Cannabis Certified provides training for all entry level #0excludeGlossary jobs in the cannabis industry, including entry level cultivation, manufacturing, testing lab technician, and dispensary attendant jobs. But you do not need to work in the industry to take this class – it is open to the public – anyone interested in learning more about cannabis and how it interacts with the human body can sign up.
Cannabis Certified is the best way to learn the skills and find the job you are looking for in the cannabis industry. Each Module concentrates on a fundamental topic related to working in the cannabis industry – cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, and dispensing. And since no single person is an expert in each area, we brought together a group of top industry professionals to teach you what they know best. We provide resume and cover letter building support and our instructors will give you the confidence to get that job!
Learn about #1excludeGlossary rules and regulations, the history of cannabis, the human body’s enodcannabinoid system, the basics of cultivation, cannabis taxonomy and terminology including cultivars and chemotypes, an introduction to processing of manufactured cannabis products and what is available here in New Jersey and elsewhere, advertising, packaging, labeling, and testing requirements, and finally the ins and outs of working in a New Jersey dispensary and how to assist patients in the medical program that have qualifying conditions.
We cover all of the topics listed in the Personal Use Rules and Regulations Administrative Code 17: 30–8.1 and it is our hope that Cannabis Certified will become an approved #2excludeGlossary vendor to provide State mandated training in the future.
Cannabis Laws and Regulations
Overview of federal and state laws that relate to medical and legalized marijuana across the United States, including relevant details of #3excludeGlossary Medical Marijuana Program, Jake Honig’s Law, The CREAMM Act and the Personal Use Rules and Regulations. Includes a discussion of business licensing, past and present, and the regulations that apply to those businesses operations. Resume building and job search advice is provided during Module 1 to help give students immediate access to possible employment opportunities.
Additional industry speakers join us throughout the class to talk about getting jobs in New Jersey and what it is like to work in the industry once you have that job. What it is like to work in a dispensary, grow, or other cannabis related professions, including providing security related services and how the United Food and Commercial Workers Union is involved in cannabis within the State.
Plant Physiology and the Basics of Cannabis Cultivation
Learn the basics of plant physiology and how that relates to the cannabis plant, taxonomy and nomenclature, morphology, breeding and genetics, including a primer on working in a grow. This Module is geared towards individuals that want to work for a licensed cannabis cultivator, although the topics covered in Module 2 are also important basics if you want to work in a dispensary as a dispensary technician or patient care agent.
Manufactured Products and Testing
What manufactured products are out there in New Jersey and across the United States, how they are made, and how they are tested, with an #4excludeGlossary look at the Rutgers Hemp Extension testing lab.
The Endocannabinoid System
A description of the human body’s endocannabinoid system and how cannabis and interacts with it, including the therapeutic benefits of cannabis, potential adverse effects, different forms of administration, including vaping, a discussion of whole plant medicine. The above topics are taught in a way to maximize students ability to work as a dispensary attendant or patient care agent, or working in an entry level position for a cannabis cultivator or lab.
Dispensary Specific Training: Compliance, Dosing and Administration, & Patient Interaction
Learn the ins and outs of working in a dispensary, including how to assist patients in the MMP with dosing and administration, how to track allotments and purchases, and the importance of compliance. Class ends with instructors conducting role plays as an example of how to assist MMP patients and, in the future, #5excludeGlossary consumers.
