After serving an apprenticeship as a Structural Plater on a Boiler-Shop Floor in 1978 I left my first company and spent the next 29 years specialising in Power Generation & Main Steam Propulsion Boiler Construction & Repair.Initially applying my trade as a Plater on various sites throughout the UK on Coal, Gas, Nuclear and Oil Fired Power Generating Boilers as well as a number of Oil Refineries in 1987 I had an opportunity to join a new venture specialising in Marine Boiler Retrofit / Repairs on a world-wide basis. During 1990, my final year with this company I found myself in the fortunate position of being sub-contracted to a larger and established company with an identical work profile with a Global Presence & was offered a position as a Project Engineer stationed in Singapore.I spent the next 17 years with this company holding the positions of Project Engineer, Repair Manager, Technical Manager, Assistant Technical Director, Technical Director and Managing Director based in Singapore, twice in Dubai and the UK. During this period I worked in more than 40 countries controlling projects sometimes completing up to 75 international business trips per year.With my children getting older I made a decision in 2007 to leave after 17 years to find a new challenge and be locally based in the UK. This came in the form of working in the Steel Industry as a Fabrication Manager running a number of Fabrication Workshops. In 2010 I was made Technical Sales Manager a position which I held until 2012 where I took an opportunity to transfer to another site within the business to take my present position as Project Engineer in a department with a mandate to rebuild a By-Products Plant of a large Steelworks including a C.O.G. Holder, Void Coolers, Ammonia and Benzol Washers and various Gas lines on a live plant.I consider myself to be fortunate to have had a varied career with everyday being a school day at the University of Life.