John Harper has over 45 years of experience as a mechanical maintenance fitter, including 25 years of offshore experience. He has extensive skills in mechanical maintenance, installation, commissioning, and decommissioning of turbines, pumps, generators, boilers, and other equipment. He also has expertise in isolations, rigging, lifting, firefighting, and various maintenance management systems. His most recent roles include positions as a mechanical technician for Petrofac on the BPBruce and BPSchiehallion platforms from 2014-2016, where he performed maintenance, testing, and safe isolations.

1. John Frederick Harper
8 Castle Gate
Wrexham Road
Holt, LL139TS
Mobile: 07860511640
Email: John_f_harper@hotmail.com
Skills / Ability:
I’m a time served Mechanical Maintenance Fitter with over 45 years, (25 being offshore)
Experience in mechanical maintenance, process, installation, commissioning and de-
commissioning.
 High standards of safety,health and environmental awareness
 Performing Authority using ISSOW.
 Isolating Authority - Safe Isolation and Reinstatement of Plant (SIRPS).
 Turbines, Compressors, Pumps, Generators, & Motors.
 Boilers, Vessels, Heat Exchangers & Associated Equipment.
 Emergency Diesel Generators and Fire pumps.
 Lube Oil, Pneumatic & Hydraulic Systems.
 Fire Fighting, Deluge and Sprinkler Systems.
 Lifeboats, Davits, Skyscapes, life-rafts & Related Equipment.
 Accomplished Machinist.
 Controlled bolt tension procedures and equipment.
 Pressure testing of various types of equipment.
 P.S.V. Overhaul,Test and Re-certification.
 Temporary Generation & Air compressors, AGGREKO, NOV & COATES.
 ISSOW, COSHH,Hazard recognition, Maximo/Backbone. DRR and safety awareness.
 Deluge and Sprinkler function tests.
Qualifications:
 Apprentice in mechanical maintenance fitting, City & Guilds
 Mechanical Engineering Craft Studies Parts 1, 2 & 3
 E.I.T.B. Apprenticeship Training Certificate.
 Merseyside Training council Training certificate.
 NVQ Part 3 Mechanical Maintenance.
Training Courses:
 Current Offshore Survival Certificate & Medical.
 Safe Isolation and Reinstatement of Plant (SIRPS).
 ISSOW – Integrated Safe Systems of Work.
 Rigging, Slinging and Banks man.
 OPITO,3 Day Rigging and lifting.
 Fire Fighting Team, Various.
 Coxswain 5 Day and Refreshers.
 Manual Handling “ Train The Trainer”.
 Hedley Purvis 3 Day Bolt Tensioning techniques and refreshers.
 Rotalign 2 Day training and refreshers

2.  SKF Condition based Monitoring and software.
 Tyco Pressure relief valve Recertification 5 days and refresher.
 Maximo management system.
 Scribe for OIM’s assessment,Darby 2 days 2011.
 GOC Foundation Course.
 Swagelok fittings Course
 Microsoft Excel 2007.
 CMAS and VIT up today, CPP completed.
Sept 14 to March 16 ; Petrofac CMC Mechanical Technician. BPBruce and Magnus
Duties;
Carrying out Safe Isolation and Reinstatement of Plant (SIRPS). Including updating the critical locked
open, locked close valve register.
PSV removal and reinstatement after overhaul/recertification by Pentair.
Fire water ring main maintenance, including fire hydrants, helideck monitors and isolation valves.
Deluge and sprinkler skid repairs, function and flow to drain tests.
Assisting the maintenance department as and when required.
May 12 to July 14: Petrofac Mechanical Technician – BPSchiehallion FPSO.
Duties;
Maintain and improve plant safety and efficiency by, carrying out preventative maintenance and
testing of mechanical equipment and control systems.
Fault-finding and repairing malfunctions with mechanical equipment and control systems.
Implementing small scale modifications.
All tasks undertaken safely, efficiently and in accordance with the sites safe system of work and by
working co-operatively with other staff. Field suspension duties prior to docking in Rotterdam.
July 03 to April 12: AMEC, KBR, PSN and Petrofac Mechanical Technician – BPMiller
Duties;
Later working within the decommissioning campaign maintenance team.
Previously in a self-managed operations maintenance team, covering breakdown, corrective and
preventive maintenance, including hazard identification and safety awareness,raising the appropriate
permits to work, ordering of all spares, returning equipment back to shore for overhaul, repair or
replacement, Leasing with various vendors. Job officer and updating of work packs for shutdowns.
Assisting the search and rescue team,including helideck duties. Petrofac CPP tiers 1,2 and 3 Complete.
2011
Experience of MAXIMO, JDMS jointing database, GOC, IFP planning, and BOSS.
Safety duties: Coxswain. Fire-team member, helideck team member.
Jun 02 – June 03; AMEC Mechanical Technician BP TARS
Rolls Royce and Cooper work scopes and PSV recertification’s.
Jan 01 – May02; AMEC Mechanical Technician Bra Alph
Core crew maintenance
Apr 00 – Sept 00; AMEC Mechanical Technician Shell Shearwater HUC
Hook up and commissioning
Sep 99 – Mar 00; Mechanical Fitter, Camel Laird, Shipyard, Birkenhead.
Mar 99 – Aug 99; AMEC Various work scopes.
BPForties,Muchison, Shell North Cormorant, Shell Dunlin, Shell Eider.
Feb 97 – Feb 99; Mechanical Technician,AMEC British Gas, Morecambe Bay.

3. Oct 95 – Dec 96; TAE, Senior Mechanical Technician, Services British Gas Safx, Tunisia.
Jun 90 – Sept 95; AMECMechanical Technician, British Gas, Morecambe Bay.
Dec 89 – May 90; Mechanical Technician, MBS, BPBeatrice B Offshore.
1984 – 1989; Maintenance Fitter, Maelor General Hospital, Wrexham.
1982 – 1984; Mechanical Fitter, Bensell Engineering, Didcot power station.
1981 – Apr to Sept; Millwright, G. Wimpy MEC, BNOCOil Terminal.
1979 – 1981; Millwright, Rolls-Royce Motors Crewe, Cheshire.
1975 – 1979; Mechanical Fitter, British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, Cheshire.
1968 –1975; Apprenticeship, Mechanical Maintenance Fitter, Haywood-William, Liverpool
Road, Chester. Attended Chester College of further education.