Philip Gilles has over 20 years of experience as a skilled mariner and Coast Guard veteran. He has extensive experience operating vessels up to 378 feet including tankers, tugs, and rescue boats. He also has a successful career in real estate sales and as an operational manager for a staffing company. Gilles has various maritime certifications and endorsements and is fully computer literate. He has a positive attitude and safety-oriented work approach.

1. Summary
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Experience
Philip Gilles
7448 Key Deer ct
Fort Myers, FL 33966
Home: 239-462-2836
Cell: 239-462-2836
philipgilles@yahoo.com
US Coast Guard Veteran and trained mariner, with an ability to work skillfully with the hands, as well as the mind. AB Special
Rigger, 100 NC Master with Tankerman assistant, RFPNW, STCW, BRM, Lifeboatman, Fast Rescue Boat, ECDIS, ARPA,
Advanced Firefighting, Radar Unlimited,VSO, Medical PIC credentials. A skilled mariner with a history of rising to any
challenge, and excelling in any environment. Safety orientated leader and follower. TWIC card, spotless DMV, and a positive
attitude included.
Tankerman Assistant endorsement
Current STCW
Lifeboatman/Advanced sea survival
Advanced Firefighting
RFPNW and VPDSD certificates
Fast Rescue Boat Endorsement
ECDIS, ARPA, and Radar Unlimited Endorsement
Certified Rigger
Medical First Aid Person in Charge
Fully computer literate, quickbooks, excel, word,
powerpoint, and many others
Shipboard deck experience up to 378'
Operator experience up to 47'
Former US Coast Guard Boarding Officer
Well versed in chipping and painting
In port and underway watch standing
Helo Refueling and tie-down
SafeGulf and SafeLand USA
PEC Offshore
Well versed and experienced in splicing lines and all
areas of vessel maintenance
Extensive rescue boat operator and crewman
experience
Typing speed 50 wmp
CG Special Ops Service ribbon with 1 bronze star, CG good conduct medal, among others.
Deck Watch Officer, Search and Rescue Fundamentals and Navigation Rules tests completed with a 90% grade.
Received numerous positive letters for individual efforts in SAR cases and other accomplishments received during an
extremely diverse career.
Raised funds to purchase CG Station "morale" boat for station members to use while not on duty ($15,000)
Was selected to be a member of the final crew of the USCG Cutter Courageous, for it's final voyage to be
decommissioned
Mentored, trained and qualified all new station personnel
Under my tenure as Safety Officer, USCG station Fort Myers Beach had no loss of work accidents
Consistently ranked in the top five annual producers out of 100+ other Realtors from the same office.
Effectively started, from scratch, a highly profitable skilled labor recruitment office, which quickly grew into the most
profitable office out of 17 other locations.
Solicited, fostered, and developed client relationships which are still clients of the company 8 years later.
Deckhand, 05/2014 － Current
Edison Chouest Offshore － Sabine Pass, LA
Crew member on SP Coral a 105' 375 ton vessel assist tug attached to the Cheniere LNG facility. Develop, plan and execute
painting and other maintenance projects. Handle lines and assist Captain while underway, deck maintenance, and sanitation
while in port. Vessel is maintained to showroom quality, and is shown off to potential LNG clients, during tours, to help solicit
contracts.
Real Estate Sales Associate, 04/2007 － 05/2014
Real Estate Locate Homes and Starlink Realty － Fort Myers, FL

2. Education
Worked as an independent contractor real estate agent and Realtor, helping people buy and sell homes, was consistently a top
producer. Flipped homes by finding foreclosures on the county auction, verifying clear title, and suggesting a buying price.
Once purchased, I recruited, qualified, and negotiated terms and pricing with various contractors and vendors to do the
necessary repairs, and procure necessary supplies, then oversaw satisfactory, under-budget, completion. Routinely did manual
labor as needed including, building fences, painting, carpentry and electrical, cutting down and removing trees, moving dirt,
and anything that was necessary. Managed all financial books, and tracked all expenses for IRS reporting
Operational Manager, 01/2005 － 03/2007
Balance Staffing － Fort Myers, FL
Duties included: finding and building client relationships, recruiting highly sought after people through creative, yet cost
effective, marketing techniques to fill jobs as electricians, plumbers, carpenters and machine operator's, ensuring OSHA
compliance, managing and assisting sales personnel, working in the field to organize and assist workforce, managing P&L and
day to day ops.
Deck Petty Officer Boatswains mate , 10/2001 － 12/2004
United States Coast Guard － Fort Myers Beach, FL
During this period I held varies positions and titles related to the operation of one of Florida's busiest search and rescue stations.
In addition to the day to day typical maintenance of station boats, additional duties listed below.
Small Boat operator/crewman:
Operated and crewed stations rescue boats, primarily the two 41' UTBs and 47' MLB; conducted Search and Rescue as well as
law enforcement missions. SAR (search and rescue) missions include: offering assistance to vessels in distress, passing and
operating pumps, firefighting, assisting people in the water, searching for vessels in distress, towing, and recovering casualties.
Training and Safety Petty Officer:
Tained newly arriving members in all areas necessary to ensure operational readiness, and a smoother transition for arriving
members, specific training includes: navigational chart plotting, piloting, navigation rules, seamanship, towing, helicopter
operations, communications watch standing, proper operation of safety and rescue gear and station policies. Produced and
administered tests and training materials, conducted review boards to certify members required competence. Ensured CG
required periodic training was kept current. Most training was conducted while underway which was daily, so ensuring safety
of personnel was essential. In addition was responsible for training LE boarding team members.
Charts and Publications Petty Officer:
Maintained operational readiness of station, and small boats navigational charts and plotting tools. made chart changes
according to NTM publications for all 8 sets of charts at the station and located on station boats.
R&S Petty Officer:
Maintained the stations Rescue and Survival equipment, maintained logs of work performed, to ensure operational and
emergency readiness
Morale Petty Officer:
Was honored to organize events and activities for station personnel and their families to garner esprit de corps. lobbied
leadership for scheduling proposals and fund gathering campaigns to help struggling shipmates, and their families.
Lead Seaman USCG Cutter Courageous, 01/2000 － 10/2001
United States Coast Guard － Panama City, FL
Upon graduation from USCG Training Center Cape May, NJ, was assigned to the 210' Coast Guard Cutter Courageous. While
not underway, worked as a member of the deck department, preparing rusting surfaces for primer and paint, performed
preventive maintenance on fire and rescue equipment. In addition, performed maintenance of ships lines, wire rope, life and
fast-response boats as well as their davits and cranes. undertook inshore security and safety rounds of ships mechanical, deck,
and stowage spaces.
Underway worked on deck:
handling mooring lines, lashing and refueling helos, standing lookout and helm watch, and fulfilling my responsibilities
according to ship's station bill. Assisted in anti-narco and migrant interdiction, small boat launch and recover operations, and
towing operations. As lead seaman, responsible for ensuring tasks ordered were performed to supervisor's satisfaction, and
helping mentor new or troubled sailors. Due to ship mechanical issues was selected to be sent 90 daysTAD (temporary duty)
to the 378' Coast Guard Cutter Galliton the largest and fastest class of white hull ships in the USCG. Quickly qualified to
perform lookout and helm watch. Received very positive letters of thanks from the Captain, and gained the trust and respect of
my temporary shipmates.
2020 Maritime Professional Training － Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA
AB and various

3. Completed highlighted courses: Upcoming courses include GMDSS
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Northern Nash High School － Rocky Mount , NC, USA
High School Diploma general HS studies