Mark Gerard Boshell is an experienced Instrument Technician with over 20 years of experience working offshore in the oil and gas industry. He has worked for various companies including Wood Group, BP, and BG-Group. He has extensive experience maintaining instrumentation systems related to production, gas compression, fire and gas detection, and more. Currently he works as an Instrument Technician on the BP Andrew Platform, where his duties include corrective and preventative maintenance, breakdown repairs, and involvement in commissioning projects.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Details
NAME: Mark Gerard Boshell
ADDRESS: 3 Highgrove Court
Renfrew
PA4 8PX
TELEPHONE: 0141 8852110
MOBILE: 07938101949
DATE OF BIRTH: 9th March 1979
MARITAL STATUS: Single
NATIONALITY: British
INTERESTS: Travel, music, reading, computing, football, trivia.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Trinity High School
Successfully completed general secondary education with 8
Standard Grade level passes in Maths, Chemistry, Biology,
English, History, Computing studies, Latin and Art and Design
Glasgow Nautical College
O.NC in Industrial Measurement & Process Control.
Aberdeen College 1997-1998
Higher National Certificate in Process control/instrumentation.
NVQ level 2 in Instrumentation.
NVQ level 3 in Instrumentation.
TRAINING
• Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET) course
• Further Offshore Emergency Training (FOET
• Fire team and Heli-deck team member.
• Successfully completed Banks man & slinging training at Sparrows of Aberdeen.
• Fully up to date with the latest computer based planned maintenance and Corrective
maintenance systems(MAXIMO 5.1 and 7 ), ISSOW permit to work systems.
• Successfully completed aspire safety course.
• Successfully completed STOP safety course.
• Successfully completed BP CMAS
• Successfully completed BG-Group CAMS
• Successfully completed BP BOSS and SOC

2. • Computer literate in Microsoft word and Excel
• Successfully completed control loop performance improvement course at Jewel and
Esk Valley College Edinburgh.
• Successfully completed Minimum Industry Safety Training (MIST)
• Successfully completed BP advanced safety audit training.
• Successfully completed south Everest subsea controls course
• Successfully completed Siemens Intelligent display control course.
• Successfully completed Swagelok compression fittings and tubing course.
• Successfully completed compex EX01-EX04 certification training.
• Successfully completed ABB advent master AC400/A240 configuration and
programming training course.
• Successfully completed Guidance on certification training course
• Successfully completed safe isolation and reinstatement of plant (SIRP) course.
• Successfully completed micro pack fire and gas course in Aberdeen.
• Successfully completed hydra tight bolted joint integrity course.
• Successfully completed Siemens GT-35 course
• Successfully completed Viper sub-sea hydraulics training
• Successfully completed Delta-V controls course.
• Successfully completed BP 5 Why's training.
• Successfully completed BP WMS course
• Successfully completed ECITB SBT01 (small bore tubing) course
PROFILE
A conscientious self-motivated Instrument Technician, I am an offshore Instrument technician
fully familiar with the concepts, processes and practicalities associated with the management
of change, possessing a record of achievement set against a background of F&G detection
systems, Level, temperature, flow and pressure instrumentation. A proven team player which
allied to highly developed interpersonal and communication skills has allowed for the
building and development of effective, capable teams, able to work in complex, arduous and
critical environments, achieving and exceeding all targets whilst still maintaining a Safety
record of the highest standard.
EXPERIENCE
WOOD GROUP ENGINEERING LTD (OCT 1998-SEPT 2005)
BP (SEPT 2005- 2009)
BG-Group (2009-2012)
BP (2012- Present)
APPRENTICESHIP
I attended Glasgow Nautical College, on obtaining my O.N.C in Instrumentation,
Measurement & Control. I then transferred to Aberdeen College to complete my H.N.C in
Process Control. From college, Wood Group seconded me to BP Amoco North Everest to
complete my 2 year apprenticeship. I was employed as one of two instrument techs on shift.

3. Instrument Technician North Everest Platform (Oct 1998-SEP 2012)
Employed by BP and then BG-group on the North Everest Platformwhich produces gas&
condensate fromEverest field and exported via a bridge to the RiserPlatform, which distributesto the
CATS pipeline and Forties pipeline.
As shift instrument technician working in a small teamperforming routine & breakdown maintenance
on processing, gas compression, ESD,DCS and utility plant equipment.
I assisted with platformproduction operations under direction of the OTL (M), OTL (P) and CRO.
As the instrument technician on shift my responsibilities were to maintain safely & efficiently the
production, to keep the instrument maintenance backlogs to a minimum& maintain high plant
reliability. I amfamiliar with all aspects of instrumentation including pressure,flow, level, analysis &
temperature.I performed the Fire & Gas maintenance for the North Everest platform&
accommodation,and also assisted with the platformmetering tasks.
I was involved with variousNorth Everest platformcommissioning projects over the
years such as the South Everest project and the North Everest platforms midlife compression project
and halon removal project, I wasalso involved with the commissioning of two newwells drilled on
the North Everest platform T14, and T4z, in which I commissioned the instrumentation and controls.
I was also involved in a fire and gas upgrade on the North Everest platform, which entailed the
removal of old pellistor style gas detectorsand installing newinfra-red gas detectorsto comply with
PFEER standards.
I was an active member of the North Everest heli-Deck crew and fire teamand also involved with the
North Everest environmental green teamand aspire safety group.
Instrument technician BP Andrew Platform (Nov 2012-present)
Carry out Corrective and Preventative Maintenance routines as scheduled from the
Computerised Maintenance Management System.
*Perform breakdown maintenance activities as required and due to the small team on board,
close coordination of daily activities within maintenance and operations is a pre-requisite.
*Instrument involvement with topside works for the Kinnoull module subsea tie-back to the
platform. I have been involved with the Instrument Commissioning of the Kinnoull module
systems, that include the Fire & Gas systems providing Instrument support for Mechanical
Completion Tri party & System Handover Bi party walk downs. Executing Process Cause &
Effect testing & Control loop checking, fault finding from the field devices to Emerson Delta
V. I am fully conversant with system handover process and the use of QEDI Go Completions
database.
*Actively involved with BOSS (Behavioural Observation Safety System) conversations with
regards to personal attitudes, task and hazard awareness aspects on the platform.
*Completion of CMAS, BP’s Competence Assurance system.
*Daily use of ISSOW for Work Control Certificates (permits) and Isolation Control
Certificates including the building, countersigning and use of for personal work activities
and on behalf of vendor work scopes. Additions to their controls include associated COSHH
implications, Risk Assessments, Tool Box Talks and Dynamic Risk Assessment.
Referees:
Ron Hannah Andrew Kinson
Bg-group Bg-group
Commissioning Engineer QCLNG Pipelines OTL(P) North Everest Platform
QGC | Level 8, KBR Building, 199 Grey Street, T: +44 (0)1224 202020
South Brisbane, Qld 4101, Australia. E: Andrew.Kinson@bg-group.com
T: +61 (0) 7 3024 8286
M: +61 (0) 417 45 9877
E: ronald.hannah@bg-group.com