Management Systems Rope Access

IAN WALKER

SUPERVISOR WELDING FABRICATION PIPING MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS

SURVEYS

PROFILE

Dedicated to engineering since

childhood. Started out with

motorcycles at 10 years old, coupled

with my fathers engineering works

where I spent many a school holiday.

Further studies, an interest in all things

technical and employment carried

me to where I am now. 40 years of

experience.

CONTACT

PHONE:

+27 (0-64-532-****

29 Gymkhana Rd

Bridle Park

Midrand

Johannesburg

South Africa

EMAIL:

*********@****.**.**

HOBBIES

Motorcycle Racing

Fly Fishing

Deep sea Fishing

Outdoors

EDUCATION

Krugersdorp High School

1978 - 1982

Matric

Krugersdorp Technikon

!984 - 1986

NTC 1 – NTC3

Mechano Technology: - Distinction

South African Diamond Cutters Union

1987 - 1990

Diamond Crossworker apprenticeship completed.

Mining Industry Training Board

1990 – 1993

Plater/Welder Apprenticeship completed.

Professional Drafting Services

1996

CAD & 3D Draughting

SAIRAA

February 2001

Level 1 Rope Access

Southern African Institute of Welding

July 2006

Welding 6G ASME IX 2004

IRATA

August 2007

Level 3 Rope Access

Southern African Institute of Welding

July 2009

NDT: - Ultrasonic Testing L1

WORK EXPERIENCE

Watson Rigging & Solutions

Supervisor Fabrication welding maintenance Rigging 2019 – Current

Design and manufacture Jack&slide equipment and various certifiable lifting and rigging mechanisms. Crane truck upgrades and modifications, rigging supervision, mechanical support for rigging crews, machine moving, welding repairs, rope access assistance to rigging projects. Projects include: - ALE; Quayside offload, transport and laydown 4 of, 1100Ton LPG bulk vessels in Richards Bay by means of SPMT and jack&slide methods. Anglo Gold Ashanti; load out 4 of 35ton generators. DHL; load out and jack&slide 200ton rock boring Mobile Miner to Atlas Copco. ALE; Gautrain, bridge lift for re-alignment. Jumar Croll Fabrications

Director/Sole proprietor

2015 – 2018

Earthmoving equipment weld repairs, Generator fabrication, solar installations, Vehicle repairs, steel fabrication, electrical installations, industrial & agricultural machine repairs .

Ocean IRM

Lead Welder 6G

1/6/2014 – 31/08/2014

Upgrade Saipem control platform. Offshore Egypt Welding performed on pipes, pipe support clamps, beam structures, deck plates and replace deck grating. Multistage project including electromechanical, instrumentation and diving crew activities

Archer Inspections & Surveys

Survey crew leader

1/2/2011 – 1/1/2014

West Eminence, West Orion, Brazil offshore for Various inspection surveys managing of 3rd party inspection crews for Seadrill deep water drill rigs in that area. Pressure vessel surveys by means of Acoustic Emissions testing and UT, Pipe surveys, High Pressure Pipe surveys - UT, Structural surveys- UT and MPI, Valve surveys – pressure testing and function testing and various UT projects Hercules 260 drill rig: Cameroon offshore - Limbe. In-port construction project, repairing jack-up legs, repairing spud can torn shell plate, repair tanks and preload tanks, UT NDT, magnetic particle NDT confined space entry, scaffolding, work at height, ABS approval. Atlantic Tiburon drill rig: Singapore offshore Transocean. Stacked jack-up rig awaiting mobilisation, Hull condition survey of preload tanks followed with report compilation identifying and calculating steel requirements.

Onome drill rig: Calabar, Nigeria offshore. Drill Rig- Jack up. Inspected and measured the bent legs on this rig for repair feasibility research.

Transocean: GSF Galaxy II oil drill rig, North Sea, offshore Aberdeen.

Performed UT wall thickness checks on this rig, for a hull condition survey identifying steel requirements.

Transocean Legend deepwater drill rig:. Karratha offshore, West Australia. Hull Preservation survey performed followed by report compilation.

Saldhana Bay, South Africa and GOM offshore Drill rig evaluations. Transocean Celtic Sea; Transocean Amirante Report

compilation and presentation of complete survey, includes coating assessment and steel corrosion assessment. Steel replacement quantity survey for repairs required and recommendations with priority schedule.

Global Energy Ventures

L3 Rope Access welding Supervisor

11/2011-12/2011

Afren: Gulftide production platform. Ivory Coast offshore. Welding of new helideck installed by means of rope access. 08/2009-09/2009

Erik Raude drill RIG

Ghana, Offshore West Africa. Lifting Gear Inspection moon pool area and derrick.

RJ Southey

L3 Rope access Fabrication & Welding Supervisor

10/2010-12/2010

Transocean GSF135 and Constellation 1

Gabon Offshore. Rig repairs, Deck plate replacement, 2 of, hull column cut-out and insert, UT inspection. Rope access L3. 08/2010-09/2010

Transocean BP –Luanda Discoverer drill ship. Angola Offshore. Stainless steel and mild steel General ship repairs. 26/04/2010 -16/06/2010

Transocean Rather Drill Rig . Congo Offshore Change out of all mud pit chamber deck plates and piping. Rope Access- Derrick DROPS survey and repairs, pipe clamps, mounting brackets secondary retention, lock nuts, etc.

02/2009 – 07/2009

Transocean Sedneth 701,Angola offshore Replace 8” seawater pipe line for length of 84 feet, 3 deck penetrations all completed in 7 days. Sedneth 701 in dock at Walvis Bay, repairs.

25/06/07 – 02/042008

Global Sante Fe/Transocean

6G ABS all position welding – First time ever, gusset replacement and complete leg refurbishment on oilrig while the rig is still working. Zero LTI or any incident to date. Adriatic 9 Global Santa Fe`/Transocean - Gabon W Africa offshorer.

Petrotech SA

L3 Rope Access Crew Supervisor,

03/2010-04/2010

Shell Nigeria Sea Eagle FPSO

Nigeria. NDT inspection on Hydralift Cranes. NDT on the SYMP of the FPSO. Eddy current, MPI and Ultrasonic testing. 10/2009-01/2010

Transocean Jim Cunningham Semi – sub Drill Rig

Angola, West Africa, Painting and grit blasting, Drops Survey CLS.- UK

ChevronBBLT Cabinda

Welder L3 Rope access supervisor.

08/2008 – 09/2008

Various upgrades and weld repairs welded pipe replacement, including electric cable tray mounting

DSL – Derrick Services Limited

Rope Access L2 Technician 6G Welder and Plater

21/07/06 – 07/10/06

Duties Joined Transocean Sedco 709 rig in Cape Town and again at Saldhana Bay in South Africa for Derrick ‘beef up’, whilst on tow to Bonga Field in Nigeria. Also did stainless steel pipe repairs. All successfully completed 2 days before arrival at Bonga, Nigeria. Russel Smith Nigeria.

Rope Access L2 Technician 6G Welder and Plater

08/05/06 – 14/07/06

Duties Contracted by Russel Smith Nigeria. Spent nine weeks at Chevron Escravos Field. Nigeria - West Africa Did riser inspection by means of UT wall thickness testing. Then did the repairs of risers by means of Clockspring, water resistant epoxy or welding. The greater part of the contract was in the UT Inspection of the risers of the entire oil field.

CSA-Nigeria

Offshore Site Supervisor

05/2005 – 11/04/2006

Nigeria –West Africa Duties Painting and grit blasting of oil rigs and offshore installations by means of rope access. Manage 4man to 50man crews. Duties include rope access rigging, net rigging and suspension, in situ flange facing, hot tapping, welding, fabrication, equipment design and development, technical consulting, costing, project engineering, drawing, planning and quality control. Accumulated in-depth work experience:

Work Experience Crack repair, cable window installation, and general fitting repairs to Vodacom, MTN and Cell C Cellular Transmitter Masts by means of rope access.

Fitting for pressure vessel hydraulic testing for: Transwerk Bevcan, BMW.

Replacing of spring hangers at Mossgas by means of rope access. drawing, planning / technical support/ QA.

Eskom Electric Power Stations: Kendal, Duvha, Lethabo, Matimba etc.

Coal Mines: Goedehoop, Greenside, Douglas, New Clydesdale etc. Tubatse FeCr, Hernic FeCr, Vametco, Rhovan, Assmang Cr. Operations support in workshops and site. General Boilermaker shop duties. Vibrating screens for Namakwa Sands. Research and development of plunger pump seal cleansing system. Machining, milling, drilling, welding and general boiler making and machinery maintenance. Underground pump installations, trouble shooting for underground pump problems. Henred Fruehauf, Production foreman on tipper trailer line. 32-man workforce. Revamp and organising of production assessment meetings. Maintenance of safety standards and worker welfare. Steinmuller, Fabrication of stainless steel "T" strainers, basket strainers, cylindrical' and conical strainers for petrochemical and paper industry, SA Water Board. General stainless steel and cast iron welding work. Aluminium and s/steel welding. Eccentric and concentric reducers 10 - 36" Plasma cutting fabricated strainers and Silencers for petrochemical, paper and mining industry. Drawing: CAD, Edgecam,

Tools & Equipment

Oxygen and acetylene cutting torch

Petrol and oxygen cutting torch

Spider baskets

Electrical Arc - stick welding 6G 25mm plate, MIG Welding TIG Welding - stainless, aluminium, copper

Spot Welding. Metal Powder spraying - Stellite and Fontargen CNC Plasma Cutting (Burny 2.5) Programming

Lathes, milling machines, drill presses, rolling presses, guillotines, bending brake

Hydraulic, vehicle and electrical repairs.

PIPING> Lobster bends, "T" pieces, lateral joints, flanges, developing, fitting and machining Rope Access. Drawings: CAD, Caddie, Edgecam, Solid Edge 3 D, Ultra Sonic flaw detection. Rigging & rigging apparatus manufacture.

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