Vangst

Cultivation Technician - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA
Vangst: The go-to cannabis hiring marketplace connecting talent with companies in the industry.

Job Description

Cultivation Technician

Posted: Tuesday, 7/8/2025
**Job Purpose** Our client is seeking an entry-level cultivation. This a great catalyst to learn the SOP’s of our client while playing an imperative role in their continued success. The core team has been cultivating together for 7+  years and has created a great foundation to gain skills while applying those in an organized fashion. Strong communication skills, ability to learn & retain new information, great work ethic, and dependability are key factors in this opportunity being successful for both parties. This position has tremendous room for growth. **Duties and Responsibilities** • Having the ability to independently handle cloning, transplanting, plant training/trellising, and pest management treatments. When handling any of these tasks, they are to be done after communication to management and/or the lead cultivator. • Set up work the materials needed for tasks; creating cloning stations, harvest prep,  transplants, cleaning, etc. • The sanitation of all grow rooms. • Run lead on resetting rooms after harvest. Utilize the checklist created by management to ensure all tasks are completed before new crops enter the room. • Ensure we are compliant at all times by tagging plants, reporting waste, and updating plant counts. • Communicate issues that are witnessed to lead cultivation. **Working conditions** Schedules for each team member will be honored and only need adjustments to better support harvest schedules. Business is conducted Monday – Sunday and the working hours of operations are 9:00 am – 6:00 pm. **Physical requirements** Certain days require longer hours and are more physically demanding. Individuals must be fit enough to perform all responsibilities during transplanting, harvesting, and cleaning the facility. Qualifications/Requirements * Cultivation or construction experience preferred * Strong work ethic and an eagerness to learn and grow within the company * Strong work history, with tenure * 21+ and the ability to pass a background check _About Vangst:_ _Vangst is the cannabis industry’s hiring platform. Vangst helps cannabis companies find the talent they need to grow their business. From on-demand gig workers to trained & credential full-time employees, Vangst has built the industry’s go-to talent marketplace for all cannabis hiring. Vangst is proud to work with 1,200+ of the cannabis industry’s leading businesses._ _Since raising their seed round in 2018, Vangst has become one of the fastest-growing companies in the cannabis industry and was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies._ _Today, over 300,000 people have full-time jobs in the cannabis industry and this number is expected to triple over the next five years. Vangst is on a mission to fill every job in the cannabis industry._ _Vangst’s headquarters is in Denver, CO. Vangst is a Series B company backed by Lerer Hippeau, Colle Capital, Level One Fund, Snoop Dogg’s Casa Verde Capital, and others._ _Vangst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws._ _This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training._
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