Asbestos Consultant / Analyst
eNVIROCOL Environmental Services
Total years of experience :28 years, 8 Months
January-Present Asbestos Consultant / Analyst
eNVIROCOL Environmental Services Baku, Azerbaijan
The surveying and air monitoring of offshore/onshore oil installations, power stations, shipping and pipeline pumping stations for the major oil and energy pruducers in the region. The contracts involved in-situ sampling and risk assessment of suspect materials, photography and logging of suspect materials and air monitoring for background Asbestos fibre levels. All current British legislation was adhered to and final reporting to the client was undertaken.
February 2004 - November 2009 Environmental Surveyor/Analyst
Alcontrol On-site Services
17 Howard Court, Nerston Industrial Estate
East Kilbride
My main duties were the site supervision and reporting of Contaminated Land Site Investigations. Asbestos surveying, air monitoring, identification, and report writing. Other duties included gas, water and leachate monitoring programmes for brownfield, landfill and industrial sites.
March 2000 - November 2003 Environmental Assistant
Scientifics Ltd,
Langlands Place, East Kilbride
Asbestos surveying, air monitoring, identification, and report writing. Additional duties included the site supervision and reporting of Geotechnical and Contaminated Land Site Investigations. Gas, water and leachate monitoring of brownfield, landfill, and industrial sites was also undertaken. Other duties included Optical Petrography of rock, aggregate and concrete.
My main duties included supervision and reporting of Geotechnical and Contaminated Land Site Investigations, site supervision and field-testing during Contaminated Land Remediation. Historical and Geological research for Phase 1 and Phase 2 Environmental Reviews. Advanced training in Asbestos air monitoring, surveying, identification and report writing was undertaken, specialising in offshore North Sea (UK, Norwegian and Dutch Sectors) and in the Caspian Region for major oil producers. Additional duties included field water quality and gas monitoring of brownfield, landfill and industrial sites. Various surveys including noise, vibration and dust monitoring for industrial clients was also carried out.
August 1996 - August 1997 Site Chemist
Altec Laboratory Services
Glasgow
My duties included surveying and sampling of industrial and landfill sites with Landfill type gas monitoring, borehole gas and water sampling with field measurements (Redox, dissolved oxygen, Conductivity, Ph) . Other duties involved Project Management of Contaminated Land, Geotechnical and structural concrete surveys. Occasional Geophysical surveying (Resistivity) was undertaken. Asbestos surveying, air testing and bulk identification.
July 1994 - August 1996 Engineering Geologist / Geotechnical Engineer
Site Services Testing and Drilling Ltd
East Kilbride
Duties included Geotechnical and Contaminated Land Site Investigations with in-situ and laboratory testing of soil and rock. Soil and rock Classification Test Analysis and chemical analysis with soil and rock core logging. Further training in Project Management, liaising with clients, factual and interpretative reporting to clients and desk studies was undertaken. Lesser duties included Optical Petrography of rock, aggregate, concrete and Asbestos identification.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
A key role involves the site supervision of a major contaminated land remediation project for Dumfries and Galloway Enterprise. My duties included the design and implementation of Site Investigations targeting specific chemical hazards, testing for gases and volatile organic compounds, health and safety on the site, supervision of operatives and plant operations and continual testing for acid contamination during excavation of the site (1999)
Training officer and project management on a major Asbestos stripping operation for BP in
Azerbaijan. The post included supervision of Asbestos removal, air monitoring, Asbestos identification and training local operatives in Asbestos analysis, current UK legislation and safe working practice (1997-98)
March 2007 BOHS - p403 (British Occupational Hygiene Society) Proficiency Certificate in Asbestos Fibre Counting.
February 2006 BOHS - p401 Proficiency Certificate in Identification of Asbestos in Bulk Samples (PLM)
June 2001 BIOH - p402 (British Institute of Occupational Hygienists) Building Surveys and Bulk Sampling for Asbestos.
November 1999 BIOH - S301 Asbestos and Other Fibres: Part1 of CCP (Now BOHS Asbestos and Other Fibres)
1990 - 1994 University of Glasgow BSc (Honours) in Geology and Applied Geology. Subjects included:- Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology, Geophysics, Mining Geology, Sedimentary Environments, Glacial Geology, Structural Geology, Mineralogy and Topographical Science.
1989 - 1990 Stow College, Glasgow 22 Scotvec modules covering Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computing and English (modules ranged from O-Grade to Higher Grade and A- Level / 1st Year Undergraduate Standard)