Experience

FishFlow Innovations
• Netherlands
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Grp laminator

  • Mar 2023 - Present


Fairline Yachts

• 1 - 100 Employee

• grp laminator

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Sub-contracting at Fairline on the completion of their Targa, F-line 33, and Squadron range. Working with a well-established brand with a huge design catalog means no two days are the same, something I have fondly enjoyed. · Following their Clean as you go policy. · Following Standard order procedures (SOP’S) · Vacuum bagging infusion and Wet lay lamination applications on Decks, Hulls, Interior modules, small mouldings, and Liners. 33-68ft. · Encouraging more control on the amount of wastage from bagging materials and piping to glass, gelcoat, and resin usage. · Fitting steels/Foam/Wood/Composite material inserts to composites for different applications using detailed three-dimensional technical drawings adhering to layup specifications. · Utilizing different hand lay applications. Epoxy, VE, Isophthalic, Marine, Infusion resins. · Working with different gel coat layup designs/ Decorations. (Hand application) · Working In accordance with UK COSHH standards. Show less



Jolly Roger amusements

• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Gelcoat designer- Composite laminator.

  • Feb 2017 - Jan 2021

  I started working for Jolly Roger Amusements in April 2017 manufacturing children’s rides using multiple split part mouldings, complex hand gelling decorations. I encouraged pattern making and weighing resins and gelcoats to management to cut as much wastage as possible. In a time of a pandemic, we were furloughed, and some were laid off. I chose to start McColl’s Contracting LTD. · Following their Clean as you go policy. · Following Standard order procedures (SOP’S) · Vacuum bagging lamination applications. · Fitting steel inserts to composites in different applications using detailed three-dimensional drawings. · Ensuring the finished products meet specific thickness tolerances. · Utilizing different hand lay and Gel coat applications. · Working In accordance with UK COSHH standards. · Mould gel repairs/ polishing/ fitting/trimming and finishing. Show less



M- Tag composites

• United Kingdom
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• grp laminator/ trimmer/ fitter/ finisher

  • Mar 2013 - May 2014

  I started working for M-TAG Composites in 2010. Having previous experience in Composite boat building, I fitted into the company well, working alongside the best in the business we integrated old and new methods to help us create industry leading standards in the latest forming technologies. My main contribution was within the boat building area working on 20ft sailboats. I also worked within the automotive (car front bumpers and bonnets), Aerospace (seat backrests for Boeing) agricultural (sprayer storage tanks), leisure (light deprivation tanks) and transport (interior panels for Bombardier) areas and helped cut production times down to a minimum by utilizing my breaks between curing times. · Following all health & safety site procedures in compliance with current UK standards. · Working on current mould specifications in accordance with customer requirements. · Working with phenolic mouldings through to a finished standard. · Working with wet lay composites through to finished standard. · Utilizing post curing with ovens. · Using sheet waxes in tooling processes, Isophthalic tooling resins and VE gelcoats · Worked on the tooling for a light deprivation tank through to a finished standard. · Using sandpapers, wet and dry, course and fine cutting compounds and polishing. · Costing moldings by passing information on to management regarding product usage. Show less



Premier composites

• Shipbuilding
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grp laminator

  • Dec 2008 - Feb 2013

  Once settled in I took responsibility of my own area of mouldings increasing productivity through several methods I had picked up earlier in my career. I monitored my own checklist and leased with management at daily meetings. My moulds included but were not limited to. Optare Bus parts, (front and rear Bumpers, Light casings, interior side liners and wheel arches) all hand gelled and wet laid composites also Luxury shower pods for the spa and leisure industry where I was part of the four-man tooling team that laminated on the latest prototype design of the time. · Follow all health & safety site procedures in compliance with current UK standards. · Working in small & large teams. · Developing first production prototypes. · Wet- laying Composites in accordance with technical drawing Layup specifications. · Using mold strippers, liquid, and hard waxes. · Hand Gelling. · Releasing Composites. Show less



Parker lift keel yachts

• Grp laminator

  • Jul 2006 - Nov 2008

  I started working for Parkers in 2006 as an apprentice Yachtsman, fantastic job. It really set the perfect image of where you wanted to work. Starting off learning the basics I soon became a respectable laminator and a trusted member of the team capable of wet-lay laminating all our production moulds to a high standard consistently on the parker 285, 335, Squib and Sand hopper. Sadly, Parkers did not have the order book they once had, and the company closed its doors in 2009 after 50 years of yacht building. · Following the Clean as you go policy. · Following Standard order procedures (SOP’S) · Fitting Aluminum, wooden and foam inserts to composites for different applications using technical drawings. Show less