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PARTIAL CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME : SUTHERLAND, DAVID
MAIN ADDRESS :
POSTAL ADDRESS :
DATE OF BIRTH : 6TH
January 1960
HOME TELEPHONE No. :
MOBILE PHONE No. :
EMAIL ADDRESS :
NATIONALITY : British
MARITAL STATUS : Married
FLY POINT TO WORK :
FLY POINT FROM WORK :
SALARY PAYMENT : US DOLLAR or EURO
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
 Liberian Masters License – Not Renewed at this time.
 Liberian & Marshall Islands Barge Supervisor Certification & Seaman’s Books (In Date)
 Current Offshore Survival (In Date)
 Stability I, II & III Including Damage Control.
 Offshore Operations
 Radar Observers
 Chart work
 Navigation
 Major Emergency Management
 GMDSS
 Sparrows Certified Crane Operator Level III
 Crane Lifting Operations.
 Current in date Full Clear Medical Certificate.
 Most standard training courses are in currently in Date.
 Currently retain 2 x British Passports, One for Visas & one for Travel if required.

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Muggie-Moss Paper Mill Bucksburn ABZ JUNE 1976 – DECEMBER 1980
SEDCO / Transocean DECEMBER 1980 – APRIL 2016
Aberdeen Schools 1965 - 1976
KEY SKILLS OFFSHORE:
POSITION HELD: BARGE MARINE SUPERVISOR.
 Roustabout 6 mths, Roughneck 7 mths, Crane Operator for 7 years & also stood in several times as relief BCO
during the 7 years as Crane Operator, full time BCO for 13 mths, Barge Engineer for over 25 years working 20
years plus, overseas.
 Overseas areas of work includes: North Sea, West African Coast, Malaysia, Trinidad-Tobago, Brazil, Turkey,
USA & South Africa.
 Proficient in Chain, Chain Wire & all wire moorings on several Deepwater Semi class units, also on several Jack-
ups Trident class.
 Very experienced with Deepwater moorings, pre-set systems, pre-lays & Buoying systems up to 7000ft water
depth.
 Cold stacking & Reactivation of several units.
 Very experienced & compliant in writing up Rig Moving, Berthing, location Procedures.
 Very compliant with Budgets, People motivation, daily costs, assist with major planning of Shipyard Events for
UWELD, SPS, ABS, DNV Surveys & overhauls of any Marine & at time Drilling Equipment.
 Vast Experience in Marine Operations, good Key team member with dedicated commitment, up to date with all
types of PC Programmes, networking Vee Sat Comms.
 Very compliant to achieve set goals with deadlines, stay within budgets, aim for better qualities & efficiencies to
save wastage costs we encounter & see every day in the field, major challenges to face and be overcome or
worked around.
 Good Mechanical Knowledge of most Rig Equipment used.
 Crane Operation Assessment Certificate still in date for Lattice Cranes.
 As so many other Personnel, I was handed early retirement from Transocean in April 2016 due to the downturn in
the oil industry & the Rig I was assigned to becoming cold stacked in South Africa.