1. STEPHEN HAILSTONE
Address: 20 Farne Avenue, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE34 7HG
Tel: 07894203006 Email: steveyoffshore@yahoo.co.uk
DOB: 10/01/67 Driving Licence: Full car licence
A hard working motivated person with excellent organisational skills and a methodical
approach. Able to work well alone or as part of a team. Flexible approach to work with
experience of both onshore and offshore employment. I have experience on jack up
platforms - the Nobel Ronald Hope and the Nobel Piet. I also have extensive experience
operating spider cranes ranging from the smallest model URW 094 to the largest URW
706. I am willing to travel anywhere to work and can be employed as LTD Company or
PAYE. I am open for any kind of platform drilling or production and willing to learn new
work scopes or courses to aid me in this.
Training & Experience
Crane
Sparrows Offshore Crane Operator Stage 3 Link Belt Crane
Spider Crane license Liebherr
Banks man/Slinger Stotherd and Pitt
BOSIET Kenz
MIST Sanders
OGUK Medical Seatrax
Shoulder Measurement National
GMDSS SHORT RANGE Compact (Spider)
Employment History
Date: Feb 2015 – Present
Company: Sparrows
Position: Crane Operator
Duties:
I Joined Sparrows as flying squad crane operator in an ad-hoc position, I work on
different platforms covering both dayshift and nightshift. I regularly use different cranes
and models, mechanical and electrical all over the North Sea and the Southern Sector for
2/3 weeks at a time, working alongside the drilling crew or deck crew, bringing cargo to
and from supply boats, doing deck work and working with wireline personal setting up
towers and spotting their equipment. I also have worked various decommissioning jobs
on the platforms.
Date: April 2014 – Dec 2014
Company: Atlantic Resourcing
Position: Crane Operator
Duties:
I undertook self-employment in April 2014 and took work on the Douglas Platform as
crane-operator working the supply boats with cargo and backload, also moving cargo to
and from the JB 115 Platform which is connected via bridge. I also ensured the upkeep
of the four resident cranes onboard (2 Kenz, National and Seatrax).
2. Date: Nov 2012 – Mar 2014
Company: Enermech
Position: Crane Operator
Duties:
I joined Enermech flying squad and carried on with Forties field working with Archer
Drilling for two more weeks then got transferred to the Beryl Alpha, Bravo, with Archer
Drilling.
Each trip I was on different platforms in different fields (Brae Field) until March 2014
Date: Jul 2012 – Nov 2012
Company: Navitas
Position: Crane Operator
Duties:
Based on the Forties field while contracting for Enermech switching from Bravo, Charlie
and Delta platforms as I was the drilling crane op on dayshift, night shift involved
working with Archer Drilling bringing all their equipment from and to supply boat and
setting up the moving pipe deck and v-door while dismantling the patio decks and
pancake decks when the derrick moved into position each time, I also set up the wireline
unit when needed but always with a safety first attitude.
Date: Mar 2012 – Jul 2012
Company: Atlantic Resourcing
Position: Crane Operator
Duties:
Worked in Able Yard Hartlepool decommissioning FPF1 Drill Rig as crane operator doing
all aspects from taken equipment to and from the quayside with rig crane, filling in
permits and directing roustabouts.
Date: Jul 2002 – Mar 2012
Company: Onstream Project Services (Netherlands)
Position: Crane Operator / HLO / HDA
Duties:
Promoted to Crane Operator in 2006, contracted to Gaz De France on their 3 gas fields
(G-Field/K-Field/L-Field). Duties included loading and unloading supply vessels and when
Required shuttling via helicopter to the satellite platforms to work the vessels.
I have also worked as crane operator on the jack up platforms the Nobel Ronald Hope
and the Nobel Piet, directing roustabouts and completing manifests for drilling equipment
coming to and from the platforms.
Responsible for performing safety checks on the cranes when not working the vessels,
including daily reports or helideck duties as required.
Prior to this, I started as roustabout/deckhand in 2002, for general deck
duties/labouring. Completed HLO course and progressed to heli-deck duties. Progressed
to banksman slinging and working with cranes, completing offshore Stage 1 & 2 Crane
Operator and finally offshore Stage 3.
Date: 1998 – Feb 2002
Company: Chieftain Insulation Offshore
Position: Painter / Fireproofer / Insulator
Duties:
Fireproofing/painting pipework offshore on the Elgin Franklin Platform.
