QUALIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Welder Apprenticeship – Babcock Power Ltd.
City and Guilds:
T.W.I Welding Inspector Level 3
T.I.G Pipe Welding Course
Health & Safety Training
Permit Courses
European Safety Passport
Various welding certificates
First Response First Aid Certificate
Dutch Supervisor Certificate
Current Codings:
Low Hydrogen
Flux Cord
Sub Arc
Skill Card
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Thirty years as a T.I.G and M.M.A pipe welder with a comprehensive range of ferrous and non-ferrous metals in the power generating and petro-chemical industries at shutdown, maintenance and new stages covering large and small bore pipes and varying degrees of wall thickness. Responsible at various stages & levels for the training of apprentices and qualification testing for welders. Extensive maritime maintenance, repair & installation on wide range of vessels both at sea and in dry dock. In more recent years more supervisory and senior roles undertaken including role as welding supervisor in control of all welding and hot works activity on a large blue book site. Knowledge and understanding of practically all types of welding services, ability to manage men and materials and ensure deadlines and quota’s are met on time.
Despite this normal welding duties are still undertaken daily with excellent skills range with all existing welding technologies whether on land or at sea not a problem.
Supervisory Experience (Land):
Oil and gas rigs
Ship building and ship repair
Refineries
Power plant – repair and build
Fabrication shop
Overseas Experience:
Belgium, South Korea, Egypt, Germany, Holland, USA, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Hong Kong, Poland, Gibraltar & Malta.
September 2004 to December 2008
BOMBARDIER, BURTON
CODED WELDER
Maintenance and Fabrication of rolling stock and ancillaries.
April 2007 to December 2008
TEC, RUGELEY
CHARGEHAND WELDER
December 2008 to March 2009
MALTRA SHIPYARDS
WELDING SUPERVISOR
July 2009
WIND TURBINE PROJECT, HOLLAND
WELDING SUPERVISOR
Sept 2009 to December 2009
OLYMPIC PROJECTS
CODED WELDER
February 2010 to July 2012
DOOSAN, RATCLIFFE
CODED WELDER
September 2012
BABCOCK, ROSYTH
WELDING SUPERVISOR
September 2012 to December 2012
KIRSTALL, FAWLEY REFINERY
WELDING SUPERVISOR
January 2013 to March 2013
KIRSTALL, ROTTERDAM
WELDING SUPERVISOR
April 2013
EON, RATCLIFFE
WELDING SUPERVISOR
November 2013 to February 2014
HARLAND AND WOLFF, BELFAST
WELDING SUPERVISOR
March 2014 to April 2014
FPSO, WALLSEND
WELDING SUPERVISOR
May 2014 to August 2014
PB SERVICES, GRAVESEND
WELDING SUPERVISOR
Storage tank refurbishment.
September 2014 to December 2014
AIG, FERRYBRIDGE
WELDING SUPERVISOR
Multifuel New Build.
Febuary 2015 to October 2015
PB WELDING SERVICE
WORKING SUPERVISOR
Various contracts.
DETAILS OF FURTHER EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
