Assistant Grower

**Who we are**:
At AgMedica our state-of-the-art, indoor facility contains vertically integrated grow rooms, coupled with post-harvest zones for processing, product creation and packaging. All our processes are driven to yield quality flower while providing eco-friendly costs savings that we can proudly pass on to the consumer.

All of our grow rooms are under LED lights, which significantly reduces our carbon footprint while yielding unrivalled resin content in the buds, providing tremendous flavour and potency combinations.

The facility has several integrated technologies that allow us to feed our custom fertilizer mix (designed by our Master Grower) while using less water and preventing pollution from fertilizer run-off. With these technologies, we can also maintain our room environment to provide precisely what is needed for quality to thrive, with as little waste as possible.

Upon harvest, our carefully cultivated plants are hung upside down in our curing/drying rooms, using custom-designed racking to ensure a great finish to a great grow. We drive the environment to create a controlled cure and dry in a highly uniform fashion. Once finished, we process the harvest by hand sorting, hand finishing and hand packing all our flower to retain and preserve product quality. We go the extra mile to foil seal our products and include humidity packs as a standard, to guarantee optimal freshness.

Our facility has received Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) certification, confirming our high-quality growing and processing practices. We’re also in the process of attaining our EU-GMP certification, another rigorous standard of quality.

**General Job Description**:
The Assistant Grower role involves working under the direction of the Grower performing all tasks in the cannabis grow and cultivation process, including transplanting, nutrient administration, and the plant life cycle - pruning, flowering, harvesting, and drying. Other duties will include supporting and assisting the Grower and Grow with irrigation and LED light monitoring, Utilizing IPM for pest and pathogen control, and leading and working as a cooperative member of the cultivation team.

**Qualifications**:

- Post secondary Diploma in Agriculture/Horticulture and/or any other related discipline.
- 1-2 years experience in a cannabis, vegetable, greenhouse, or nursery grow operation is an asset.
- Experience in and knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) considered an asset.
- Experience in the cultivation of cannabis or other protected culture commercial crops is considered an asset.
- Demonstrate necessary comprehension of mathematics and the English language.

Must be bondable

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- CHATHAM, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- DCS / DEC (required)

**Experience**:

- Horticulture: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: One location