Jim Lucas, Health, Safety and Environment

HSE Advisor/Supervisor

Employment History

June 09 – Present Seismic Health and Safety Advisor, working largely through Exploration Logistics as Health and Safety Advisor or Supervisor most recently in Dubai for CGGVeritas as a Health and Safety Supervisor overseeing the preparation for a new OBC seismic survey offshore Saudi Arabia. This job involved supervising all health and safety aspects of the conversion and preparation of a fleet of 7 ships. Whilst working for Exploration Logistics I have also worked offshore Nigeria for RXT reservoir technologies. Typical tasks whilst working offshore include training of various types, auditing and inspecting, preparation of Safety Cases, Operational manuals and procedures, accident investigations and generally providing safety advice.

nd Management Course for Marine Seismic Personnel Warsash Maritime Centre
1989-93 BSc (Hons) degree Environmental Science Upper Second Class University of Hertfordshire
Year 1 Biological Environment, Environmental Issues, Environmental Methods, Physical Environment, Social Environment
Year 2 Ecology, Environmental Methods, Environmental Planning and Policy Making, Landscape Development and Management. Development and Environment in the Third World, Environmental Issues
Year 3: Industrial Placement with World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (see below)
Year 4 Biological Conservation, Environmental Issues, Geology of the Environment, Agriculture and Forestry.

April 10 Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training Course (O.P.I.T.O) Warsash Maritime Academy
April 10 Seafarer Medical Certificate Occupational Health Services
June 08 First Aid at Work a.i.d. Training and Operations
April 08 Advanced First Aid a.i.d. Training and Operations

March 07 “ Far from help” Wilderness Medical Training Royal Geographic Society

June 05 First Aid instructors Course A.I.D Training

September 01 Trainer and assessor defensive driving (M.I.D.A.S)

January 01 National General Certificate Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) Brunel College
June 99 Advanced Fire Fighting (STCW 95) Warsash Maritime Centre
December 98 Heli-deck emergency team member (OPITO) PETANS Institute
June 98 First Aid at Sea (OPITO) PETANS Institute
May 98 Maritime Auditor / Lead Auditor Course (IRCA registered) Warsash Maritime Centre.

Skills and experience

• A thorough knowledge of and practical experience of creating and implementing Safety Management Systems with associated tools; including risk analysis, accident investigation, policy and procedure writing, creating Safety Cases, supervising and creating Job Safety Analysis schedules, the DoPont STOP system etc. etc.
• Knowledge and experience of performing Safety, Environmental and Quality Auditing. Experience in supervising responses to a variety of laws and guidelines including the SOLAS Convention, the MARPOL Convention, the ISM Code and other maritime laws, ISO 9001 and the Packaging Waste Regulations.
• A good working knowledge of health and safety legislation including the packaging waste regulations and the ISM Code.
• The ability to produce reports and data summaries from a wide variety of information resources to a professional standard. Production of company HSE statistics.
• A good working knowledge of computers and computer software including word processing packages, spreadsheets, databases and some experience with geographic information systems.
• Experience of working in small boats performing seismic cable maintenance and equipment/personnel transfer.