Cultivation Associate: Curaleaf in Chambersburg

FlowerGrowersDirectory.com; Chambersburg (Franklin County); Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Parental leave

401(k) plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Referral bonuses

Product discounts

Career growth

Job summary

Curaleaf in Chambersburg, PA is hiring a Cultivation Associate. You will perform plant care tasks including propagation, watering, feeding, trimming, harvesting, curing, weighing, and maintaining accurate inventory records. The role focuses on crop monitoring, equipment operation, and sanitation within cultivation rooms.

The position requires a high school diploma or equivalent and gardening experience; it offers a Monday–Friday schedule with 7:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Gardening or professional plant-growing experience preferred.
• Attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced team.

Responsibilities

• Perform propagation, transplanting, watering, feeding, trimming, weighing, and inventory entry.
• Monitor humidity, moisture, and temperature in cultivation areas and inspect plant health.
• Operate and maintain lighting, irrigation, and climate-control systems; sanitize areas and tools.

Skills

Plant care

Crop monitoring

Pest inspection

Inventory entry

Harvest handling

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Lighting systems

Irrigation systems

Climate-control

Job description

# Cultivation Associate: Curaleaf in Chambersburg**Curaleaf**Chambersburg, PA Start Date09/07/202617.00 Full-TimeCuraleaf is hiring a Cultivation Associate in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, at $17.00 per hour. The role cares for plants through propagation, watering, feeding, trimming, harvesting, curing, weighing, and inventory entry. The Monday-to-Friday schedule runs from 7:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The work includes long periods on foot, repetitive hand use, lifting, climbing, and required protective equipment.The position combines plant care with crop inspection, harvest handling, and cultivation-room sanitation. Gardening or professional plant-growing experience meets the experience requirement, and a high school diploma or equivalent is required. Chambersburg's plant work in Chambersburg also includes the environmental controls and documentation that keep cultivation areas operating.* Role: Cultivation Associate* Employer: Curaleaf* Location: Chambersburg, PA* Pay: $17.00 per hourApply for Cultivation AssociateExternal candidates apply through the public job page. Current Curaleaf employees use The Leaf internal job board, and reasonable accommodation is available upon request.Curaleaf does not offer visa sponsorship for non-immigrant or immigrant visas. Curaleaf's hiring process includes equal-opportunity employment practices.## Plant Care And Crop MonitoringThe associate cuts, roots, transplants, waters, feeds, trims, stakes, and prunes plants. Crop monitoring covers humidity, moisture, and temperature, while plant inspections check leaf health, bloom size, pests, and disease. Plants that do not meet the required condition are removed from production.Lighting, irrigation, and climate-control systems support the growing rooms. The associate stocks supplies, cleans cultivation areas, sanitizes tools, and follows state regulations and security procedures. Careful observations move from the growing area into written records and team handoffs.* Perform propagation and transplanting* Monitor humidity, moisture, and temperature* Inspect plants for health, bloom size, pests, and disease* Operate and maintain lighting, irrigation, and climate-control systems* Clean and sanitize cultivation areas and tools## Harvest Curing And Inventory WorkHarvest work includes cutting, trimming, weighing, and electronic inventory recording. Curing tasks include hanging, dry-racking, climate monitoring, labeling, weighing, and inventory entry. The associate also helps prepare and package products, including premium extraction items.Scales, labels, and inventory records connect the physical crop to the production database. Math and measurement skills therefore belong to the daily work, not only to an occasional stock count. The associate keeps supplies available and reports plant or process issues through the team structure.## Chambersburg Hours And Physical ConditionsThe scheduled workday runs Monday through Friday from 7:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. A cultivation associate stands, sits, and walks for eight to ten hours, regularly lifts and carries up to 50 pounds, and occasionally handles heavier items with assistance. Repetitive bending, squatting, reaching, and hand use are part of the work.The cultivation areas have high humidity, changing temperatures, strong cannabis odors, soil, water, fertilizer, dust, pollen, and plant pathogens. Cleaning solvents, loud equipment, and approved carbon dioxide procedures add to the workplace conditions. Ladders or step stools are used when crop or facility work requires them.## Plant-Growing Experience And DocumentationPlant-growing interest and experience count toward the experience requirement, including gardening performed in a home setting. Preferred knowledge includes lighting, irrigation, soil, nutrients, cannabis strains, landscaping, horticulture, and agriculture. A high school diploma, GED, or equivalent completes the stated education requirement.The associate works in a fast-paced team environment and maintains reliable attendance, careful documentation, inventory accuracy, and organized work habits. Strong attention to detail supports crop inspection and product handling. Math and measurement skills support scale use and recorded weights.## Protective Equipment And Cultivation SafetyThe role requires masks, hair nets, beard covers, respirators, boot covers, scrubs, non-slip shoes, and Tyvek suits as assigned to the work. OSHA's agricultural safety guidance covers protective equipment, tool condition, chemical labels, housekeeping, and worker training for agricultural tasks.Clean tools and sanitized work areas reduce contamination risks inside cultivation rooms. Workers follow the safety and security procedures attached to each task, keep labels legible, and report conditions that could affect plants, products, or people. Heat, humidity, dust, and solvent exposure require the protective measures assigned to the specific area.## Curaleaf Cultivation NetworkCuraleaf lists Chambersburg among its cultivation locations on its public Curaleaf career board. The company lists flower cultivation, harvesting, nursery operations, fertigation, integrated pest management, sanitation, maintenance, and cultivation inventory coordination among its operating areas.Curaleaf operates in medical and adult-use cannabis markets. Its listed brands include Curaleaf, Select, Grassroots, Find, and Anthem. The cultivation team connects plant care, crop inspection, harvest, curing, inventory, and packaging inside the same production system.## Pay Benefits And Employment ConditionsPay is $17.00 per hour. Curaleaf lists paid time off, parental leave, a 401(k) plan, life and disability insurance, referral bonuses, product discounts, community involvement, and career growth opportunities among its benefits, with eligibility varying by state, role type, and individual status.The company provides reasonable accommodation upon request and states that employment decisions do not discriminate on protected characteristics. Curaleaf does not offer visa sponsorship for non-immigrant or immigrant visas.The Chambersburg cultivation team connects living plant material with climate records, harvest handling, curing, and electronic inventory. Reliable care at the plant level supports the measurements and labels used later in production.External candidates use the public application route, while current employees use an internal route. The fixed weekday schedule, hourly rate, physical conditions, and stated experience requirements define the employment terms before an application is submitted.