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Expert Details

Commercial Diving Operations, Military and Recreational Diving and Confined Space Access Operations

ID: 728596 United Kingdom

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Expert has twenty five years continuous experience in the inshore and offshore commercial diving and confined space access industries. He has gained considerable practical and technical experience during this time a both a military and commercial diver as well as a diving contractor and consultant. As Managing Director of a successful diving contracting company he has vast experience of completing large construction and NDT inspection projects for some of the largest oil companies in the world. He has had a direct role for implementing QHSE Procedures and Safety Management Systems for his own company and for other clients in the capacity of Consultant.

Expert has also been heavily involved for the past fifteen years in the provision of confined space access activities. These have predominantly been undertaken in the energy producing and petrochemical industries in underground cooling water systems, cooling ponds, tanks, silos etc.


He has just completed a 10 month consultancy contract for a client working in Southern Iraq. The client required the implementation of all QHSE procedures, the production of manuals and safety systems and the methodology was devised for the initial bid along with all scheduling and project management.Technical advice was given for a project in Qatar. The specification for the commercial diving workscope was written and included in an Invitation to Tender that was subsequently sent to local diving contractors.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2009 Degree: Expert Witness Foundation Course Subject: Expert Witness Services Institution: The Academy of Experts
Year: 2003 Degree: Inshore Diving Supervisor Subject: Commercial Diving Institution: Association of Diving Contractors, Aberdeen, UK
Year: 1998 Degree: Simple Traverse Confined Space Access Subject: Confined Space Access Institution: Phoenix Safety Training, Warrington, UK
Year: 1994 Degree: CSWIP 3.1U and 3.2U Underwater Inspector Subject: Underwater Non Destructive Testing Institution: TWI, Middlesborough, UK
Year: 1990 Degree: UK HSE Parts 1,2,3 and 4 Subject: Commercial Diving Institution: Prodive, Falmouth, UK

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2009 to 2010 Employer: Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants Title: Consultant Project Manager Department: Project Management
Responsibilities:
He project managed a US$ 75 million subsea unexploded ordnance mitigation contract in Southern Iraq. Initially hired on a contract basis to prepare the bid for the job. He was responsible for the implementation of all QHSE procedures as well as the procurement and logistics of all plant, vessels, equipment and sub-contract labour.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2009 to 2009 Employer: Worley Parsons Qatar Title: Consultant Department: Engineering
Responsibilities:
He provided technical advisory services on a short term basis in relation to a FEED Contract held by the client. Commercial diving procedural advice was given in respect of the construction of new subsea pipelines and the removal of one existing pipeline.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2008 to 2009 Employer: Cape PLC Title: Middle East Regional Manager Department: Marine Services
Responsibilities:
He was retained as a Regional Manager - Marine Services Division following the sale of his Diving and Marine Services contracting company. He was responsible for implementing all the QHSE procedures into the newly formed Marine Services Division as well as managing existing and new contracts he was also responsible for business development and marketing activities.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2004 to 2008 Employer: Visionary Underwater Inspection Limited Title: Managing Director Department: Management
Responsibilities:
He managed his own contracting company in the Middle East. From the regional office in Bahrain the company carried out NDT inspection activities using commercial diving, rope access (abseiling) and confined space access techniques in all of the GCC countries. The company was sold to a UK based PLC in 2008.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1997 to 2004 Employer: Deeside Diving Contractors Limited Title: Managing Director Department: Management
Responsibilities:
He started an inshore diving contracting company in the UK and worked extensively in the marine, civil engineering, utilities and energy producing industries.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1990 to 1997 Employer: Various Diving Contractors Title: Diver Department: Diving
Responsibilities:
Worked as a diver on many construction and inspection projects in the UK, Middle East, West Africa and South East Asia sectors. Most of the work was undertaken offshore but several inshore projects were also undertaken in the UK, Qatar and Germany.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1985 to 1989 Employer: Government Service (Royal Navy) Title: Able Seaman Diver Department: Operations
Responsibilities:
He served as a diver in the Royal Navy for four and a half years before leaving to pursue a career in oilfield diving.

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 2000 to 2004 Agency: Environment Agency Role: Diving Contractor Description: He was responsble for carrying out diving operations for the UK Government Environment Agency North West Region.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2009 to 2010 Country / Region: Iraq Summary: Project Managing subsea UXO mitigation project and the clearance of a beach and intertidal zone on Al Faw Peninsula, Southern Iraq.
Years: 2004 to 2009 Country / Region: Bahrain Summary: Worked in the Middle East region as both a diving contractor prior to the sale of company to PLC, then for a further one year in the role of Regional Manager. Work was carried out in all the GCC Region countries.
Years: 2008 to 2008 Country / Region: Philippines Summary: Worked in Cape PLC offices in Alabang near Manilla conducting business development activities in South East Asia region
Years: 1990 to 1997 Country / Region: Various Summary: Worked as a diver in the UK, Europe, MIddle East, West Africa and South East Asia regions

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
He has spent the last year attending courses at the Academy of Experts, Grays Inn, London. He is still awaiting his first instruction.
Training / Seminars
His consultancy company has tailored a range of training courses aimed at middle management and engineers who might require to use the services of a diving company but are unsure of their statutory duties and other compliance.
Vendor Selection
He has vast experience in sourcing vendors/suppliers and sub-contract labour. This is always done with the requirements of BS EN ISO 9000 Quality Assurance in mind.
Marketing Experience
The qualifications that he has gained are normally the minimum required to work for any major and/or other reputable company.
Other Relevant Experience
His skills and the consultancy services provided are very much focused on ensuring client compliance to all relevant statutory and other industry/trade association best practice.

Fields of Expertise

diving, diving accident investigation, commercial diving, commercial scuba diving, diving injury, hyperbaric chamber standard, hyperbaric chamber, underwater pipeline, underwater nondestructive testing, underwater accident investigation, confined space safety, accident causation, accident investigation, contractor safety, contractor safety management, employee protection, excavation safety, fire safety, industrial safety, safety management, oxygen therapy, undersea and hyperbaric medicine, scuba diving, construction safety management, scuba diving equipment, injury, underwater welding application, underwater corrosion, plant safety, construction safety

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