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How to join Australia's medical cannabis job boom
Story Lauren Ahwan
Story Lauren Ahwan
With domestic sales of medicinal cannabis topping $230m last year, and expected to double this year, jobs in Australia's legal cannabis industry are now among the most sought-after in the country.
Nathaniel Jones, head of cultivation at Medcan Australia, says medical cannabis could be one of Australia’s biggest agricultural crops in a few years.
A booming sector
“”
We are, quite simply, in one of the biggest employment booms in Australia right now. The growth ... is astronomical.
NATHANIEL JONES
Medcan Australia
Unlike other agricultural crops where demand fluctuates by season, indoor cannabis crops need continual workers, says Medicinal Cannabis Industry Australia chairman Peter Crock.
Stable employment
Salaries in the medicinal cannabis sector range from  to more than 
$40,000
$100,000
These are the skills you need to land a job
These are the skills you need to land a job
Master grower& head growerExtensive experience in large scale commercial cultivation and production.
Junior growersNo requirements.
Quality assurance managerBachelor/Master’s in physical or biological science and 3-5 years experience in production quality assurance.
Quality assurance associateBachelor or Diploma in physical or biological science.
Cultivation technician No entry requirements but tertiary qualification in horticulture, agriculture or plant sciences preferred.
Post harvest managerLeadership experience in a production industry.
																											

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