I have worked as a workboat Master since 2002 on various types of workboats. I hold a MCA Master 200/OOW500 ll/2 CoC and a yatchmaster CoC. I have worked as master on WFSV in UK water's and on the continent for various offshore windfarm companies, from crew transfer to fuelling and taking cargo to and from the field I have worked in O + M and construction sites in the North sea Irish sea and the Baltic sea. I have experience working from Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Russia and UK ports. I have also sailed through the Kiel canal on two occasions, and navigated the Fjords, Norwegian and Barents Sea. I have also worked as skipper on Pilot launches and Survey launches in the Humber estuary boarding and landing pilots and surveying the busy shipping lanes in the lower and upper Humber including the rivers Ouse and Trent. Working alongside Marine pilots, VTS Humber and vessel Masters getting vessels to there destination safely.I also assisted on the buoy maintenance vessel Humber sentinal as AB/Mate when required.I have also experience working on Estuarial Bunker Tankers as Mate/Engineer loading and discharging the vessel and bunkering visiting shipping in all areas of the Humber Docks and river jetty's in the Humber estuary.I have Great boat handling skills working on vessels with standard single screw propulsion systems with bow thrusters, Twin screw propulsion systems, controllable pitched propellor systems CPP and Hamilton Jet systems. I have good vessel maintenance skills working with Cummins, Cat,MTU And Volvo Penta engines.I also have good vessel management skills and I am familiar with the safety standards of the workboat code, the IMO, ISO,I have also got good experience working with agents clients and immigration control.I am now in the process of starting the NWA workboat Master 500gt and have started the record book with a view of passing my Master 500 workboat in the near future.
Listed skills include Maritime Operations, Gmdss, Engineering, Management, and 46 others.