Summary
Overview
Work History
Skills
Tertiary Studies
Secondary Education
Certification
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Athol Wilkinson

Athol Wilkinson

Halls Head

Summary

Experienced with rope access management systems and safety protocols. Utilizes expertise to enhance operational safety and minimize risks. Track record of effective team collaboration and strategic problem-solving.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
7
7
Certification

Work History

Rope Access Manager / Project Manager

Geovert Asset Integrity Maintenance Pty Ltd
01.2024 - 12.2024
  • IRATA Technical Authority
  • Conducted internal Audits with review and updates on procedures and documentation to ensure IRATA compliance.
  • Monitor and control all work methods and the work environment to ensure local legislative requirements are met and the company's Health and Safety / Quality Policies and procedures are adhered to.
  • Introduced tablet based paper trail for project documentation.
  • Tender review and Estimate creation
  • Liaising with company Branch Managers and staff members in relation to Rope Access on projects, quotations and industrial labour business opportunities
  • Processing of project claims via NetSuite.
  • Equipment risk assessments, selection and purchasing.
  • Introduced RFID Equipment tracking and asset management registers
  • Human Resources - recruitment of quality multi-disciplined rope access personnel as required for specific projects.
  • Line Manager and mentor

Rope Access Manager / Irata Technical Authority

Waco - Kwikform Industrial Services
03.2018 - 12.2023
  • Responsible for Rope Access division start up within Kwikform Industrial Services due to demand from existing clients
  • Development of Rope Access procedures, Irata Audit preparation and attainment of Irata company membership
  • Tender review and Estimate creation
  • Liaising with company Branch Managers and staff members in relation to Rope Access on projects, quotations and industrial labour business opportunities
  • Recruitment of quality rope access trades personnel
  • Line Manager and mentor
  • Monitor and control all work methods and the work environment to ensure local legislative requirements are met and the company's Health and Safety / Quality Policies and procedures are adhered to

Level 3 Rope Access Technician

MAS Asia-Pacific
07.2017 - 01.2018
  • Level 3 Rope Access technician as part of the commissioning crew on the Inpex Ichthys Explorer CPF HUC
  • Duties included the preparation of Permits, Risk Assessments and Rescue Plans, as well as various rope access tasks including Rigging, Leak Testing (as assistance to Baker Hughes), Coatings Defect identification and reporting, Dropped Object identification, reporting and collection

Level 3 Rope Access Supervisor

Applus RTD
05.2017 - 06.2017
  • Level 3 Rope Access supervision for AICIP inspectors during asset integrity campaign on the North Rankin Complex

Level 3 Rope Access Supervisor

Kaefer Australia
04.2017 - 05.2017
  • Level 3 rope access supervision and VOC painter for Wheatstone Offshore HUC rope access coatings scope
  • Work involved mechanical preparation of pipework coatings defects and the use of several coatings systems as applicable for the temperature range of the specified pipework

IRATA Technical Authority

Pilbara Access Australia
10.2014 - 03.2017
  • Company focal point for communications with IRATA and responsible for the management of Procedures, Rope Access Equipment selection and maintenance, Risk Assessments and Irata Personnel
  • Rope Access Planner / Coordinator - covering all operations within the coastal Rope Access division
  • With Section 44 10:1 Supervisor training, level 3 IRATA rope access, and as part of a regular shutdown team at numerous BHP and Rio Tinto sites, work involves scoping work, client communications, budget development and managing multiple work teams on various shutdown maintenance projects via Rope Access

Rope Access Technician

Trac Australia
01.2014 - 12.2014
  • Employed for my experience in Computer Aided Design, and level 3 IRATA rope access technician, I carried out an assessment of Access For Maintainability via Rope Access
  • Using Navisworks, I surveyed 3D Models of the INPEX Ichthys FPSO, and CPF to determine rope access maintenance accessibility, identifying issues and offering solutions to be included in construction

Level 3 IRATA Rope Access Supervisor

Cape Marine Offshore
01.2009 - 01.2014
  • Company Overview: Australia
  • Employed as a team leader, level 3 IRATA rope access supervisor, rigger, and ndt technician
  • As part of a regular maintenance team at ALCOA, work involved various inspection, rigging, maintenance and shutdown projects via Rope Access
  • Major projects included Bauxite Bin Liner Installation at Pinjarra as well as Blasting / Painting / MPI Thickener tanks at Wagerup
  • Australia

Rope Access Supervisor

EM&I
12.2007 - 12.2012
  • Company Overview: Perth, Australia
  • Offshore trips to 'Cossack Pioneer', 'Griffin Venture', 'Front Puffin', 'Ngujima Yin' for various inspection jobs including 'special survey' of storage Tanks, deck, pipework and structures using UT and MT NDT methods
  • My role as an IRATA rope access supervisor included 'hands on' experience in both prac and reporting
  • Perth, Australia

Rope Access Supervisor

SSI
01.2009 - 02.2009
  • Company Overview: Singapore
  • Over a 28 day swing on 'Ocean Patriot' in 'Western Port' Victoria, Australia supervising a bolt change out and derrick crown deck replacement I assisted in carrying out a detailed derrick inspection which included a drops survey (Visual Inspection) and various MT inspections
  • Another 7 week swing on 'West Phoenix' in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain involved various commissioning projects which required some creative access and rigging solutions
  • As the Rope Access Supervisor, my role required management of the rope access rigging team in co-operation with the Norweigan Seadrill crew
  • Singapore

Rope Access Supervisor / NDT Assistant

Bureau Veritas (formerly Intico)
02.2007 - 02.2008
  • Company Overview: Melbourne, Adelaide
  • Over approximately 12 months on a fly in fly out roster I was employed as a level 3 IRATA rope access supervisor and NDT assistant
  • During this time I gained more experience in various NDT methods predominately UT, RT, MT and PT
  • My experience in the NDT methods was guided by various senior NDT technicians and included a lot of 'hands on' work
  • I was also actively involved in the reporting process of NDT findings
  • Locations included Moomba Refinery in The Cooper Basin SA as well as various satellite stations around the Cooper Basin
  • Also assisted in NDT during UT inspection of the accommodation deck of 'Ocean Bounty' offshore WA
  • During this job over 2 weeks I created a detailed CAD drawing to assist in reporting
  • Melbourne, Adelaide

Rope Access Supervisor / Rigger

K2 Specialist Services
10.2007 - 12.2007
  • Company Overview: Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard, South Korea
  • During construction of the 'Stena Drillmax' deep sea exploratory drillship, K2 were contracted to assist with various construction rigging projects
  • My role as IRATA rope access supervisor and Rigger, involved managing rope access rigging teams and liaising with project supervisors to correct several design hiccups
  • Work continued through to the commissioning stage
  • Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard, South Korea

Rope Access Technician

Protection Rigging Access
01.2007 - 02.2007
  • Company Overview: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • A 28 day trip offshore to 'Talisman-South Angsi Alpha' in the South China Sea
  • A first inspection of all 'difficult access' pipe work throughout the rig
  • Collaboration, organisation and navigation of drawings, reporting UT results and supervision of the IRATA rope access ndt team
  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Rope Access Technician

Protection Rigging Access
07.2006 - 01.2007
  • Company Overview: Perth, Australia
  • Continuing on from the work carried out with AME on the Dampier Port Upgrade, the contract was handed over to PRA
  • I spent another 6 months Blasting and Painting Spiral welds on the new pile structures at both Parker Point and East Intercourse Island
  • Perth, Australia

Rope Access Technician

AME Pty Ltd
01.2006 - 07.2006
  • Company Overview: Perth, Australia
  • During the 'Dampier Port Upgrade' In Dampier WA over a 6 month period, I was part of a team completing an extensive blast and paint repair of mechanical damage caused by construction of the extended jetty
  • All coatings was carried out using Airless Spray Technique with interzone 954 high build marine coating
  • I was also then supervised by a paint inspector while carrying out paint thickness measurements to ensure coatings were up 'to spec'
  • Perth, Australia

Rope Access Technician

Engspec
01.2005 - 01.2006
  • Company Overview: Melbourne, Australia
  • During a period of approximately 12 months employment at Shell refinery in Geelong, I gained experience in several NDT methods
  • In conjunction with PNDT a regular inspection program consisting of UT, RT, MT, ET, PT is carried out
  • My role was as part of the rope access team accessing more difficult inspection locations
  • Additionally other projects included Blasting and Painting the Melbourne Arts Spire over a period of 6 months, Westgate Bridge Concrete inspection and repair as well as several other smaller freeway bridges around Victoria
  • Melbourne, Australia

Rope Access Technician

Vertigo
01.2003 - 01.2005
  • Company Overview: Melbourne, Australia
  • My introduction to IRATA included a wide range of predominantly city based work tasks, including buildings, bridges, communications towers and other structures
  • From signage and caulking to painting and concrete repair, and building wraps
  • Melbourne, Australia

Skills

  • Excellent literacy, Vocabulary and communication skills
  • Business management
  • Quality assurance
  • CAD and Microsoft Office computer skills
  • Reporting
  • Maintenance completions
  • Personnel management & Safety
  • Rope Access Trade
  • Problem solving
  • Positive attitude
  • Human resources management
  • Equipment selection
  • Rope Access Mentor & Training
  • Development of rope access systems
  • Creation of IRATA Rope Access procedures
  • Implementation of procedures
  • Project planning, Risk assessment & project methodologies
  • Development of SWMS
  • Pre-start talk processes
  • Project planning, development and management
  • Level 3 IRATA Rope Access expertise
  • Rigging preparation & Rescue Plan development
  • Work positioning techniques
  • Control systems
  • OSHA regulations
  • Continuous learning attitude
  • Material selection
  • Complex Problem-solving
  • Project scheduling
  • Anchorage system understanding
  • Project tracking
  • Technical presentations
  • Customer relations
  • Equipment inspection
  • Documentation skills
  • Inventory oversight
  • Incident response
  • Risk management
  • Communication and coordination
  • Scope management
  • Project scope and Project estimation and bidding
  • Non-destructive testing

Tertiary Studies

Bachelor of Industrial Design, R.M.I.T., 1996, Deferred in 1997

Secondary Education

Victorian Certificate Of Education Year 12, 1995, Mowbray College, Dux in Graphics for outstanding design throughout the school

Certification

  • IOSH - Safety Management In The Rope Access And
    Work At Height Industry

Cert No 6092

  • I.R.A.T.A. Certificate of competence in Rope Access.

Level 3 Irata no. 3/9596

  • Attainment in Industrial Rope Access, Holmesglen

TAFE. Qualification no. 0108IR

  • Licence To Perform High Risk Work-Work Safe

Western Australia Advanced Rigging, Basic Scaffolding, Work Platform, Forklift

Licence No. WL 3262724

• Apply First Aid - St John

HLTAID003 Provide First Aid , HLTAID001 CPR, HLTAID002 Provide Basic

emergency Life Support (Senior First Aid)

• WA Drivers Licence

Licence No. 5849956

Timeline

Rope Access Manager / Project Manager

Geovert Asset Integrity Maintenance Pty Ltd
01.2024 - 12.2024

Rope Access Manager / Irata Technical Authority

Waco - Kwikform Industrial Services
03.2018 - 12.2023

Level 3 Rope Access Technician

MAS Asia-Pacific
07.2017 - 01.2018

Level 3 Rope Access Supervisor

Applus RTD
05.2017 - 06.2017

Level 3 Rope Access Supervisor

Kaefer Australia
04.2017 - 05.2017

IRATA Technical Authority

Pilbara Access Australia
10.2014 - 03.2017

Rope Access Technician

Trac Australia
01.2014 - 12.2014

Level 3 IRATA Rope Access Supervisor

Cape Marine Offshore
01.2009 - 01.2014

Rope Access Supervisor

SSI
01.2009 - 02.2009

Rope Access Supervisor

EM&I
12.2007 - 12.2012

Rope Access Supervisor / Rigger

K2 Specialist Services
10.2007 - 12.2007

Rope Access Supervisor / NDT Assistant

Bureau Veritas (formerly Intico)
02.2007 - 02.2008

Rope Access Technician

Protection Rigging Access
01.2007 - 02.2007

Rope Access Technician

Protection Rigging Access
07.2006 - 01.2007

Rope Access Technician

AME Pty Ltd
01.2006 - 07.2006

Rope Access Technician

Engspec
01.2005 - 01.2006

Rope Access Technician

Vertigo
01.2003 - 01.2005

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