coating inspectorWhat type of job are you looking for? QA/QC coating and insulation jobs What nationality are you? INDIAN What languages do you speak (and at what level)? ENGLISH,TAMIL, HINDI What country or area are you looking to work in and why? ANGOLA What countries have you worked in? QATAR,UAE What field do you currently work in? QUALITY CONTROL What fields have you worked in before? QUALITY CONTROL What qualifications do you hold? MSc CHEMISTRY, NDT, PIPING, NACE 2 Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why? EXPERIENCED SKILLS AND EDUCATION TECHINICAL KNOWLEDGE Describe the benefits of working with others IMPROVE COMUNICATIONS,DEVELOP FRIENDLY ECOSYSTEM,SHARE AND LEARNING KNOWLEDGE. Describe the benefits of working alone KNOWLEDGE IS DUMPED WITHIN OURSELFS What was your worst working experience? 8 YEARS What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE,FRIENDSHIPS. What unique skills do you have? COATING INSPECTION,SPORTS, What would you consider as your 'dream job'? QUALITY CONTROL What are the most interesting aspects of your field? TEAM INVOLVEMENT, DEDICATION TO WORK. What are the least interesting aspects of your field? PATIENTS AND SELF CONFIDENTS Please replace this with a question of your own BE SAFE AND LET OTHERS BE SAFE How can potential employers contact you? RESUME K.RAMESH C2/214,B.H.E.L,TOWNSHIP,TRICHRAPPALLI Tamil Nadu – India. PIN: 620014 Phone: Res +91 9786878105, 9976922841, 971 05 3172035. Email: kramesh1981@gmail.com Ramrsk25@yahoo.com Professional Experience: I am qualified NACE Level II coating inspector & having 8+ years of experience in anticorrosion activities (Heavy Protective Industrial Coatings) for various types of offshore and onshore structures, tanks & vessels in Refineries & Petrochemicals, cross country pipelines, and having thorough knowledge in coating standards, surface preparations, type of coatings, coating activities, Insulations, calibration of inspection instruments,holday testing, repair procedure for field and shop applied coatings, progress updates in computers, and product handling procedure, reviewing of quality control documents etc. Employment History: Present Employer- A Sep 2009 to Till Date BUREAU VERITAS, ABUDHABI, UAE. WORKING AS A THIRD PARTY INSPECTOR For the following Projects RUWAIS 3RD NGL TRAIN PROJECT, ABUDHABI, UAE. (GASCO PROJECTS, ABUDABI, UAE) HASBHAN OAG PROJECT, (GASCO PROJECTS, ABUDABI, UAE) RUWAIS GREEN DESEL PROJECT (GASCO PROJECTS, ABUDABI, UAE) witnessing of blasted and painted Tank, Drum, columns, bearing pedestals, Saddles, vapour module plate, handrails, pile to pile cap, jacketing legs, cable tray, crash barrier grid, skirts, clips, pipe Turnnion support, navigation light base, staircase base, super structures, platform deck plate, ramp steel plates, exchangers, embedded plates, connecting plates, stitch plates, guide supports, catwalk bearings, jacket caps, sleepers embedded plates, gratings, nipples, vents, drains, reducers, elbows, tees, bolt and nuts, valves, flanges ,crane hooks, Equipments are as per the project specifications. Witnessing surface preparation, final insulation (Hot, cold, personnel protection) inspection for pipelines, valves, flanges, storage tanks, boilers, vessels, drums, supports. Witnessing for surface preparation, final inspection for CICOL ET slurry on loading platform deck berths. Ensure that necessary inspections are carried out as per the applicable specification for all the projects. Monitoring and checking the Blasting and Painting activities (prior/after) to ensure that the quality of workmanship is in accordance with the client’s specification, painting and blasting procedure and the SPCS. Verifies all equipments where Blasting/Painting were not necessary to be masked out. Monitor decreasing and High pressure fresh water wash to be carried out. Verifies weld spatter and all surfaces irregularities to be removed. Chloride Test to be carried out as per Standard (When required). Compressed air used for abrasive blasting to be checked as per Standard. Abrasive conductivity test to be carried out as per Standard (When required). Monitor air pressure and nozzle size of blasting equipment. Ambient condition and substrate temperature to be observed in every two hrs intervals Surface cleanliness to be verified using Standard. The surface to be blasted should be free from grease, oil and other contaminants. Anchor profile to be checked as per client’s requirement and SPCS. Monitor blow down of spent abrasives and materials. Dust contamination test has been carried out as per Standard (If required). Inspecting the coating application and wet film thickness. Monitor and ensure over coating intervals between each coat of paint. Check the paint drum (manufacture, paint name, batch number, batch certificate, expiry date etc?). Monitor and ensure the paint materials are storage in good condition. Verify after coating the required dry film thickness. Check coating curing test as per standard (When required). Monitor performance of Blaster and Painter at site. Raises NCR, s for non-conforming products. Raising punch lists for incomplete works. Check calibration of the equipment. Ensure that necessary inspections are carried out as per the applicable specification. Check that adequate and proper repair of all defects has been undertaken. Check paint/coating colour, appearances, and shade uniformity. Witnessing of Inspection reports and Test reports. To perform Inspection activities in line with inspection procedures, HSE management system, maintenance and inspection policies. Surveillance inspection on plant site for personnel safety, unpainted and un insulated items. Pre job meetings with GASCO, PMC, PMT, CONTRACTOR, SUB’CONTRACTORS, VENDORS. Present Employer- B Jan to Aug 2009 WELSPUN GUJARAT STAHL ROHEN LTD, BARUCH COMPANY. (COATING PIPE MILL), GUJARATH, INDIA. WORKING AS A THIRD PARTY INSPECTOR FOR THE NATIONAL GAS COMPANY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LIMITED. PROJECT NAME: NORTH EAST OFFSHORE /TOBAGO PIPE LINE PROJECT. INSPECTION ACTIVITIES PERFORMED IN SHOP: • Witnessed the blasting operations & the inspection of the consequent blasted surfaces for surface irregularities. • Inspected the inspection tools and their calibration status. • Monitored the holiday testing activity on externally coated pipes and witnessed its calibration. • Monitored the final OD and ID coated pipes for visual appearance as well as thickness measurements checks, • Witnessed the following Tests at the ONLINE PROCESSES: 1). Roughness Test at External & internal blasted pipes. 2). Weather conditions: Ambient & surface temperature, humidity & dew point. 3). MEK test for external coat. 4). Quality of Compressed Air 5).Salt contamination test 6).PH tests on pipe surfaces before de-ionized water wash and after de-ionized Water. 7) Degree of dust test 8) Pipe temperature after preheating. INSPECTION ACTIVITIES PERFORMED IN LAB: Witnessed the below test in lab for Production pipes OFFLINE PROCESSES 1. Hot water soak test 2. CD test of PQT pipes 3. Interface and cross section contamination. 4. Raw material test of rough coat and top coat 5. Thermal analysis of cured epoxy. 6. Conductivity of rinsed water Witnessed the below test in lab for Production pipes for Internal Coating 1. Internal coating test panels. 2. Mixing ratio of Base and Activator. INSPECTION AT THE PIPE STACK YARDS: Final inspection carried at the stack yard and reviewing the FINAL DISPATCH ANNEXURE (loading reports). Inspection of the loading trucks for the signs of coating damages, bevel protectors, stenciling, colour coding, and separators (ropes), stacking of pipes according to handling procedures. Inspection of loading pipes at the port and preparing of shipment documents. Previous Employer-C Velosi certification LLC, Qatar: from Feb 2008 to Dec2008 Working as Coating Inspector for onshore projects. PROJECT: COMMON SULPHUR STROAGE FOR WGI/AJES CONSORTIUM. Ras Laffan industrial city, Qatar. Insulation activities of sulphur storage tank, civil painting activities for storage rooms, control rooms, sub-station, sewage tanks and administration buildings. Coating activities for structural steels cross country pipelines, firewater pipelines, flanges, control valves, piping s, bolts & nuts. Conducting holiday testing on pipeline coatings. Verifying blasters and painters qualification certificates. Checking the calibration certificates for blasting and painting equipments. Maintaining daily, weekly and monthly reports. Conducting minutes of meeting with clients, subcontracts, contractors and painting suppliers and manufacturers. PROJECT :( DUPRP) DOHA URBAN PIPLINE RELOCATION PROJECT, PUNJ LLOYD LLC CROSS COUNTRY PIPLINE FROM RASLAFFAN TO MESAIEED. Inspection of Coating activities for cross country pipelines, flanges, control valves, piping’s, bolts & nuts and structural steels. Conducting holiday testing on 36”, 16” and 8” FBE pipeline coatings using ELCOMETER 236 DC HOLIDAY DETECTOR. Verifying the job is carried out as per the compliance with the specification and technical data sheet. Checking the repair procedure is carried out for the repaired & touchup areas. Verifying blasters and painters qualification certificates. Checking the surface profile with micrometer dial gauge, chlorine test, dust test, pre heat test with temple stick, adhesion test, impact test, holiday test and visual inspections for mechanical damage, overlap and welding defects on pipelines. Submission of daily, weekly, monthly and final inspection test reports to Qatar petroleum clients. Daily monitoring for ambient conditions in the coating areas for the field weld joints, tie in joints and painting yards. Checking for the paint storage conditions, paint batch no, MSDS. Checking the blasting and painting equipments are as per the project requirements. Checking the abrasive type, conditions, size, and expiration date. Checking wet & dry film thickness using the appropriate gauge. Check the residual surface chlorides test before and after blasting. Lowering of 36” pipeline in the trench with holiday detection check throughout the pipeline. Updating the lowering report for the cross country pipelines and getting approval from QP and TPI. Visual inspections of backfilling of pipeline in trenches for any stones or contaminants. Previous Employer-D INSPECTA INTERNATIONAL Abu Dhabi HASBHAN OGD 3 PROJECT, (GASCO PROJECTS, ABUDABI, UAE) Worked as Coating Inspector From April 2006 to December 2007 Maintenance of coating activities on platform structures, vessels, tanks and pipelines. Verified required tools and equipment to be used are calibrated & properly tagged. Check the blasting pressure at nozzle by using Hypodermic needle gauge. Verify blasters and painters are qualified for the project as per the project requirements. Check profile height by using Testex tape & Calibrated micrometer. Check wet & dry film thickness after suitable conditions. Perform inspections in accordance with inspection test plans. Pre-check applicable standard, code, specification and quality control procedures. Visual checking of job identification for the current project as per paint release report. Monitor the coating variables, in-service environmental conditions, application methods, are as per the stated specification. Visual inspection of abrasive conditions, coating environment conditions using following instruments - Whirling Hygrometer, Dew point R/H Calculator, Steel temp gauge, Holiday detector, Salt Contamination test. Checking the safe working environments like gas testing, traffic signals, work permit etc. Inspection of the surface preparation for cleanliness, anchor profile etc. according to the specification. Make sure that the coating material is applied according to the specification and current manufacturer’s instruction. Supervising and inspecting corrosion prevention method like sandblasting, grit blasting, and power tool cleaning etc. for surface preparation and painting with anti-corrosion material in accordance with the specified industrial coating system, tape wrapping etc. Co-ordinate and carry out inspection of internal and external FBE coating on piping. Previous Employer -E Wheels India limited, Chennai, India Joined as Painting Supervisor from May 2004 to December 2005. Receipt and reviewing of contract specs, material data sheets. Interaction with QA/QC. Evolving operation process sheet based on quality control procedures, data sheets & ITP Planning, receipt, verification for compliance of paint products. Checking for Storage of paints & adherence to mfgr’s recommendations. Shop planning for surface preparations, scheduling & monitoring of paint activities. Previous Employer – F Tractors and Farm Equipment limited, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. As painting Supervisor from April 2002 to December 2003. Reviewing Specification and systems. Supervising for application of paints to the corresponding items. Review of QC documents. Preparing final Inspection summary reports and final inspection report. Nature of Job: 1. Preparation of Documents, Implementation and Continual Improvement of Management System for Quality. 2. Preparation of Quality Test Plan & Maintaining QA/QC Records. 3. Interaction with External Inspection Agencies and Client. 4. Preparation of Release note and verification of all the necessary supporting documents like Mill Test Certificates, Testing Report and Release list. Training Courses SEA SURVIVAL, H2S AWARENESS, WORK AT HEIGHT, DEFENSIVE DRIVING, CONFINED SPACE ENTRY, HELICOPTER SURVIVAL & BREATHING APPRATUS.INDUSTRIAL SAFETY INDUCTION COURSE BY ADMA OPCO, PERMIT TO WORK SYSTEM BY ADMA OPCO. Personnel Details: Name: K.RAMESH Father’s Name: R.KRISHNAMOORTHY Date of Birth: 01-04-1981 Permanent Address c2/214,B.H.E.L, TOWNSHIP, KAILASAPURAM, TRICHRAPALLI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, (PIN 620014) Email: kramesh1981@gmail.com, ramrsk25@yahoo.com Passport details: F4000672 Language known: English, Tamil. Hindi Employment status: TEMPORARY & PERMANENT Assignments. Qualifications: a) Academic: MSc.CHEMISTRY (Bharathidasan University), PGDCA. b) Technical: Level II COATING INSPECTOR from NACE, CIP No. 15947 Since AUGUST 2008. Level I COATING INSPECTOR from NACE, CIP No. 15947 since AUGUST 2007. ASNT level 2 in RT, PT, UT, MT 1. Other skills: Computer operation in MS word, Excel, Power point, browsing of internet email. Declaration: The above details are true to the best of my knowledge. Yours faithfully, k.ramesh | 
