Marco Williams
Imperial Scientific Labs/ Lost Paradise Fungal Genetics
Aurora,CO
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Cultivation Technician, Flowering Dept
1 Year 9 Months- Assess plant health and scout for pest/pathogens daily
- Monitor PH/EC levels for the duration of the cycle, adjust as needed
- Prune, defoliate and train plants to strain specifications
- Remove spent pots, sanitize rooms at the end of each cycle
- Ensure compliance with METRC/MED cannabis regulations
Lab Technician and Culture Bank Manager
3 Years 9 Months- Maintenance of living fungal culture bank, collecting spore/tissue samples
- Preparation of sterile petri dish media and cryogenic culture storage
- Wild specimen identification and propagation
- Fulfilling customer orders and maintenance of inventory logs
- Maintenance of fungal cultivation systems
Microgreens Cultivation Team Member
3 Months- Assess plant health and adjust treatment accordingly
- Maintaining watering schedules of multiple 11 tier vertical grow stacks
- Troubleshooting irrigation system issues and problem solving in real time
- Sowing and tending to freshly sown vegetable seedlings
- Data logging of all irrigation and transplant activities
- Operating scissor lift and forklift to pull harvest orders from stacks
- Packing customer orders for fulfillment
- Compliance with FDA food safety inspection standards, submitting to regular microbial testing
Garden Assistant
2 Years 11 Months- Pruning and defanning flowering plants, training into trellis
- Transplanting clone plants to veg, veg to flower
- Pruning of mother stock, assessing plant vitality
- Identify plant pest/pathogens
- Pesticide and foliar spray application
- Maintain dosing and data logging of aeroponic cloner systems
- Dosing fertigation reservoirs
- Applying varied care to plants on a strain by strain basis
- Building and maintaining custom fertigation lines
Education
General Education Diploma
Skills
12 years of plant husbandry to personal collection of cacti and exotic tropical plants
Identifying
propagating and cultivating wild fungi
Pest control management
Greenhouse operations
Fertilizer application
Grafting methods
Timeline
Cultivation Technician, Flowering Dept
The Green Solution/Spherex Gardens
01.2025 - CurrentRead More
Microgreens Cultivation Team Member
Kalera Vertical Vegetable Farm
12.2024 - 03.2025Read More
Lab Technician and Culture Bank Manager
Imperial Scientific Labs/ Lost Paradise Fungal Genetics
01.2023 - CurrentRead More
Garden Assistant
Terrapin Care Station Dispensary
12.2021 - 11.2024Read More
Mount Vernon Adult Education Center
General Education Diploma
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