Cannabis Expert 1

Introductory price through December 31, 2026. $15 a seat now. A seat goes to $30 on January 1, 2027, and team prices go up with it.

Cannabis Expert 1 is Learn Brands' certification for cannabis retail teams. Pick any four one-hour advanced courses that fit your role, from cannabinoids and terpenes to edibles, concentrates, hardware and the business of cannabis. Pass all four at 80 percent or higher to earn your Cannabis Expert 1 certificate, yours to keep.

How it works

• Pick your role. Budtender, shift lead or manager. We suggest four courses that fit the job, and you can swap any of them.

• Take four advanced courses. Each runs about an hour on a phone or a computer, with practice scenarios for your role. Stop any time and pick up where you left off.

• Pass each at 80 percent or higher. Take all eight if you like.

• Get certified. Your Cannabis Expert 1 credential is yours to keep, with no yearly renewal.

The eight courses

• Cannabinoids and the ECS: Advanced. Dose, timing, interactions and research, for the questions guests really ask.

• Terpene Science: Applied. Where aroma goes, how it's added back, and how to sell it honestly.

• Edibles and Drinks: Dosing, Onset and Safe Handling. Onset, the dose math, stacking, food safety, labels and matching guests.

• Concentrates: From Extraction Lab to Counter. Extraction methods, refining, lab reports, storage and matching guests.

• Hardware: Matching the Method to the Guest. Heat science, cart troubleshooting, safe dabbing and dose by device.

• Cultivation: From Grow Choices to the Jar. Grow choices, quality defects, testing and freshness, for the counter and the back room.

• Cannabis History: How We Got Today's Rules. The real reasons behind testing, packaging, ID checks, limits, equity programs and federal law.

• Cannabis Business: The Numbers Behind the Store. Margins, inventory, shrink, buying and the numbers that run a store. Includes the Run the Store game.

Suggested by role

• Budtender (for staff who help guests at the counter): Cannabinoids, Terpenes, Hardware, Concentrates.

• Shift lead (for whoever runs the floor on a shift): Cannabinoids, Terpenes, History and rules, Business.

• Manager (for whoever runs the store or a team): Cannabinoids, Cultivation, History and rules, Business.

What you get

• Your own credential page with your certificate and a credential number, so anyone can check it with one link.

• A button to add Cannabis Expert 1 to your LinkedIn profile, and a certificate to print or save as a PDF.

• A badge, a LinkedIn banner, a share picture with your name and an email signature graphic.

• It never expires. There is no yearly renewal and nothing to retake.

Team pricing

Introductory pricing through December 31, 2026: $15 per seat. The price per seat drops as your team grows: $12 from 10 seats, $10 from 50, $8 from 250 and $6 from 1,000. On January 1, 2027 every price goes up, starting at $30 for one seat. Buy the seats you need, then assign them to staff from your Learn Brands company account.

Good to know

Cannabis Expert 1 is a Learn Brands certification in cannabis product and business knowledge. It is not a state license, permit or state-approved responsible vendor training. If your state requires workforce training, see our state courses for what it asks for.