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Saul Strachan
Welder / Plater
Personal Details:
Address: 7 St. James Crescent
Belton
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR31 9JN
Telephone: 01493 780865
Mobile: 07455 218257
Email: saul_strachan@hotmail.co.uk
Date of Birth: 17 November 1986
Nationality: British
Marital Status: Single
Health: Very Good
Education: Lynn Grove High School
Great Yarmouth College

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Professional Summary
A Welder / Plater with 10 years experience in various aspects of welding, fabrication,
mechanical fitting and engineering. I am a self-motivated individual with excellent
communication skills and always take pride in my work. I have worked on many ships
and offshore rigs and also have vast experience working in workshops and on site. I am
very interested in working onshore or offshore.
Qualifications:
GCSE’s
 English
 English Literature
 Science
 IT
 DT
 Geography
 Maths
NVQ Level 2 performing engineering operations covering machining, fitting and welding
Year 1, level 3 City & Guilds 2800 maintenance, installation & commissioning,
(engineering)
Level 3 Units of credit, City & Guilds 2800 welding and NVQ level 3 welding and
fabrication
Courses:
European Offshore Survival Certificate
Flux-core coded 3G
Controlled Bolt Torque Tensioning
Abrasive Wheels
Offshore Medical
MIST
IRATA Rope Access
EBS

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Employment History
DSL Ltd
Forties Charlie Platform
October 13th 2014 - Present
Position: Plater – Rope Access
Duties include:
 Rig repair & maintenance, using rope access equipment
Reel Group Ltd
Rowan Viking – Vlissingen, Netherlands
August - September 17th 2014
Position: Rig Welder
Duties include:
 Rig upgrades and refurbishment
 Oxy-Acet/Plasma cutting
 MMA - heavy & light fabrication
 Pipefitting/Fabrication
Northern Offshore Ltd via OMSUK
Energy Endeavour - Dutch sector
April - August 2014
Position: Rig Welder
Duties include:
 Rig upgrades and maintenance
 Oxy-Acet/Plasma cutting
 MMA/TIG welding
 Pipefitting/Fabrication
Reel Group Ltd
Verolme Botlek Rowan Gorilla 6
Jan 2014 – April 2014
Position: Rig Welder
Duties include:
 Rig building, upgrades and modifications to Norwegian spec.
 MMA/FCAW Welding
 Heavy Fabrication
 Oxy-Acet Cutting

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Employment History Continued
Ark Offshore Ltd
Byford Dolphin
May 2013 – Dec 2013
Position: Temporary Rig Welder
Awilco via Ark Offshore Ltd
Wilhunter Semi Submersible
April 2013
Position: Welder/Fabricator
Duties include:
 Oxy-Acet, Cutting MMA Welding
 Pipework, heavy and light fabrication
Halliburton via Oil Consultants Ltd
Ensco 102 Hartlepool
March 2013 – April 2013
Position: Welder/Fabricator
Duties include:
 Oxy-Acet Cutting, MMA welding, Gouging (Air Arc)
 Cement unit installation
Halliburton via Oil Consultants Ltd
Noble Globetrotter 2 Drillship - Rotterdam
January 2013 - March 2013
Position: Welder/Fabricator
Duties include:
 MMA welding, heavy fabrication constructing walkways and reinforcement
beams and pipefitting.
 Complete Cement Unit Installation
Dolphin Drilling via Ark Offshore
Borgsten Dolphin Semi Submersible (South African/Australian Waters)
December 2012 – January 2013
Position: Welder/Fabricator
Duties include:
 General rig repair/pipefitting
 MMA welding and Oxy-Acet Cutting/Gouging

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Employment History Continued
Schlumberger via Oil Consultants Ltd
Noble Clyde Boudreaux Semi Submersible
August 2012 to November 2012
Position: Welder/Fabricator
Duties include:
 Complete Rip-out and installation of full cement unit
 MMA/TIG welding – Pipe/Plate
 Oxy-Acet Cutting
Morgan Cooper, Gt Yarmouth
December 2011 to August 2012
Position: Welder/Plater
Duties include:
 Fabricating from engineering drawings to construct offshore equip
 Welding using FCAW 50 D steel to high spec
 MMA and TIG, oxy acet cutting
JBS Group Ltd, Peterhead
October to December 2011
Position: Welder/Plater
Duties include:
 MIG/FCAW
 Welding and Fabrication of Offshore Containers
Schlumberger via Oil Consultants Ltd
Transocean Galaxy 2 Jack-Up
May 2011 to July 2011
Position: Welder/Fabricator
Duties include:
 Complete Rip-out and installation of SLB cement unit
 MMA/TIG welding – Pipe/Plate
 Oxy-Acet Cutting

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Employment History Continued
Schlumberger via Oil Consultants Ltd
Ensco 100 Jack-Up Rig
April 2011 to May 2011
Position: Welder/Fabricator
Duties include:
 Fabrication and welding of cement room walkways and handrails.
 MMA/TIG welding – Pipe/Plate
 Assembly of soundproof control cabin.
Amphitec BV, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
December 2009 to August 2010
Position: Welder / Fitter
Duties include:
 Welding and fabricating truck machinery and tanks
 Pipefitting
 Plating
 General fitting of hydraulic and mechanical parts

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Prior Experience:
STM Engineering, Great Yarmouth
October 2008 to August 2009
Position: Welder / Plater
Duties included:
 Working on ships carrying out TIG Pipe Welding and MMA
 Gained Coding in FCAW
 Welding LT50 (50D)
 Plating and Oxy - Acet Cutting
During this second spell of employment on finishing my apprenticeship I was working from engineering
drawings in the workshop for the construction of framework, winches and working on sea-going vessels
including dredgers, container ships, supply vessels and standby vessels for modification and general ship
repair. I operated welding machines, profile cutters, saws, pugs and general handheld powertools.
Armultra Limited, Great Yarmouth
16 October 2006 to October 2008
Position: Welder / Plater
Duties included:
 Welder / Plater using MMA/Flux core/MIG/TIG in both LCS and Stainless, Alu
welding, sheet working and Oxy-Acet cutting
I moved to here to gain more in-depth knowledge about engineering and fabrication and to finish my
apprenticeship. Here I learned to work from engineering drawings to a high degree and constructed
framework, stairways, bridges etc whilst in workshop. I also worked on-site welding mild steel pipe; sched
10-80 in factories for British Sugar, cold stores (ALDI, NFT, Birdseye, Heinz) pipefitting and welding
ammonia pipelines using TIG.
STM Engineering, Great Yarmouth
20 May 2005 to 15 October 2006
Position: Machinist / Fitter / Plater
Duties included:
 Welder / Plater singcovering MMA/MIG, shipyard fitting, diesel fitting, sheet metal
and sheet welding (TIG)
Following completion of first year of college studying engineering this become a work based apprenticeship.
I started here working within a marine environment on sea-going vessels learning how engines work, fitting
and overhauls/reconditioning of engines; ruston paxman, caterpillar, wartzila. I also learned to weld here
using MMA and how to cut using gas cutting tools working to engineering drawings.