Michael Pledger Email & Phone Number

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Responsible for using emergency, lifesaving, damage control, and safety equipment on a merchant ship, performing general maintenance, repair, and sanitation duties, and standing watch to ensure the ship maintains a steady course.Primary responsibilitiesWork on a merchant ship.Stand watch as helmsman and lookout.Maintain a steady course, properly execute all rudder orders and communicate utilizing navigational terms relating to heading and steering.Stand security-related watches, such as a gangway watch or anchor watch while the ship is not underway.Perform general maintenance, repair, sanitation and upkeep of material, equipment, and areas in the deck department.Maintain ship's metal structures by chipping, scraping, cleaning, priming, and painting.Clean, maintain, and repair the hull, decks, superstructure, cargo gear, and smoke stack.Perform maintenance on lifeboats, rescue boats and life rafts, and emergency and damage control gear.Use emergency, lifesaving, damage control, and safety equipment.Perform all operations connected with the launching of lifesaving equipment.Operate deck machinery, such as the windlass or winches while mooring or unmooring, and to operate cargo gear.Look for obstructions in path of vessel.Break out, rig, overhaul, and store cargo-handling gear, stationary rigging, and running gear.Navigate ship and maintains visual communication with other ships.Lowers or raises lifeboats with winch or falls.Use visual signaling devices, such as blinker light and semaphore.Gives directions to crew.

277 Bendix Road Virginia Beach, Va 23452

Responsible for managing psychiatric and chemical dependency facility-based and outpatient professional treatment through telephonic or written review. Primary duties include, but are not limited to: Uses appropriate screening criteria, knowledge and clinical judgment assesses patient needs and assures that medically necessary treatment is provided in a quality, cost-effective manner. Follows guidelines to refer cases to Medical Advisors as appropriate. Utilizes skills and knowledge in psychiatric and chemical dependency assessment, negotiation, coordination, implementation, case planning, monitoring, and evaluating to promote quality member outcomes, to optimize member benefits, and to promote effective use of resources. Ensures member access to medical necessary, quality behavioral healthcare in a cost effective setting according to contract

1434 Crossways Blvd, Chesapeake, Va 23320

Administered Defined Benefits (pension) and Health & Welfare benefit plans (medical, life insurance, COBRA, flexible spending accounts, etc.). Responsibilities include: the preparation and processing of cyclical deliverables; identifying, researching and resolving data discrepancy problems; reconciling applicable financial reports with third party data; researching and responding to inquiries from management, other personnel, plan participants, and the client; reviewing system test plans and control groups; performing end user testing; monitoring the quality and aging of tasks in designated systems; producing reports; developing processes and procedures from client provided documentation; coaching and/or training other team members

Uss Oak Hill Lsd 51, Vfa 106, Bmu-2

Navigation Specialist:Stands watch as assistant to officer of the deck and to the navigator Performs ship control, navigation, and bridge watch duties Advises on ship ceremonies Serves as the ship weather observer Inventories and procures nautical charts and publications Uses and corrects sailing directions, light lists, coastal pilots, and related publications and charts Uses basic course plotting instruments, lead line, depth sounder, and compass Identifies aids to navigation; handles plain language radio communications and visual communication Maintains compass record book and weather observation sheet; and uses applied mathematics, algebra, and trigonometry procedures.Maintenance Supervisor:Maintains systems and equipment by completing preventive maintenance schedules; restoring, repairing, rebuilding, or replacing faulty or inoperative components and parts; supervising staff. Accomplishes maintenance human resource objectives by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job contributions; recommending compensation actions; adhering to policies and procedures.Lead Communication Supervisor:Radio teletype Computer networking Satellite, tactical voice and visual communications Classified and unclassified computer networks Computer-based message processing network Radio communication control systems Cryptographic and satellite equipment in support of high speed data and imagery exchanges

Able Bodied Seaman/Tankerman Assist/Rfpnw, Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer, A

Activities and Societies: N/AReceived the following Certificates: • Active TWIC card • Advanced Fire Fighting • Team Leadership/ Project.

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas), Social Psychology, B

Activities and Societies: RocSolid Foundation: BUILDS HOPE FOR CHILDREN FIGHTING CANCER BY PROVIDING WAYS FOR THEM TO TEMPORARILY ESCAPE.