Cultivation Tech

Ayr Wellness•Ocala, FL

About The Position

The Cultivation Tech executes cultivation plans in accordance with company operating procedures for indoor and outdoor cultivation, carrying out day-to-day tasks throughout the cannabis production cycle. Work includes cloning and plant care, harvesting and curing, operating and maintaining cultivation systems and equipment, handling production supplies, and cleaning cultivation areas, workspaces, and tools. The role monitors growing conditions and plants to ensure quality standards are met, removes substandard or diseased plants, and enters inventory data into the state-mandated electronic tracking system. The technician also follows company policies and procedures, including state compliance, security, and access protocols, and performs other duties as needed to help the company meet its goals.

Requirements

Excellent communication skills.
Strong work ethic; reliability and flexibility.
Commitment to producing the highest-quality work.
Ability to work in a demanding, fast-paced environment, including flexible and/or extended hours as needed.
Ability to adapt to change, manage multiple tasks and ambiguity or stress, remain positive, recover from challenges, ask for help when needed, and stay focused.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED preferred.
Experience in the cannabis or agricultural industry preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

Cut, root, transplant, water, feed, monitor, label, and care for clones; manage clone climate conditions and enter inventory data into the state-mandated electronic tracking system.
Monitor growing conditions, including humidity, moisture, and temperature, and follow cultivation procedures to meet quality control standards.
Inspect crops for plant condition, leaf texture, bloom size, pests, and disease; remove substandard or diseased plants.
Care for plants during vegetative and flowering phases, including trimming, staking, big-leafing, pruning, watering, feeding, monitoring, climate control, and pest and disease control; enter inventory data.
Harvest plants by cutting and trimming them and removing flowering tops; weigh harvested material and enter inventory data into the electronic tracking system.
Cure flowers by hanging and dry-racking them, monitoring the curing process and climate conditions, labeling, weighing, and entering inventory data.
Monitor, calibrate, operate, and maintain lighting, irrigation, climate-control, and other cultivation systems and equipment.
Stock and handle production inputs and supplies; sanitize and clean growing areas, cultivation workspaces, and tools.
Follow daily policies and procedures, including state compliance, security protocols, and access protocols.
Perform other duties as required or needed to assist the company in meeting its goals.