Job Description

Job Description

At Stash Ventures we aren't just your run-of-the-mill cannabis company… Our mission is to grow a successful vertically integrated cannabis company in the Midwest region with a vision to become one of the most knowledgeable and capable Midwest cannabis companies seeking to dominate the relatively new and hungry market. Through all our companies: High Minded, Timber Cannabis Co., and Cloud Cannabis Co., we strive to offer not only the opportunity to grow and learn, but to develop and become the best you that there is! At Stash Ventures, we live true to our core values to not only better ourselves, but better the communities we live in and do business in.

\t
1. We Connect, Care, Be Authentic, Inspire, and Drive the Business.
\t
2. We are easy to do Business with and focus on Adaptability, Diversity, Inclusivity.
\t
3. Our focus is on Education, Diversity, and Inclusion – Both Employee and Customer.
\t
4. We are in love with our customers and their needs.
\t
5. We offer consistent, reliable, efficient, honest, and high-standard work and products.
\t
6. We strive to give back to the communities where we live and work.

Position Summary:

The IPM Technician is a full-time position. The IPM Technician oversees the facility's efforts to pre-empt, contain, and remediate pests and disease in the cultivation area. The IPM Technician is responsible for monitoring the plants for disease or harmful pests and to respond to threats. This is achieved by using a range of options such as, but not limited to, careful examination of plants and the surrounding area, analyzing disease and pressure profile, deploying preventative biological controls, and responding to outbreaks. This position reports to the Director of Cultivation and Cultivation Manager.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

\t
• Installs and regularly inspects arthropod trapping devices.
\t
• Makes accurate genus and species identification and recommends least toxic treatments.
\t
• Performs building inspections to identify structural, maintenance, and procedural modifications which will decrease pest incidence.
\t
• Maintains detailed inspection and required chemical usage reports for campus structures.
\t
• Performs regular chemical inventories and maintains labels and MSDS sheets for chemicals used in IPM.
\t
• Applies chemicals, baits, traps, and other pest control components including restricted chemicals in a safe, effective, and appropriate manner.

\t
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):

\t
• Skill in the use of personal computers and related software applications.
\t
• Knowledge of integrated pest management practices.
\t
• Knowledge of building construction materials and arthropod behavior.
\t
• Ability to use hand and power tools applicable to trade.
\t
• Knowledge of fertilizer and/or pesticide applications.
\t
• Knowledge of biological specimen preservation techniques.
\t
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
\t
• Must be able to pass a background check.

Work Environment:

\t
• Close visual focus is required.
\t
• This position requires the extended and repetitive use of arms, hands, and fingers to cut and manipulate small objects.
\t
• Must be able to handle organic matter daily, able to wear PPE as appropriate (eye, face, hand, arm, head, foot, body, fall protection,) and be able to be exposed to hot, cold, wet, humid, or windy conditions while wearing PPE.
\t
• Exposure to allergens and chemical pesticides in the grow facility.
\t
• Work environments that include exposure to, but not limited to, chemicals, fumes, dust, odors, extreme heat temperatures, heights, indoor A/C, no A/C, motion, noise, protective gear, vibrations, and water.

#ENG1P

Job Tags

Similar Jobs