Kevin Barraclough is a highly experienced blasting and coating inspector/supervisor with over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He has extensive experience supervising teams performing surface preparation and coating application offshore and onshore. He is NACE CIP 2 certified with qualifications in confined space entry, radiation protection, and safety management. Currently he works as a coating inspector/supervisor ensuring quality control and documentation.

1. Kevin Neil Barraclough
79 Sutherland Drive – Broadway – Sunderland – Tyne & Wear – United Kingdom – SR4 8RJ
07818598978 / 01915281698 – kevbarra@fsmail.net – kevinbarraclough@rocketmail.com
Profile
A highly motivated and proven Blasting and Coating NACE CIP 2 Inspector/Supervisor and RPS certified.
With over 30 years coating experience of working in the demanding and pressurised environment of the
Oil and Gas Sector. A goal oriented individual who is a strong team player and leader with a professional
and responsible attitude and an inherent desire to meet and exceed goals. Flexible and adaptable, always
striving to find a timely and effective solution to any problems faced to reduce cost and ensure customer
satisfaction. Experience in the Oil and Gas Industry includes the supervision of a team of multi-national
blaster and painters working on offshore and onshore. Currently looking to enhance existing skills and take
on new challenges also currently working towards gaining NACE CIP 3 Certification.
Key Strengths
• QA/QC Inspection and documentation
• Leadership and strong team player
• Supervisory management to provide and maintain a safe working environment
• Working with, training and managing of foreign nationals
• Forward planning of daily and future work scopes and materials required
• Adaptable and resourceful
• Capable of using initiative to provide a speedy resolution of blasting, coating and paint equipment
faults
• Level-headed and able to adapt to changing situations
• Extremely punctual and disciplined
• Able to work under pressure
• Excellent time management skills enabling efficient resolution of problems and ensuring reduced
costs
• Willing and accustomed to work varied shift patterns
• Experience with manpower control
• Excellent communication skills
• Familiar with working to ISO 9000 and AS 9001 standards
• Highly experienced coating background
Technical skills
Maintain and document project coating stock, equipment and consumables Attend & participate in planning/co-coordinating meetings
Reporting of daily and weekly activities to client and management STOP and step back 5x5 Safety management & PTW audits
PTW trained paper or electronic based systems, task based risk assessments Client coating specification and technical support
Complete coating surveys, work scope evaluation and estimations Confined Space entry use of BA and rescue trained
Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS), NORM removal documentation, control and supervision
Surface preparation and coating standards QA/QC Inspection and documentation
Conventional, airless, air-assisted airless, HVLP and plural pump spray equipment Hydro-blasting (UP/UHP) operator and equipment
Tank & Vessel Hydrocarbon solids removal and cleaning Tank & vessel lining coating systems
Monitor of atmospheric conditions, surface preparations, mixing and application Non-skid deck & heli-deck coating systems
Training of foreign nationals in the classroom and on the job training Contract appraisals of all team members
Employment History

2. Feb 2015 – Present National Oil Well Varco Missions (Bedlington UK) NACE 2 Coating Inspector/
Supervisor
• QA/QC Inspection of blasting and coating of high pressure drilling Choke and Kill, Mud and Cement
manifold module packages, piping, valves and flow line pipe equipment for the offshore oil and gas
industry.
May 2014 – Feb 2015 MI-SWACO-Schlumberger Blasting & Coating & RPS Operations Support
Supervisor
• Responsible for the overall management and for the successful contract safety, planning, and
execution of all NORM removal and waste disposal operations on board the FSPO KUITO for
CHEVRON / SBM/ Angolan Government.
• On a daily basis liaise with the client facility upper management team on progress and issues
concerning the status of the project and maintain all the NORM relevant documentation. .
• Carry out tool box talks and ensuring that all PTW and work packs are correct prior to the crew
carrying out any NORM operations in COT and vessels.
• Supervise and mentor work force, this includes task risk assessment and confined space entry.
• Provide the client with work scope surveys, estimations when requested by the offshore and
onshore project coordinator, planners, other function support staff and the client representatives
and key stakeholders.
MI-SWACO Project
• May 2014 – Feb 2015 Chevron-SBM FSPO KUITO Angola – Decommissioning, clean and Release
NORM removal project.
June 2006 – May 2014 Dickerman Group Blasting & Coating & RPS Superintendent
• Overall management of contract safety, planning, QC and QA, documentation, coordination and
execution of all Dickerman Fabric Maintenance contracts for various clients. .
• On a daily basis liaise with the client facility upper management team, onshore project
coordinator, planners, other function support staff and the client representatives and key
stakeholders on all projects. Adhere to the client QA/QC, work and safety management systems.
• Overall responsibility for contract safety procedures, risk assessments, Daily tool box meetings
PTW and JSA, s.
• Responsible for maintaining contract QA/QC. Visual Inspections and required testing as per
contract specification and verify conformance to the specification (with documentation). QA/QC
Daily Reports to Client.
• Organisation and planning of daily and future fabric painting work scopes also materials required
for other trades connected with the fabric maintenance project.
• Mentor and coaching of both local and foreign nationals.
• Carry out task risk based assessments and confined space entry operations.
• Provide client with work scope surveys, estimations and costs when requested by the onshore
project coordinator, planners, other function support staff and the client representatives and
company key stakeholders.
Dickerman Projects
• Sept 2013 - May 2014 Exxon Mobil Equatorial Guinea Serpentina FSPO topside painting and COT
tank cleaning program. Applying specialized tank lining coating’s in COT and vessels.
• June 2013 - Sept 2013 Noble Energy / SMB ASENG FPSO Equatorial Guinea Painting program
• April 2013 - June 2013 Exxon Mobil / Kizomba Alpha Angola HP Separator Repair/ NORM removal.

3. • Jan 2013- April 2013 Si-Serve – Chertsey and Reading - Thames Water Sludge and Bitumen sealant
blast Removal
• June 2009 - Jan 2013 Exxon Mobil Equatorial Guinea Jade Platform & Zafrio Producer painting /
vessel & tank cleaning programs
• Jan 2009 - May 2009 HESS Equatorial Guinea FSPO Sendji Ceiba hull and tank Integrity repair
program. Applying specialized tank lining coating’s in COT and vessels.
• June 2006 - Jan 2009 Exxon Mobil Equatorial Guinea Jade Platform and Zafrio Producer FSPO
topside painting & tank cleaning programs
Oct 2004 to June 2006 HM Plant Limited Spray Painter/Supervisor
• Supervise the preparation and re-Spraying of all new and second-hand Hitachi construction
equipment to customer livery specifications
• Supervision and training of paint shop personnel
• Production scheduling and QA /QC inspection
• Maintain paint stock levels and associated materials
• Liaising with suppliers for coating and consumables
Oct 1999 to Oct 2004 TPDMU Al Salam Aircraft Company, KSA Corrosion Control Specialist/Supervisor
• Carried out major (D check) refurbishment of Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado’s IDS and ADV and
wide body 747 Saudi Airlines
• Carried out preparation and re-spraying and corrosion control operations to Tornado’s IDS and
ADV aircraft and wide body 747 Saudi Airlines
• Carried Inspection and Quality assurance to ISO 9001 standards before aircraft handed over to
customer
• Supervision of all contract personal and paint shop scheduling of aircraft and components
• On the job training and classroom theory teaching of Saudi and Filipino nationals
• Maintain paint stock levels and associated materials
• Control and service aircraft paint shop tools and equipment
• Control and maintain aircraft documentation and work orders raised to RAF/RSAF and Saudi
Airlines procedures
Apr 1998 to Oct 1999 MTK Containers Limited Operator /Lead Spray Painter
• Worked in a team in blasting operations using blast booths and equipment
• Worked on the chemical pickling and sealing zone
• Supervised and carried out vessel coating operations in all paint booths
• Carried out full OA/QC Inspection of vessel container and decals applied
• Carried out to Lloyds inspection standards.
Sept 1997 to Apr 1998 Anson Ltd (Now Anson Oil Well Varco) Lead Spray Painter
• Blasting and surface preparation and painting of high pressure pipe work, valves and flow
line pipe equipment for the on and offshore oil and gas industry
Apr 1996 to Sept 1997 Caterpillar Peterlee Ltd Temporary Spray Painter
• Prepared, painted, applied CAT decals and inspected Caterpillar dump trucks

4. • Worked in production scheduling and QA /QC inspection
• Maintained paint stock levels and associated materials in final finish
• Working In various areas of paint shop from assembly to final finish
Feb 1996 - Apr 1996 Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited Temporary Manufacturing Staff
• Working in the spray booth of the paint shop on the Primera line
• Responsible for production and quality
• Housekeeping and maintenance of paint booths
Aug 1983 - Jan 1996 Royal Air Force Painter and
Finisher
• Responsible for refinishing of surface coatings on RAF aircraft, vehicles and ground support
equipment
• Preparation and pre-treatment of the surface to be painted
• The use of chemical paint strippers and using abrasive equipment
• Trained in the use of plastic media blasting operations and using blast booths and equipment
• Treating areas for corrosion
• Applied specialized coatings ranging from two pack epoxy primers and paints, two pack
polyurethane gloss, semi and matt, specialized abrasive, erosion and flexible coatings, single pack
acrylics, cellulose and synthetics coatings
• Experienced in the use of DeVilbiss and Graco airless and air assisted kits, HVLP and JGA/JGV spray
hand guns
• Applied different vehicle and aircraft markings/decals
Education & Qualification
• 2015 NACE CIP 2 (Coatings Inspector Level 2 ) Certified 10 Oct 15
• 2015 MIST - Minimum Industry Safety Training
• 2015 NACE CIP 1 (Coatings Inspector Level 1 ) Certified 2 May 15 No 313107 Cert No 59391
• 2014 FALCK BOSIET offshore survival Sept 2014- Oct 18
• 2014 FALCK UKOOA offshore medical May 2014 – 16
• 2014 FALCK EBS Training Update Aug 2014
• 2013 City and Guilds Level 3 emergency rescue and recovery of casualties from confined spaces.
• 2013 City and Guilds Level 2 working in high risk confined spaces in the water Industry
• 2013 City and Guild Level 2 working in medium risk confined spaces in the water Industry
• 2013 Tracerco, Teesside Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS)
• 2012 City and Guilds Water Jetting – Safety awareness cert & surface preparation and cleaning cert
• 2011 Exxon Mobil Training new Exxon Mobil electronic permit to work system
• 2006 Tyne Dock Valid UK seaman’s discharge book No DB00040958
• 2001 BAE Systems (Riyadh) Health and safety and manual handling awareness
• 1995 Ruane & T P O’Neill BGAS Paint Inspector course – Coating theory & practice
• 1994 RAF St Athan Q -annotation for practical and theory side of the use of plastic media removal
• 1984 RAF St Athan City & Guilds Motor Vehicle Body & Craft (Parts I & II)
• 1983 RAF St Athan Painter & Finisher trade training

5. • 1982 St Aidan’s School English Literature, English Language, History, Biology, Physics, Chemistry,
Classical Studies, Religious Education and Geography.
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6. • 1982 St Aidan’s School English Literature, English Language, History, Biology, Physics, Chemistry,
Classical Studies, Religious Education and Geography.
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