This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to provide assistance in the care and maintenance of medicinal cannabis plants during vegetative and flowering stages. It includes the care and maintenance of mother plants that are kept in the vegetative stage. It requires the ability to prepare self, tools, equipment and materials for maintenance tasks, assist with trimming, training and repotting tasks, assist with monitoring plant health and environmental climate conditions and reporting abnormalities, record and report on care and maintenance data, and clean up on completion.

The unit applies to individuals who carry out a range of routine maintenance tasks on a licensed medicinal cannabis production site under the direction of a supervisor.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.