Tom Budd Email & Phone Number

Australia

Deliver oil spill responder training and spill response exercises for oil/gas producers, mining and marine transport, government professionals and port operators. Experienced oil spill responder, certificate 4 qualified trainer, able to deliver accredited or client/location focused training.Conduct offshore, near-shore and shoreline oil spill response exercises.Assist clients with response and preparedness planning, contingency plan strategies, post incident audits, vessel operations and training. (ethical client support) Available for spill response, all hours. Spill response equipment maintenance and exercise programs. Discreet incident response, experienced independent advice....

Geelong Australia

Oil Spill Responder and trainer, hands-on response to marine oil spills in Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Fiji, P.N.G, Spain. Oil tanker and shipping incidents, crude and fuel oils, pipeline incident experience, industrial site oil incidents, marine terminal and port operation spills, unknown source spills.Provided Oil Spill Responder training in Australia, Korea, Russia, P.N.G., Solomon Islands, Fiji, Singapore, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, New Caledonia.Spill response team member; "MT Evoikos"4wks​ , "MT Prestige"4wks​ "MT Siricata"oil spill ​incidents, "West Atlas (Montara)"​7wks , "Pasha Bulker"​(grounding ) ​ :"MT Pacific Alliance"(grounding)​,"Pacific Adventurer" oiled shorelines, land spills, pipeline leaks and offshore responses. Provided site and facility audits. Advised clients on equipment, spill response preparedness and training. Reviewed OSCPs (Oil Spill Contingency Plans).STS(Ship to Ship oil transfers) response strategy planning 2005.Deployed oil skimmers, sweeps, booms, storage tanks, designed and manufactured support equipment. Produced audit and maintenance schedules for oil spill response equipment stored at 23 ports around Australia from 1995 to 2003.(Ensuring reliability and availability of industry owned oil-spill response equip) Applied oil spill dispersants employing vessels and f.w.aircraft .Commissioned offshore dispersant spray systems including operator training for vessel crews..Conducted public information and stakeholder sessions on oil exploration and oil spills. W.A. N.S.W. Vic. Tasmania. N.R.T. (National Response Team) member from 1995 National Oil Spill Response Exercise planning team member 2 occasions. National oil spill tech working group rep. National Training working group rep. Australian oil and shipping industry core group member/trainer, 1995-2012. Supported oil and shipping industries, Government response organisations since 1995. Resigned AMOSC 2012

Queenscliff

Engineering Technical Officer at Marine Science Laboratory, (MSL) Queenscliff. Vessel operations and maintenance, duties including vessel repairs and modifications. Construct and deploy experimental scallop trawls, core samplers, benthic and water sampling apparatus. (coxswain, deck and watch) As marine engineer (Med.2) aboard "RV Sarda"​(100t, 21m research vessel), operated deck trawl winches and cranes (core and benthic"grab" sampling), Port Phillip Bay, Bass Str. Lakes Entrance. Dive support, net trawling, scallop dredging, sampling for aquaculture, scientific and environmental projects support, deck duties incl. watch and engineering aboard Victorian Govt. Research Vessels (Melita ,Sarda and others). Provide engineering support to science programs incl. P.P.B. Seagrass and water quality monitoring programs, abalone breeding research , prawn and shellfish aquaculture projects, toxicology laboratory support, catch and effort programs and PPB sediment monitoring. Design and construct marine science apparatus, deploy monitoring equipment. Dynamic flourometer deployment as part of water quality program for Port Phillip Bay. Manufactured sampling tools and submarine data logger housings. Fabricate, repair and maintain equipment by machining and welding, Mig. Tig, Arc welding of metals, plastic moulding and welding, fibreglass construction and repair.Assist aquarium and laboratory managers to maintain facilities and equipment at MSL,(Marine Science Laboratories) Queenscliff Vic. Maintain aquaculture air and water pumps, dive equipment and oil-free aquarium compressors employing preventive maintenance strategies. Contribute as an enthusiastic member of a creative engineering team for Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture research efforts on behalf of the Victorian Government, industry and the public of Victoria.

Install and commission production plant and equipment including ultrasonic plastic welding equip. Develop and optimise machinery performance initially as a contract Maintenance Fitter, and later as a Research & Development Technician, member of the R & D section of this exciting project.Maintain and conduct repairs/modifications of production machinery including heavy duty pumps (mono and lobe pumps for viscous mtl), plastic injection moulding equipment, automated conveyors and sensor systems (I.R., Pneumatic and other) and product handling equipment. Contribute to the development of patented products and the R&D effort of a creative, committed and dynamic team.

Alcoa, Geelong Cement,Blue Circle, Hoechst, Bhp. Pra, Apc. Pulsar, Etc.

Contracting tradesman Mechanical Fitter. Installed and commissioned equipment during industry construction projects (Malting Works, Glass Fab, Cement Processors,Auto Battery Factory. Kept aluminium rolling, casting and smelting at Pt Henry (many projects), shift maintenance at Hoechst Altona (now Qenos) on plant producing surfactants, polymers chemicals and pigments . As a contract Maintenance Fitter ensured that crude, lube and fuels were flowing from Shell Geelong (now Viva) and Mobil Refineries in Geelong and Altona. Installed and maintained machinery at Pilkington Glass Geelong and manufactured high precision foundry casting patterns for GM. Toyota, Ford, Mitsubishi and Mistral, Fuji,Stanley Australia.Provided installation and maintenance services to phosphate processing and production, Geelong Co-Op and was employed on a Mount Isa project for B.H.South (phosphate) crushing /screening plant, Cat and Komatsu earthmoving machinery maintenance at Phosphate Hill, Duchess Qld. Conducted preventative maintenance for Alcoa Geelong on fixed and mobile plant incl. o-head factory cranes, rolling mills, installed and aligned precision rolling plant, electric motors, drives and gearboxes, hydraulic upgrades and pump installations, high load precision couplings aligned. Crane driver with Eastside Cranes, 20t rough t. 23t Truck, 5t tractor.Provided Maintenance and Re-fits as a Mechanical Fitter, Machinist and Toolmaker to:turnarounds and shutdowns at Shell Geelong, Altona Refineries, Alcoa Pt Henry rolling mills, Carbon plant and castings, Geelong Cement and Blue Circle Cement, Anglesea Power Station maintenance and power station re-fit. Stayed busy, Honest work! Also a full time job with John Holland Constructions, see below.

Australian National Animal Health Laboratory. Aahl Geelong

Installation of mechanical services during construction of Australian National Bio Secure Laboratory, installed air handling equipment, valves and HEPA filters. Installed automated fodder handling system and pneumatic controls. Installed medical steam sterilizers and laboratory autoclaves. Site workshop fitter, and on-site construction machinery repairs and maintenance. World class project, great people working for a great company.

Trade And Technical, Toolmaking, Mechanical Fitting, Metalurgy, Ergonomics And Design, Metrology.

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