Patrick Ridley Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK

Working as a commercial diver, diving for scallops. Duties, alongside diving, include skippering, preparing the boat and equipment and ensuring safety of the crew and other divers. Additionally, I work laying and maintaining nets and pots at sea, and preparing the catch ready for market.I qualified as an HSE (UK) commercial diver at the Professional Diving.

Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK

Skippering 500HP, 9 metre RIB craft for tourist charters along the Devon and Dorset coast

Lyme Regis Harbour

Working with the Harbourmaster in Lyme Regis Harbour alongside a diverse group of people from ex-Marines to fisherman and civil engineers; performing a wide range of duties, from harbour inspections and maintenance, through to managing the operation of the harbour. I studied for, and obtained the following certification: - VHF maritime radio operator - Sea.

Lyme Regis

Performing a variety of inshore projects including - Hull cleaning (on shore) - Maintaining mackerel fishing boat - Skippering mackerel fishing boats in Lyme Bay

Mafia Island - Tanzania

Working as a marine conservation assistant in the Maffia Island Marine Park. - Diving to survey and map coral reefs and various coral reef communities - Identifying, mapping and planning and performing census of reef & commercial fish - Assess algal &coral reef cover to determine the extent of coral bleaching & damage - Line intercept transects for benthic.

Weston Zoyland

I volunteered at a Steam Museum on the Somerset Levels. I learnt how to strip down a steam engine and restore it to working condition, and helped at various open steam days and weekends.

Trainee Commercial Diver, Commercial Diving

Bronze And Silver Duke Of Edinburgh Award

Activities and Societies: Kayak club, tunnel shooting, scuba scene club, varied sports.