craig dixon, Scaffolding Manager, Superintendent, Trainer

craig dixon

Scaffolding Manager, Superintendent, Trainer

Self

Location
Ireland
Education
Diploma, training and education
Experience
38 years, 2 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :38 years, 2 months

Scaffolding Manager, Superintendent, Trainer at Self
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since January 2017

International Scaffolding Specialist

Manager staging, insulation, tank cleaning, carpentry at Dry Docks World
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2013 to December 2016

Manager of services department in the largest ship repair yard in the Middle East. Repair, conversion and new build Riggs and vessels.

Scaffolding Superintendent at contracted to Shell
  • Iraq - Basra
  • January 2013 to December 2013

Responsible for all Scaffolding activities at Majnoon oil/ gas field.
Organise all labour, give direction and technical advise.
Track all scaffolding activities and supply comprehensive reports to Shell.
Complete risk assessments and method statements.
Apply for Brown field and Green field site permits.
Train and mentor local labour.

freelance instructor & consultant at Access Safety Consultants
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2007 to December 2012

Subcontract scaffolding trainer and inspector throughout UAE


Main training Areas:

Scaffolding Inspection
Scaffolding Basic
Scaffolding Advanced
Mobile Access Towers
Manual Handling
Working at Heights
Harness Inspection
Harness User
Scaffold Board Inspector to British Standard
Health & Safety

Clients include:
Simian Risk UK (CISRS training)
Height for Hire (Safety Training). Dublin County Council
Heartbeat Safety Training Hertel Industrial Services
Safety Solutions Safety Training Shell
FRS Training networks Walls Construction
Bowen Group Sisk

Contracts Manager at APX
  • Ireland
  • October 2006 to April 2007

Branch Manager of a large scaffolding company.
Acquiring new contracts
Estimating all Contracts
Preparing Contracts Documentation
Preparing Health and Safety Documentation
Quantity Surveying
Quality Control

General Manager at Flynn Scaffolding
  • Ireland
  • September 2003 to October 2006

Responsible for all aspects of Management of a large scaffolding company.
Acquiring new contracts
Estimating all Contracts
Preparing Contracts Documentation
Preparing Health and Safety Documentation
Quantity Surveying
Preparation of accounts
Credit Control
Quality Control

Experience with contracts over €1, 000, 000.00 in value
Excellent estimating skills combined with very good I.T skills to produce quality documentation.

Able to handle all aspects of a contracts company from project start to finish.

Good contacts within the building industry in the Dublin area.

Contracts Manager at Graftan Group
  • Ireland
  • July 2000 to September 2003

Duties include the upgrade and monitoring of the company safety statement, site inspection throughout Ireland, specific control on heavy industrial sites including design of structures and control of labour. The acquirement and setting up of contracts. Contracts estimating including quotations to client and monitoring of payments. Training of staff i.e. Health and Safety education and Scaffolding. The design and implementation of a national system scaffold manual.

Altogether a comprehensive range of duties, working very closely with the contracts manager to assist in company expansion, responsible to the directors

Safety Trainer at Height For Hire
  • Ireland
  • February 2003 to September 2003

Health & Safety Trainer: Scaffolding, Safety Inspection, Manual handling, Alloy Towers, Articulated Dumper.
Harness Inspection.

Senior Instructor at Rathbone CI
  • United Kingdom
  • April 1997 to July 2000

Training Advisor working for local government funded training company, responsible for recruiting and direct training of trainees in construction NVQs and scaffolding up to basic part II / NVQ II standards.
Experience with 16 -24 yr old school leavers & unemployed,
Ex offenders & commercial clients.

I was also responsible for company expansion into the commercial side of training and assessing, managing all aspects of the business.
Commercial business developed for the company: -

Scaffold Safety Inspection
Manual Access
Basic Part II Scaffolding
Basic Part I Scaffolding
Aluminum towers
Site safety Training

Advanced Scaffolder at Interserve UK
  • United Kingdom
  • February 1986 to April 1997

Responsible for many heavy industrial contracts including Nuclear and Coal fired power stations, offshore platform production, and Petrochemical and Chemical plants.

Education

Diploma, training and education
  • at university of Ireland
  • November 2004

Specialties & Skills

Instructor led Training
Construction Estimating
Expert Witness Services
Access Management
• Expert in all scaffolding activities, solid technical knowledge from Instructor work
planning and estimation
trainer
scaffold inspector
contract management

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

CITB
  • Scaffolding Assessor
  • January 1996
London Institute of City & Guilds
  • Vocational Scaffolding Assessor
  • January 1996

Training and Certifications

2nd Class honours (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2004
Valid Until:
January 2006