Temporary Cultivation Worker

Do you like working with plants? If so, this may be the opportunity for you

Overall Job Purpose:

Working closely with the Team Leads and Plant Technicians, Temporary Cultivation Workers are responsible for the care and lifecycle of cannabis plants in Tissue Culture, Indoor, Greenhouse, and Harvest environments. A Temporary Cultivation Worker performs all tasks to support growing processes, including, but not limited to; cloning, trimming, transplanting, and harvesting.

This is a hardworking, hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves environment emphasizing a team-oriented and collaborative style. It will be key for the candidate to embrace change and see past obstacles with a focus on solutions in the context of a company undergoing rapid growth and ongoing functional integration.

Responsibilities, including but not limited to:

• Supports team leadership in the overall plant care
• Perform all the tasks in the growing process according to the master schedule
• Assisting in various cultivation tasks as assigned
• Cloning
  • Cutting and sticking clones
  • Transplanting clone in accordance with production schedule
  • Label plants according to company standards and policies
  • Prune mother plants after cloning
• Trimming and Pruning
  • Prunes plants in both vegetative and flowering stages to produce healthy, high-yielding plants in accords with the leaderships direction
• Trellising
  • Apply netting to crop at specific growth stages
• Repopulating Grow Rooms
  • Moving plants into grow rooms in a time efficient, careful manner
• Harvest
  • Running and cleaning Twister machines and other tools and equipment
  • Conducting hand-trimming processes as required
  • Protect the overall quality of the product by recognizing defects and handling them appropriately
• Completing daily/weekly/monthly cleaning and deep cleaning tasks as assigned
• Deep cleaning indoor grow rooms between crops
• Supporting Tissue Culture activities as required
• Manage and account for all inventory and supplies
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment
• Manage and proactively solve any production issues that may occur
• Follow all company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to maintain compliance with FIGR and Health Canada regulations
• Participate in the company Health & Safety Program and comply with all health and safety related policies and processes
• Other duties as required

Job Details:

Rate of Pay: $17.00 per hour

Position Status: Full-Time, Hourly, 3-month Temporary Contract Position

Schedule: Regularly 7:00am-3:30pm Monday-Friday (subject to change and occasional additional shiftwork as per operational requirements)

Psychological Demands:

• Must be able to complete duties with minimal supervision and comfortable working independently and safely in a group environment
• Must be willing/able to work in a social environment
• Must be comfortable with completing highly repetitive tasks with focused attention
• Fast-paced, production-focused role

Physical Demands:

• Ability to perform physical tasks required for an 8-hour shift period, including but not limited to: pushing, pulling, lifting (up to 50lbs), standing, walking, sitting for prolonged periods of time
• Ability to wear assigned Personal Protective Equipment including, but not limited to medical gloves, safety eyewear, face masks, half-mask respirator, etc.
• For half-masked respirator your face will need to be clean shaven
• This position will involve exposure to fresh cannabis/plant materials and is therefore not likely suitable for anyone that may suffer from allergies to cannabis or plant pollen, or for anyone that experiences medical issues as a result of exposure to cannabis/plant materials

Environmental Demands:

• Must be willing and able to work in environments with variable temperature (indoor and outdoor) and humidity, and variable lighting.
• Harvest Area: loud machinery, cool environment regularly (approx. 17° Celsius),
• Greenhouse: high heat and humidity (30+ degrees/55+ humidity), bright LED lighting
• Indoor: high heat and humidity (25+ degrees/55+ humidity), bright LED lighting
• Tissue Culture: clean laboratory
• Must be able to work in an environment that uses cleaning products including, but not limited to, Simple Green, AM 717, Caustek Free, Powerquat, and Isopropyl Alcohol.
• Strong scent of fresh cannabis plants

The ideal candidate has:

• High School Diploma or equivalent experience
• Horticulture/agriculture education or experience is preferred
• A positive attitude and enjoys working in a team
• Meticulous attention to detail in repetitive tasks
• The ability to work in a results-oriented, time-sensitive environment
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, to work effectively with all levels of employees and management
• Access to reliable transportation to work full-time hours as scheduled (40 hours per week)
• Must have the ability to provide a criminal record check that is clear of any charges that could be related or have a direct correlation to the position or company
• All employees must be 19+

Only those successful will be contacted for next steps. Applications will not be accepted on-site.