Objective
Work and get more experience as a deckhand while building up sea time recency to go up for 3 mate's license.
Experience
Aug2006 – Jul 2007
Deckhand
Atlantic Gulf Towing
PO Box 1706
Chesapeake, VA 23327
Aug 2006 to Jul 2007
Hook up and detach tow bridle for towing scows and dredges and pushing barges, moor and unmoor tug/scow to dock or dredge, splicing lines, replacing towing wire and socket, conduct maintenance, chipping & painting and cleaning of tug and equipment.
Jun 2006 – Aug 2006
Deckhand
American Cruise Lines
741 Boston Post Rd
Guilford, CT
Moor and unmoor vessel at dock, load and offload luggage for passengers, stand gangway, security and wheel watches, ensure safety of passengers, minor maintenance and cleaning of hull, make launch ready for ferrying passengers to and from shore, raise and lower launch and act as bow hook for launch.
Dec 2005-Jul 2006
Deckhand
River Street Riverboat Co.
9 East River St
Savannah, GA 31401
Collect tickets and direct customers in boarding and disembarking riverboat, moor and unmoor riverboat at dock, ensure safety of passengers, assist captain by driving riverboat, conduct maintenance of hull and engine room deck and given charge of training new deckhands.
Dec 2002 to Aug 2005
Warehouse Shipper and Stocker
L.N. Curtis & Sons
1800 Peralta St
Oakland, CA 94607
Pulled orders for customers, packed for shipping, and processed for appropriate shipping company. Put stock on shelves.
Jan 1999 - Jan 2003
Quartermaster
US Coast Guard
Oct 1984 - May 1996
US Navy
Track ship’s position, voyage planning keep records and deck logs, make announcements over intercom system, answer phones, give navigation training to subordinates and
officers, operate ship’s wheel for hazardous maneuvering evolutions, stand gangway watches, duty section leader, assign crewmembers to gangway watches, trained, evaluated and qualified personnel to stand plot watch or gangway watch, created and implemented navigation training program and cross training for another department, train and supervise lookouts, record weather observations.
Education
High School Diploma from Eastside High, Brushy Creek Rd. Taylors, SC
1 year College at Cape Cod Community College
Certification
STCW-95
Lifeboatman
MMD with OS endorsement
Skils
Splice line
Tie knots
Plot fixes on chart
Steer vessels
Train fellow personnel
Am currently attending Northeast Maritime Institute for AB course. Graduate 10 Aug. Will turn in certificates, application and physical to apply for MMD with AB & Lifeboatman endorsement.