This document is a CV for Richard Hackett that includes his contact information, qualifications, experience, and references. It summarizes that he has over 10 years of experience in rope access, rigging, fabrication, and industrial cleaning roles. His technical qualifications include OPITO Rigger Stage 3 certification and IRATA Ropes Access Technician Level 2. He has worked on offshore oil platforms in the North Sea and Saudi Arabia, performing tasks like installing clamps, stripping platforms, and derrick modifications.

1. RICHARD HACKETT
8 Hopper Road,
Newton Aycliffe,
Co. Durham,
DL5 5HP
(M) 07939 604734
(e) richiehackett1@hotmail.co.uk
CURRICULUM VITAE
“I am a self-motivated individual who works well within a team as well as using my own
initiative. I work well under pressure and pride myself on a good work ethic. I enjoy
meeting new people & taking on new challenges. I am career minded and seek to
develop a long-term career within a single, established Company.”
Technical Qualifications:
OPITO Rigger Stage 3
OPITO Norwegian Sea Survival
MIST Training
IRATA Ropes Access Technician Level 2
ESCAPE Training
ECITB Refinery Safety Passport (now expired)
EUSR Card (Cross Country Pipe-Line Health & Safety) (now expired)
ARCA Certificate of Asbestos Awareness
City & Guilds Level 3 in Fabrication & Welding
Experience:
1st Oct 2014-Jan 2015 Aqua Terra
Rope access rigger/plater on Shells Brent Charlie.
Installing clamps on two conductors on the Brent Charlie to enable a granite pour to be
done around the conductors to prolong the life of them.
Also we stripped out the old existing ladders ,platforms and mooring ring on the south
west leg by means of cold cut and gas axeing.
12th Aug- 26th Aug Aqua Terra
Rope access rigger on the shell Nelson platform, installing a clamp on a conductor
working out board in the splash zone.
21st July- 7 Aug 2014 AquaTerra
Rope Access support for the Walker technical wrap techs.
Working on shells Shearwater platform.

2. 16th May-16th July NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO (NOV)
Working on multiple Rigs in Saudi Arabia.
Derrick Modifications, removing and installing of beams
Rigging and Maintenance.
29th January- April Rigmar
Surveying damage
Rigging/fabricating
26th October- 23rd January 2014
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO (NOV)
BAKU Azerbaijan
The Mersk-Heydaraligev
Derrick Modifications, removal and installations of beams
to install stabbing basket. I was promoted to Rigger Supervisor Mid-Trip.
August-1st September 2013
Rope Access/Rigger
Decomissioning the Risers
June 2013- 11th July 2013
Rope Access Technician /Plater/Rigger Aquaterra Group (Rowan Stavanger,Shell
Gannet)
Hook up and interface work
Vertical Rope Work
Aid Climbing
Changing out Shimms on the conductors
Steel work on the Flaire
March 2012-May 2013
ROPE ACCESS TECHNICIAN, Applus RTD (on the Leman Charlie and Leman
Bravo, North Sea (Southern Sector), Norwich)
Removal of structural steel work / PDO’s
Various rigging tasks
Reinstatement of steelwork
Assisting structural surveys

3. February 2012
ROPE ACCESS TECHNICIAN, Applus RTD (on the Leman Golf, North Sea
(Southern Sector), Norwich)
Removal of redundant pipe work / PDO’s
January 2012
ROPE ACCESS TECHNICIAN, Applus RTD (on the Leman Alpha, North Sea
(Southern Sector), Norwich)
Removal of redundant cable
January 2012
ROPE ACCESS TECHNICIAN, Applus RTD (on the Leman Bravo, North Sea
(Southern Sector), Norwich)
PDO survey (on Leman Bravo)
De-rigging
October 2011-December 2011
ROPE ACCESS TECHNICIAN, Applus RTD (on the Galleon PN, North Sea
(Southern Sector), Norwich)
PDO survey (on Galleon PN, and also on the Sean Romeo)
De-rigging
September 2011
ROPE ACCESS TECHNICIAN/PAINTER, Rigmar Services (Stena Tay, Las Palmas,
Gran Canaria, Spain)
Prepping and Painting of the Derek stair-wells, drill floor and the supporting legs for the
raised deck of the drill floor
April 2011-July 2011
ROPE ACCESS TECHNICIAN, Applus RTD (North Sea, Aberdeen)
Inspection job for Lloyds Register
Incotesting Flow-lines on the well-heads (NDT)
Part of 3 man team, aboard the Thistle
Secondly aboard the BP Schiehallion, installing rigging in the moon pool for the
Moorings project
Subsequent roles aboard the Schiehallion includes:
o Rescue team for Divers

4. o Rigging
o Pipe-fitting
March 2011
ROPE ACCESS TECHNICIAN, HRAI Group
Changing out ladders on Jack-up legs (Ensco 100)
Setting up rigging
January 2011-February 2011
ROPE ACCESS TECHNICIAN, Applus RTD (Southern Sector, Norwich)
Rodding Drains on Shell Clipper Platform
Working in conjunction with BIS Salamis (Jetting Drains)
Second Role, Lifeboat Pennant replacement on the Galleon PN
August 2010-September 2010
ROPE ACCES TECHNICIAN, HRAI Group
Prepping Crane for Painting
Needle-Gunning & Washing down the Crane
Strike-Coating
Painted Crane
Also, second role on a Noble Jack-up, burning legs off a structure brought up from the
Sea-bed
November 2009-July 2010
INDUSTRIAL CLEANER, MSIS Industrial Services
Worked on the SEDCO714 cleaning tanks on the rig
Other duties included cutting out elephant feet in the balast tanks & preparing them for
the Welders.
Servicing check valves to ensure they were in good working order
I was asked to return after a successful spell to undertake several weeks work on the
John Shaw - this included tank cleaning once again but I also worked in the painting
crew needle gunning, buffing and painting
Worked offshore on the North sea producer, which is a MEARSK FPSO, clearing the
tanks and digging out the LSA sludge in the storage tanks
August 2009-November 2009
VESSEL ENTRYCONTROLLER, VEOLIA Environmental Services
As a vessel entry controller my duties were over seeing the safety of the workman
entering and exiting confined spaces on a petrol chemical site in Essex (Petrol Plus)
This was a three-month turn around where I worked twelve-hour night/day shifts seven
days a week.

5. January 2009-August 2009
GROUND WORKER/BANKSMAN SLINGER, Lango-O’Rouke
Utility Pipe-laying
Laying Roads
Laying Curbs
General routine lifts with Cranes
August 2006-December 2008
SKILLED OPERATIVE, Amec Utilities
I relocated to the South-East of England to take on this job role
Part of a team that were in charge of trial holing from the isle of Grain to Shorne looking
for HV cables, water mains & other utilities in the ground that may have affected the
coarse of the pipeline
This particular project took 6 months due to the fact that there were 22 kilometres to
cover
The next project at Amec that I undertook was working alongside the supervisor to
excavate sheet pile & the installation of 24inch & 48 inch steel pipe
Once interconnector project was completed I progressed onto being a pipe-fitters mate,
this entailed the installation of the Pig Trap at the National Grid site at the isle of Grain
The second part of this project was the installation of the AGI's at Gravesend and
Shorne
January 2004-August 2006
APPRENTICE FABRICATOR, Darlington Trailer Hire
Whilst working at Darlington trailer hire the work consisted of refurbishment of old/new
HGV trailers
This entailed blasting and painting fabrication of new components that may have been
required for the goods trailers
The main base of work was the exporting of the trailers which meant for me as an
employee I had strict time scale to complete my work in as I had to meet shipping times
which meant very flexible working hours
September 2002-January 2004
APPRENTICE FABRICATOR, Fab-Tech Engineering
As an apprentice my duties were undertaking the smaller fabrications in the workshop
e.g handrails for schools, and small structural steel work
I also worked as a part of a team on larger projects such as installing mez floors in
various factories as well as spray painting the products we made around the UK
All References are available on request.