Hydrographic surveyor and Client representative

Continuation of an 18-year career in offshore survey and construction.

Hydrographic surveyor since 1980, in offshore oilfield construction, exploration, dredging, and charting.
Client representative since 1998 in offshore construction, platform retro-fit and survey.

Professional experience is based on more than 100 completed offshore projects, usually in less-developed regions, ensuring the ultimate objective of a safe, successfully completed project, and not only the survey, remains paramount.
Technical experience in offshore Construction, Dredging, and Charting survey, is based on tertiary studies supplemented by regular industry courses; and encompasses the evolution of equipment over the past 25 years, ensuring understanding of the processes underlying the acquisition of modern data sets.
Competence has been twice peer-assessed; by the Australian Hydrographic Panel, and Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s Degree in Surveying, (UNSW, Engineering faculty, 4yr) 1980
Ships’ Master V (Australia, USL) 1995
Microsoft Certified System Engineer, 2000
NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health, 2007

PERSONAL SAFETY AND MEDICAL
Bosiet, Opito registered, expiry January 2010
Medical (Sarawak Shell) expires March 2010

CLIENT PERMIT-TO-WORK TRAINING
SSOW, BP-Indonesia Jan2008
Managing Hazards at the Workplace (PTW1 Brunei Shell)
PTW for supervisors (PTW2 Brunei Shell)

AFFILIATIONS
Member, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Member, International Hydrographic Society.

LANGUAGES
English Fluent
Malay Basic

NATIONALITY Australian.
(Based in Plymouth U.K. during summer, and Miri, Malaysia during northern winter)