Cultivation Technician - Intern
Green Thumb Industries
Rock Island, IL
Full-time
Manufacturing / Production / Operations
Posted on June 2, 2023
The Role
The Cultivation Technician -Intern is responsible for the overall maintenance of the vegetation cycle of all sustainable plants within the facility.
Responsibilities
- Plant maintenance in veg cycle:
- Topping plants
- Bottoming plants
- Transplanting
- Mixing soil
- Scouting for disease or potential insects
- Training plants
- Flower:
- Move plants from veg to flower
- Stick irrigation emitters into plants
- Lay trellis netting and work plants into place
- Defoliate and prune plants
- Harvest:
- Prepare room for harvest
- Harvest/ take down plants
- Defoliate and break plants into smaller pieces
- Hang plants on dry rack
- Clean both dry and flower rooms in between harvests
- Cleanliness:
- Sweeping, mopping and all other required cleaning
- Cleaning of the plant housing devices
- Maintenance and cleaning of the plant tables
- Maintenance of the plant pots
- Reporting any issues to management to ensure a timely fix
Requirements
- Previous experience working with plants, plant disease and pests is desired
- Strong work ethic with flexibility to work days, nights, weekends and holidays
- Proven ability to maintain consistency in a fast paced, hard working, high-stress environment
- High attention to detail with ability to scout for disease and pests is required
- Ability to work in ever changing physical conditions
- Must possess a can-do attitude and be able to work with a team
- Must be able to obtain required licensing at time of hire and submit personal information for licensing and fingerprinting
- Must be 21 years of age or older