CURRICULUM VITAE OF ULLRICH ESTERHUIZEN

Commercial Diver and Rigger I am eager, honest, strong, have integrity and a good work ethic. I am willing to work hard and learn fast, in any diving capacity you might have available for me.

Dive Master / Tour Guide / First Mate:

Mainly conducting White Shark Cage Diving Tours as Dive Master /Tour Guide / Shark Wrangler and First Mate, for a company called Shark Adventures & More. Duties also included leading general Scuba Diving Tours, Game fishing Tours, Pelagic Bird Watching Tours, Boat Based Whale Watching Tours and Blue Water Hunting Tours. I was the stand-in Captain for all sea based activities in case the regular Captain was unavailable to conduct tours, resulting that all responsibilities of leading tours as Captain, Tour Guide and Safety Responsibilities, then resorted to me.
Boat’s passenger capacity ranged from 1 To 28 passengers per tour. Boat maintenance of the company vessel inclusive of engine servicing, was also part of my responsibility. All diving gear, inclusive of scuba equipment for the various tours, had to be serviced and maintained by myself.
Working for Shark Adventures under the guidance of the Owner/Operator, has offered me the opportunity to gain a wide range of hands-on skills and experience in diving, boating, people skills and the responsibility that accompanies such an operation, over the past 7 years.
In my spare time, I also assisted Mr Tony Smit that runs a company called Dive & Adventures in Gordons Bay South Africa, offering Scuba diving tours, Scuba training, Commercial Diving and Skippers Training. My general duties was to assist him in all manners practical when I was available inclusive of Boat skippering, leading Scuba Diving tours as Dive Master, filling scuba cylinders, commercial work in the local harbours such as general salvaging and boat maintenance and maintenance on pump-inlets in surrounding farm dams.

Marine & Diving Qualifications

Class II – 50m Commercial Air Diver. Date of Issue: 19/08/2011
Class III – 30m SSDE Diver. Date of Issue: 15/07/2011
Class IV – 30m Scuba Diver. Date of Issue: 24/06/2011
Diver Medical Certificate Class II. Date of Issue: 12/05/2011
Skippers License Category C - Vessel 9Meters -15 Nautical Miles Cert Nr: 094030. Date of Issue: 26/07/2011
Fire Fighting - Cert Nr: 3025. Date of Issue: 01/10/2010
Proficiency in Life Raft - Cert Nr: 2411. Date of Issue: 18/10/2010
5 Day Offshore Survival, H.U.E.T, Fire fighting And First Aid Cert Nr: SC/SAA100/3520. Date of Issue: 27/10/2011
Rigging (Modules 1&2) Cert Nr: BRC 2213. Date of Issue: 07/10/2011
First Aid at Sea - Cert Nr: 2378. Date of Issue: 12/10/2010

Job Description
Dive Master / Tour Guide / 1st Mate

Commercial diving





Trainer and Boarding Kennels
Dog Breeder (Active 13 Years)
KUSA Registered Judge for All breed dog shows as well as a Rottweiler Specialist Judge
Computer Technician
Basic skills and Training

Mechanical Skills

Main Duties
Dive Master / Shark Wrangler / Tour Guide First Mate on White shark cage diving Vessel for past 7 years

Dive work Harbour Marker Buoy servicing and maintenance, Harbour Mooring and Maintenance. Harbour Mooring Construction. Small Vessel salvages +- 3 years

Dog Trainer
Rottweiler Breeder with Boarding Kennels And Dog Care for past 13 years
Show Judge

Computer repairs
General Welding, Plumbing, Building, and Electrician Experience.
Maintenance, repairs and services on Marine in board engines (Volvo Penta D6) Also Maintenance, service and repairs of Tractors (Massey Ferguson, Case and John Deer