Dave Anderson has been working in heavy industry since 1963. Dave has been involved in a great deal of both preventive and breakdown maintenance work during his long career, and has gathered a wealth of experience. He has also been engaged in man management and safety, which has always remained his priority.
Dave began his career at age sixteen, when he started serving his apprenticeship as a Marine Fitter. Thereafter, Dave joined the British Merchant Navy and after passing his First Class Motor Certificate in 1975, worked his way up through the ranks from Junior Engineer to Chief Engineer. During this period, Dave served on a wide variety of merchant vessels, including an oil tanker, a cruise liner, a supply boat and a number of container vessels and bulk carriers.
Next, Dave joined the offshore industry and spent another sixteen years at sea, initially as First Engineer on a semi-submersible, then as First Engineer/Chief Engineer on a dynamically positioned (DP) drill ship. Dave's next career steps were on a diving support semi-submersible vessel and a jack-up rig, where he held the position of Chief Mechanic. Finally, Dave worked as a Team Leader on the refurbishment of a DP drill ship, before joining ModuSpec in 1998.
As a Senior Surveyor at ModuSpec, Dave carries out rig inspections, commissioning activities and develops preventative maintenance programs. In 2007, Dave was appointed as a ModuSpec Trainer and, in conjunction with conducting rig inspections, started presenting Training as well as developing standard and/or customized training courses in line with industry/client demand. Dave is also the author of the Mechanical part of ModuSpec Training Programme (REC, RMP and ARMP).
Dave Anderson says:
Without training, even the best mechanic in the world will pick up basic errors in the way he carries out his work. Unless these are pointed out, he will keep on making the same mistakes. Most mechanics in the industry are perfectly capable of taking machines apart and putting them back together. What the industry tends to lack are people who have the training to understand why certain procedures have to be carried out, why basic maintenance is extremely important and how, by carrying out this basic maintenance, the vast majority of equipment problems can be solved before they become serious.
In addition, I strongly believe that as a Trainer I can make a difference. I have a lot to offer to younger mechanics in the industry, and I am more than willing to impart my knowledge.
