1. MICHAEL UJVARY
CODED WELDER
PERSONAL DETAILS
Address: 7 Hazel Street NI No: YS664301C
Sutton in Ashfield Passport: 529081200
Notts NG17 3FD expires Jan 2025
Tel: 07540 808289 Nationality: British
DOB: 24.06.53
BACKGROUND
To 1968 Dukeries Comprehensive School, New Ollerton, Notts
1968.1970 Junior Tradesman Regiment
1970-1975 R Ogden (UK Pipelines) Ltd, Apprenticeship as Welder
Additional Skills: HOTA Combined Offshore Survival & firefighting Certificate
Working knowledge of German
WORK EXPERIENCE
Below is a list of the companies I have worked for over the last 30+ years. The
following is a summary of the welding techniques and metals I have worked with
during this time:
TIG, MMA, MIG, STOVE PIPE WELDING
MILD STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL, CARBON STEEL, CONIFER, COPPER
RANGES ½” TO 6FT PIPE SYSTEMS, SMALL TO VERY LARGE PRESSURE
VESSELS, HOPPERS AND TANKS. IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF OIL RIGS,
REFINERY INSTALLATIONS, POWER STATIONS INCLUDING NUCLEAR.
Late 1970’s
Path Engineering, Chesterfield
Construction welding of large pressure vessels and pipework to ASME 9 Standards
Cousins Engineering, Middlesborough
Working in Hamburg on construction of Semi-submersible drilling rig.
IPF(Overseas) Lime Street, Hull
Work on various contracts throughout Germany. High pressure steam lines at the
Mercedes Benz, Stuttgart being one site. Also, shell Esso Refineries, Rotterdam,

2. Conventional Power Station of Duesberg and Underground Pipeline (6ft stoved) at
Ulig Engineering Langheim, Hannheim, Switzerland.
During 1980’s
Green & Sons, Wakefield W Yorks
At Cottam Power Station (S/Steel, Cr/Mo, Inconel and large bore welding) and in
Ireland (package boiler installation)
International Comnbustion Ltd, Derbys
At Dracklow and Cottam Power Stations
BN & F Ltd, Windscale, Cumbria
S/Steel, Cr/Mo, Argon, Tig welding
Babcock Power Ltd, Castle Donnington, Derbys
At Cottam, Rugley, Tilbury, Slough, ICI Willington & Manham Power Stations
NEI Nuclear Systems, Ltd, Gateshead
At Ferrybidge Power Station and Torness Nuclear Power Station
Foster Wheeler Power Products Ltd
At Radcliffe, Drax and Cottam Power Stations
Tysol Ltd, Derbys
At Aberthaw Power Station, PF Pipeline
During 1990’s
WGR Engineering
At Alloid Colloid Chemical Works, Bradford (fabrication, developing bending
S/Steel, mild carbon steel from drawings to welding completion, using tig and
electrode)
Babcocks Power Ltd and Dunn Engineering Ltd
At Didcot, Cottam and Tilbury Power Stations
Kenworth UK Ltd
Pressure vessel work using automatic orbital welding on heat exchanger.
Schweisstecknik Stubb Handels GmbH, Hamburg
Working on a dowel chemical refinery, welding s/steel and carbon steel vessels.
Jadealto Ltd, UK
Assembling and welding S/Steel hoppers.
NEI International Combustion Ltd
Teeside Power Plant, building new plant
GEC Althom, Corby
Pipework
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3. 1990’s to 2009
Seniors, Wakefield
Pipework repairs
Thomas Construction, Nottingham
On site at Cautaulds Chemical works, Sponden, Derbys (S/Steel pipeworks 2”-8”)
B&N Pipeline Services Ltd
On site at Rover, Cowley & Ford, Dagenham (S/Steel pipeworks)
Accordis Chemical Refinery, Derbyshire
Welding S/Steel pipes from 2” to 36” OD up to wall thickness from 1/8” to 1”.
1996 to 1997 my partner and I took a year out and went on a world trip (Kenya, South
Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and California USA). Whilst abroad I
managed to find some contract work – details below.
Kenya Aconol Engineering, Niarobi
(various piping systems, and repair work)
South Africa Kynoch Kimsimis (PTY) Ltd, Malmsbury
(piping systems and repair work)
Australia Fabcon Constructions, Perth
(Tig welding on Aluminium Vessels.
KL Drilling Services, Perth
(on site nr Cairns – working on pipe systems, various pipe sizes)
New Zealand Mico Wakefield, Onehunga
(Pipeline systems, laying 14” pipe line)
2009 to Present day I have built a 62ft barge which I now live on and during this time I
have only taken on small jobs/work as I needed to keep the momentum up to finish the
barge,
Now that is done I am free to continue my career.
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