Objective
looking for jobs ashore in merchant marine industry.
Experience
September 2003 – September 2009 Chief Mate, First Mate and Third engineer at SEAFRANCE (Calais, FR), ferry shipping company operating in the Dover Strait. Worked on the M/V Seafrance Renoir and on the M/V Seafrance Nord Pas de Calais and participated in three dry dock refits as safety officer and chief officer (1 month in Newcastle UK in 2009).
October 2002 – July 2003 Cadet at Brittany Ferries (Roscoff, FR) French Ferry Shipping Company operating in the Manche Sea. I worked on the M/V Quiberon, M/V Duc de Normandie and M/V Normandie.
Education
2005 : 1 year Merchant Marine school course at the Ecole Nationale de la Marine Marchande (French Merchant Marine Academy) at Marseille (France), leading to the Master/Chief Engineer Unlimited Diploma (DESMM).
1999 to 2002 : 3 years Merchant Marine school course at the Ecole Nationale de la Marine Marchande at Le Havre (France), leading to the 1st Class Officer Degree (O1MM).
1987 to 1999 : Elementary, middle and high school completed at Lycée Moliere, a French school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Obtained the French Baccalauréat in Science with a concentration in mathematics.
Certification
- Unlimited Merchant Marine Master certificate, issued under the provisions of the international convention on standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers 1978, amended in 1995 (STCW 95).
- Unlimited Merchant Marine Chief Mate certificate, issued under the provisions of the international convention on standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers 1978, amended in 1995 (STCW 95).
- Unlimited Merchant Marine Polyvalent officer (Officer in charge of a navigational watch and Officer in charge of an engineering watch), issued under the provisions of the international convention on standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers 1978, amended in 1995 (STCW 95).
Certificate functions:
• Navigation
• Cargo handling and storage
• Marine engineering,
• Maintenance and repair
• Electronic, Electrical and control engineering
• Controlling the operation of the ship and care for persons on board
• Radio communications
- Ship Security Officer
- Medical Training certificate (level 3)
- Certificate of competence in the use of radar
- Certificate of proficiency in survival craft and rescue boats
- Certificate of proficiency in advanced fire fighting
- General Operator’s certificate
- Ro-ro passenger ships safety training course certificate
Skils
Maritime background, fast adaption, motivation, organization and leadership, capacity to learn and be operational quickly in a previously unknown field.
Permanent visa for United States (with permission to work)
Permanent resident visa for Brazil
Languages:
English: Fluent
French: Mother language
Portuguese: Second mother language
Spanish: Conversational
Informatics:
Advanced level of knowledge in the widely-used of normal programs (eg: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Adobe),
some areas of programming, hardware and a great ability for adapting quickly to new programs.