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Name	Christiaan Boucher
Phone	+27829245727 Email christiaanboucher@yahoo.com
State	, South Africa
Description	IMCA Class II Commercial Diver
4 Dam Street, Bredasdorp, 7280•+2782 924 5727•christiaanboucher@yahoo.com CHRISTIAAN DANIEL BOUCHER Objective I am a qualified class II commercial diver. I am a dedicated, well disciplined and hard working individual and would like to further my career as a commercial diver. Professional Accomplishments Nakilat Ship Repair Yard Ras Laffan Qatar (09 April till 08 Jul 2010)  Stone bed leveling to prepare for placement of caissons.  Appointed DMT. Nakilat Ship Repair Yard Ras Laffan Qatar (10 Jul 2009 till 26 Dec 2009)  Stone bed leveling to prepare for placement of caissons.  Appointed DMT. Ras Laffan Qatar Harbor expansion (Jul to Dec 2008)  Slope inspections  Inspection on Accropodes.  Installation of Accropodes on Southern breakwater. Ensure that accropodes meet the installation criteria. Repairs on two cofferdams at Caia Bridge in Mozambique (May to Jun 2008)  Supervisor for duration of the job.  Airlifting to clean cofferdams to prepare for drilling.  Assist in drilling of holes for concrete filling.  Assist with concrete pouring by guiding the pipe into position and monitoring the level of the concrete. Removal of sub sea tunnel at Durban harbor widening project (March to April 2008)  Installation of diamond wire cutting frame on top of tunnel.  Installation of diamond wire on frame.  Cutting and connecting diamond wire under water using a crimping tool.  Adjustment of pulleys and diamond wire as each cut progresses.  Inspection dives around the tunnel to survey the bottom. Coega wreck removal (Sept to Dec 2007)  Removal of old British sailing vessel that sank in 1904.  Dredging of hull to expose cargo using 6 inch dredger pump.  Using jackhammer to loosen cargo.  Moving heavy cargo into steel bins using lift bags.  Broco cutting on hull and rigging pieces for removal. Durban Harbor widening project (Jun to Sept 2007, Jan to May 2008)  Inspection dives on caissons, taking measurements to prepare for diamond wire cutting  Cleaning of area around caissons  Core drilling and installation of frames and guides for diamond wire cutting.  Installation and adjustment of pulleys on frames for diamond wire.  Installation of diamond wire.  Installation of lifting tray on front of next block to be cut, core drilling and installing wedge anchors.  Airlifting to undermine blocks to prepare them to be dropped.  Installation of 35 ton lifting bags on lifting frame.  Inspection of rigging on bags and lifting frame.  Connecting rigging (smelter sockets) from tray to lifting frame.  Survey dives in shipping channel outside harbor.  Completed class III supervisor panel hours. Durban Pier 1 project (May to Jun 2007)  Broco cutting 140m of sheet piles. Employment History Jan 1992 to April 2007 Operations Officer SANDF May 2007 to Nov 2008 Diver Subtech Education 1991 Matric 16 March 2007 Class II Commercial Diver West Coast Commercial Diving School Sept 2007 Class III Supervisor Professional Dive Centre October 2008 Offshore Survival Cape Peninsula Tech of Technology Feb 2009 Diver Medic C-DOC References Godfrey Sterley Dive Manager Subtech Offshore +2782 738 7819 Clifford Schutte Lead supervisor Subtech Offshore +2783 552 9469 J.N. Roets Supervisor Subtech Qatar +2782 4436586 +974 501 6863