to 8 hours a day
- Able to remain stationary, while performing repetitive motion for up to 8 hours a day
- Can repetitively lift heavy objects up to 50 lbs.
- Must be able to bend, stoop, kneel, climb, & reach
- Must be able to tolerate a reasonable amount of work stress
- Will work in adverse environmental conditions at times including hot, cold, humid, confined, strong smells, and others
- Will work with live & dry plants some of which can be irritants to the skin, eyes, ears, and nose
- Grow Techs will work forty hours a week in shifts occurring every day of the year: Holidays, weekends, snow days, etc. Candidates must be willing and able to work on most days of the year.
Compensation/Hours:
Compensation - DOE; 40 hours/wk., Required Mon – Sun, Holidays, ~7:00am to 3:00pm
It is the policy of The Verdes Foundation to provide equal employment (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, The Verdes Foundation, will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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