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Gregory Hutchings

Gold Coast,QLD

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Marine Officer

Gold Coast Waterways Authority
Gold Coast, QLD
04.2023 - Current

Responsibilities:

  • Ensure maintenance and operational procedures are current and consistently applied to support the delivery of our services
  • Ensure maintenance of operational plant, vessels, equipment including pollution response equipment to ensure that GCWA can deliver their services effectively and efficiently
  • Participate as a team member of activities associated with GCWA programs and emergency situations
  • Identify the requirement for and use relevant resources to issue notice to mariners to ensure that local boat users are aware of hazards
  • Boat Ramp & Pontoon maintenance
  • Provide field and administrative support in handling hazards to navigation
  • Maintain or audit all aspects in the regional aids to navigation program. Including any changes or new additions or removal of navigation markers
  • Participate and interact with other people in other areas of GCWA and external agencies to deliver agreed outcomes
  • Actively participate in performance appraisal processes and development opportunities and provide support to other staff
  • Contribute to safe and healthy workplace by complying with WPH&S legislation, codes of practice, standards and departmental policy and procedures and participating in risk management and corrective action programs
  • Forward reports and updates of any new installations or movements yo Nav Aids/Marine signs to GIS for inclusion into chart updates. Beacon to Beacon and GCWA records.

Other Duties:

  • All servicing and upkeep of navigational aids and ensuring they meet the standard.
  • Marina Audits for pollution prevention/fire prevention
  • Buoy mooring audits on mooring areas
  • Speed sign audits
  • Marine incident investigation assistance
  • Providing maritime and local knowledge to assist with the completion of Hydrographic Surveys for aids to navigational and tidal information
  • Perform skipper duties for pilotage duties
  • Conduct audits for buoy moorings, derelict vessels, vessels at anchor and aids to navigation
  • On call responsibilities and point of contact for any other new crew for decision making if unsure of process
  • Self Development
  • Ensure all vessels are current and kept up to date with NSCV
  • Vessel inductions/safety management system review and development
  • Decision making in an on call roll

Pollution:

  • Current Certificate 1V in Marine Pollution Response
  • Maintain all pollution equipment for servicing and maintenance records and sign for
  • Lead oil spill response in local area
  • Liaise with GCCC in respect to both pollution response and prevention
  • Carriage of on call phone on a roster basis
  • Able to assist and gather evidence in the collective/storage of evidence

Leading Hand - Engineering, Beaches & Foreshore

Gold Coast City Council
Gold Coast
05.2006 - 04.2023
  • Tidal Stormwater & Drainage Systems
  • Maintenance & Construction
  • Viewing platforms & boardwalks
  • Documentation of stormwater assets
  • Sand rejuvenation, dune fencing, sand groin
  • Maintenance & Construction
  • Labouring
  • Drainage
  • Pipe laying, paving, concreting
  • Footway Concreting/Constructions

Supervisor/Leading Hand

Virgin Australia Airlines
Sydney, NSW
04.2002 - 05.2006
  • Relief Airside Manager
  • Baggage Handling
  • Supervised/Managed Team, communicating with all staff & airport personnel
  • Distribution of Freight
  • Dispatching of flights, all aircraft paperwork
  • Aircraft pushback driver
  • Interviewing and recruitment of new staff and training
  • All radio communications

Plumber

Bay Street Plumbing
Sydney NSW
12.1993 - 06.2002
  • Repaired plumbing systems, components, and equipment.
  • Installed valves, hangers, supports, and flanges inside piping systems.
  • Measured, threaded, and cut materials to correct angles.
  • Complied with state plumbing codes throughout duration of each project.
  • General plumbing duties
  • Gas Fitter/LPG
  • Drainage of pipes
  • Roof Plumbing
  • General labouring

Education

Certificate III Civil Construction - Certificate Plumbing

TAFE NSW
TAFE NSW
09.2011

Certificate in Plumbing - Plumbing

Australian Apprenticeship Centre
02.1997

Higher School Certificate -

South Sydney High School
12.1990

Skills

  • Mooring Management
  • Business Growth
  • Vertical Market
  • Learning Strategies

References

  • Glen Jackson - Supervisor: Gold Coast Waterways Authority : 0422 591 611
  • Simon Hall - Supervisor : Gold Coast Council: 0414 180 390
  • Darrell Olesen - Managing Director : Bay Street Plumbing: 0414 617 157
  • Matthew Howes - Supervisor: Virgin Australia: 0428 850 009

Timeline

Marine Officer

Gold Coast Waterways Authority
04.2023 - Current

Leading Hand - Engineering, Beaches & Foreshore

Gold Coast City Council
05.2006 - 04.2023

Supervisor/Leading Hand

Virgin Australia Airlines
04.2002 - 05.2006

Plumber

Bay Street Plumbing
12.1993 - 06.2002

Certificate III Civil Construction - Certificate Plumbing

TAFE NSW

Certificate in Plumbing - Plumbing

Australian Apprenticeship Centre

Higher School Certificate -

South Sydney High School
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