Objective
To Serve as mate/ crew onbord one of your tugs.
After more training Captain
Experience
2000 – 2008 Florida Atlantic University, SeaTech Facility, Dania Beach, Florida
Research Boat Captain -
Duties include the launch and recovery of AUV (Automated Underwater Vehicle), Side Scan Sonar, Sub Bottom Profile technology and Underwater Video
• The R/V Stephan, a 65 ft aluminum Hull Navy Belt Research Vessel
• The Oceaneer, a 30 ft Research Vessel
• The R/V Lee, a 17 ft rigged hull inflatable
1989 – 2000 Freelance Commercial Diver/Boat Captain
Industrial Diver Co –
Worked as a hard hat diver with surface supplied air, and surface communication.
Duties included pipe penetration, underwater welding, burning and ship salvage, and underwater problem solving.
1995 – 1998 General Offshore Company
• International Diver and Dive Supervisor - underwater fiber optic cable installation and protection from ship to shore (S. Caribbean, Brazil, Panama, Chile, Ecuador, Peru).
• Part-time boat captain – charter
• Freelance Boat Captain –
• Seaward Services, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Resolve Towing and Salvage, Port Everglades, FL
1984 – 1989 American Underwater Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC)
US Navy Base on Andros Island
• Mate on board a 125 ft torpedo retriever vessel
• Captain – 60 ft. LCU
1973 – 1979 United States Army
Education
High School and some collage
Certification
100 Ton Master Near Coastal
Towing Endorsement
Marine Radio Operator/ ARPA Radar
Advanced Shipboard Firefighting
Dive Master
Skils
Commercial Diveing Under water inspection
And Ships husbandry