CURRICULUM VITAE





Mr. Michael Karl Weiss





Canberra ACT Australia





Phone	0431 058 599





Email	weiss7@email.com

















Science graduate, team player, 

detail-focused, results driven, professional.





 



EMPLOYMENT HISTORY



Environmental Assurance				Jul  2009 ¨C May 2012

WESTON, ACT



Environmental Auditor



•	Lead auditor for the ¡®Good Environmental Choice Australia¡¯ Eco-label Program, an ISO 14024:1999 Environmental Labels and Declarations Type I Environmental Labeling Program.  



•	Audit clients include: Amtico International, Arthur G Designs, Bristol Manufacturing, Dexion Commercial, Elite Built, Formway, George Weston Foods, Gregory Commercial Furniture, Jasol, The Laminex Group, Nikpol, Powers Fasteners, Premium Floors, Schamburg and Alvisse, Style Ergonomics and Zenith Interiors.



Duties



•	Initiating the Audit ¨C establish initial contact with the auditee to define the audit objectives, scope and criteria and to determine their feasibility;



•	Document Review ¨C review submitted documents including records to determine their adequacy;



•	Preparing for on-site audit activities ¨C prepare audit plans and associated documents to facilitate scheduling and coordination of audit activities;



•	Conducting on-site audit activities ¨C conduct opening meetings, collect and verify information, generate audit findings and conduct closing meetings.



•	Audit Report ¨C prepare and quality assure audit reports providing accurate records of audits.



Training



•	Certificate of Competence Environmental Management Systems (ACI Global Pty Ltd).



•	Certificate of Competence Auditing of Management Systems (ACI Global Pty Ltd).



•	Certificate of Competence Leading an Audit Team (ACI Global Pty Ltd).



Accreditation



•	Certified Provisional Auditor in the Environmental Scheme with ¡®RABQSA International Personnel and Training Certification¡¯.





 





CSIRO Plant Industry			      Mar 2003 ¨C Dec 2008

BLACK MOUNTAIN, ACT



Research Assistant



•	Research assistant responsible for the conduct of all the technical work associated with a wheat breeding program which included phenotyping and genotyping populations of wheat for the purpose of selective traditional plant breeding.  



Duties



•	Laboratory: Plant DNA extraction, PCR, RT-PCR, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis and NIR Spectrometry.

•	Growth Cabinet: Propagation, observation, measurement and analysis of grain lines.

•	Greenhouse: Traditional breeding (emasculation/pollination), propagation, observation, measurement and analysis of grain lines.

•	Field: Agronomic management; Observation, measurement and analysis of grain lines.

•	Office: Data entry and analysis.



Training



•	Presentation Skills Workshop (Vivid Learning Pty Ltd).

•	ChemCert AQF III Use of Pesticides (ChemCert NSW Ltd).



Accreditation



•	Accredited farm chemical user with ChemCert Training Group Pty Ltd.





BOC Ltd			       Sep 1998 ¨C Mar 2003

FYSHWICK, ACT



Sales Assistant / Store Person / Yard Person



•	Industrial retail assistant, store person and yard person providing customer service, stock management and goods distribution.  SAP business management software used for sales, goods receipt, dispatch and stock take.    



Duties



•	Yard: Loading and unloading of trucks and trailers, picking, packing and restraining loads.  

•	Store: Goods receipt, picking, packing and distribution.

•	Sales: Customer service and stock take. 



Accreditation



•	OHS Certification Australia Class LF Forklift.



ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS





Bachelor of Science					         2002

Australian National University



•	Plant Biology ¨C Botany, systematics, bioinformatics, ecology and genomics.

•	Molecular Biology ¨C Biotechnology, genomics and biochemistry. 

•	Landscape Ecology ¨C Agroecology, plant functional ecology and biodiversity.





Year 12 Certificate				                      1995

Marist College Canberra



•	TER ¨C 93.00





PUBLICATIONS



Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2008, 59, 891¨C905

Quantitative trait loci for water-soluble carbohydrates and associations with agronomic traits in wheat

G. J. Rebetzke, A. F. van Herwaarden, C. Jenkins, M.K. Weiss, D. Lewis, S. Ruuska, L. Tabe, N. A. Fettell, and R. A. Richards





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