Matthew Taylor

604 – 733 West 3rd Street, Mobile Telephone: 1-604-715-1008 North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 0C8 Email: mariner.mattt@gmail.comCanada ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Certification

Master Mariner Certificate of Competency issued by Transport Canada STCW 95 A-II/2 Date of issue: December 23, 2009

Unlimited Dynamic Positioning Operator Certificate issued by The Nautical Institute Date of issue: January 10, 2008 (NI #7218)

Diploma of Nautical Sciences (British Columbia Institute of Technology 2005) Nautical Institute Member

Professional Experience

September 2014 – Present B.C. Ferry Services Inc. Job Title: Chief Officer

Work locations: Pacific Coast of Canada Responsible for safe navigation, loading & discharge of traffic. In charge of maintaining emergency drill matrix. Responsible for generating service requisitions and procurement. Responsible for ensuring the daily deck routines are carried out.

September 2013 – September 2014 Noble International Job Title: DPO

Work locations: Brazil Presently Sailing in the Capacity of DPO on a Semi-submersible Drill Rig. Excellent communication skills with Rig floor, Driller and other parties. Responsible for monitoring Riser angles, weather, vessel traffic and other

routine activities. Responsible for calibrating Sonardyne Dimona acoustics and operating

Converteam A-series DP system. To date, I have logged over 13,250 Hours while the vessel is engaged in DP

operations. Involved in laying and recovering acoustic positioning arrays. Assisting the Master with their duties. Assisting Ballast Control operator completing routine maintenance.

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Responsible for a Navigational watch whilst the Rig is in Transit.

July 2006 – July 2013: J. Ray McDermott Canada Ltd. Job Title: Chief Officer / Senior DPO

Work locations: U.S. GOM, Mexico GOM, W. Africa, Arabian Gulf and S.E. Asia. Chief Officer, Sr. DPO on a DP class 2 Vessel engaged in Saturation / Air Diving

and construction activities with Saudi Aramco as the Client. Well experienced and familiar using Kongsberg K-POS and SDP-21 DP Systems. Experience in DP Operations which include Saturated Dive, Air Dive, ROV,

Trenching and other construction activities. Experience using DGPS, LTW, HPR, Radius and Fanbeam reference systems. Have been actively involved in conducting and completing DP Annual trials and

FMEA trials. Completing maintenance of Taut wire, Gate Valve, Hi-PAP and HPR systems. Responsible for ensuring Vessel maintenance. Emphasizing and practicing safe operations and efficiency to maximize profits

for the company. Responsible for maintaining inventory of all of Ship’s critical spares / stores. Responsible for creating and completing Ship’s Work Orders, Service Orders,

Standard Jobs and Purchase Orders. Management and evaluations of crew. Ensuring all National / International regulations pertaining to MARPOL, STCW,

ISPS and SOLAS are adhered to. Responsible for maintaining the Ballast management plan and Garbage

management plan. Responsible for bridge navigational equipment and Passage Planning. Ensuring all charts and publications are corrected up to date.

July 2005 - June 2006: Princess Cruises Job Title: Third Officer

Work locations: Pacific coast of North America, Alaska and Caribbean Sea. Maintaining a safe navigational watch. In charge of maintenance and inspection of the FFA and LSA. Responsible during mooring operations at both the forward and aft mooring

stations. Maintaining a DP watch while tendering. Familiar with operating a fully integrated bridge using the latest technologies. In charge of port and starboard boat embarkation decks during emergency

drills.

June 2004 - August 2004: Algoma Central Marine Job Title: AB / Helmsman

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Work locations: Great Lakes of Canada and the USA and the Gulf of the St. Lawrence River.

Steering vessel through the Great Lakes and rivers at the Master’s, OOW’s and Pilot’s orders.

Working with the Bosun cleaning cargo holds and completing general maintenance.

Assisting Third Officer with safety checks.

February 2002 - July 2003: OSG Ship Management, U.K. Job Title: Deck Officer Cadet

Work locations: Worldwide trading. Employed on Cape-size Bulk Carrier and VLCC. Assisted all deck officers with their allocated duties. Assisted with the navigation watch, cargo watch and cargo monitoring during

the voyage. Routine ship duties appointed by the Chief Officer.

Education

DP Simulator course – Holland College, P.E.I. Canada. February 2007. DP Induction course – Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz, Netherlands.

October 2004. Nautical Sciences diploma program – BCIT Marine Campus. January 2001 – July

2005.

Additional Qualifications

Saudi Aramco approval as Chief Officer, Sr. DPO. Crisis Management and Human Behaviour Training – STCW 95 V/2, A-V/2.1, A-

V/2.5 ECDIS – Transport Canada – STCW 95 A-I/12 Bridge Resource Management – Transport Canada – STCW 95 B-V111/2 Ship Security Officer – Transport Canada – STCW 95 VI/5 BOSIET - April 11, 2013 Marine First Aid – Transport Canada – STCW 95 A-VI/1-3 Marine Emergency Duties, (MED A1, B1, B2, C, D) – Transport Canada GMDSS GOC & ROC – Industry Canada Seafarers Medical – Transport Canada Training in Passenger Safety on Passenger Ships – STCW Code A-V/3 Major Emergency Management training – Falck Alford, Houston Texas –

December 07, 2012

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References, evaluations and certificate copies are available upon request

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