Derick Rocha Email & Phone Number

Hard working individual who strives to grow the finest cannabis.Skills include • Lead Cultivator• propagation• cloning• clone care• planting• cropsteering • cleaned and mixed fertigation tanks• maintenance of all fertigation, water sterilization and filtration equipment and systems including DAB pumps.• integrated pest management (crop scouting, pest detection, identification, and control, including beneficial pests and sprays.)• identifying environmental and hormonal stressors and prevention• canopy management (pruning, topping, skirting or lollipopping, trellising, preventative sprays)• monitoring soil biology and health• monitoring and logging VWC, pH, electrical conductivity, PAR, CO2, all growth scales, vitals, and environmental readings• ensuring proper calibration and maintenance of all growing equipment• data collection and analysis• managing proper feed changes through growth stages under direction from and in coordination with the Cultivation Director• harvesting• cleaning, disinfecting, and resetting rooms for the next grow cycle• building out new cultivation rooms• mixing salt nutrients in nutrient labTrained in ARGUS fertigation systems.Trained new hires including other cultivation technicians and managers in SOPs.Maintained a clean and orderly workspace in compliance with CCC standards.Destroyed and disposed of cannabis waste material.Responsible for scouting and identifying Russet Mites within the grow facilityOSHA Hazard Communication Certified

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  New Bedford High School

  High School Diploma