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Fields of Green for ALL • Collectively Reforming South African Cannabis Laws
1.5 Cannabis & Employment Opportunities
‘Cannabis has the potential to act as South Working in the Cannabis industry can be a
Africa’s primary reconstruction and recovery fulfilling career and there are many paths to
agent.” – CDICWC June 2020 choose from. Cannabis cultivation, processing &
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distribution positions work directly with the plant.
Particularly given the ravages of the Covid-19 Support industry positions may not be directly
pandemic and ensuing lockdown, the potential for involved with the plant, but are crucial to the
job creation through a legally regulated Cannabis functioning of the industry. Below is a list of the
industry is promising. However, the broad outline current positions we believe a vibrant Cannabis
of positions listed below must be taken in the industry requires. In future, when an open, legal
context that these positions already exist, albeit and equitable market is established in South
largely within the unregulated Cannabis industry Africa, the scope of both direct and support
in South Africa. It follows that we already have the industries will widen considerably.
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expertise to train the upcoming generations of
entrepreneurs in this exciting sector.
1.5.1 Cannabis Cultivation, Processing & Distribution
Farmer (Industrial Cannabis) Regulation Compliance Officer / Consultant
Horticulturalist (“Master Grower”) Cannabis Hub Manager & Assistants
Farm Manager & Assistants Cannabis Hub Administration
Greenhouse Manager & Assistants Dagga Private Club Manager
Indoor Grow Facility Manager & Assistants Dagga Private Club Administration & Assistants
Harvest Technicians & Assistants Cannabis Retail Manager
Seed Suppliers & Personnel Cannabis Retail Store Admin
Packaging Workers Budtender
Maintenance Technicians Dispensary Manager
Hygiene & Cleaning Services Dispensary Admin & Assistants
Quality Control Officer Cannabis Testing Laboratory Staff
Health & Safety Officer Cannabis Tour Guide
Equity Compliance Officer / Consultant Home Cultivation Consultant
Master Extractor / Technician Doctors, Nurses & Assistants
Extraction Laboratory Manager & Assistants Pharmacists & Assistants
Edibles Chef & Kitchen Assistants Traditional Healers & Nyangas / Herbalists
Nutritionist Sustainable Agriculture Practitioners
Warehouse Manager & Assistants Education & Training Professionals
Security Personnel Scientists, Academics & Research Professionals
Couriers & Drivers Employees of the office of the Cannabis
OmBUDsman
Sales Representatives
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