Kingwood, TX 77339
United States / Cell Phone: 832-527-3733
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Joshua Riskus
Offshore Drilling Professional
Objective / My goal is to obtain a position where I have the ability to use my various skills, knowledge and training to learn, grow and succeed within your company.Experience / March, 2015 Vantage Drilling Houston, TX
Crane Operator- 6th Generation Drillship Liebherr Bos 4200 Cranes
March, 2014-Febuary 2015 Atwood Oceanic Houston, TX
Crane Operator- 6th Generation Drillship Knuckleboom Cranes
- Being a good leader, supervisor and teacher, always leading by example.
- Always practicing safety precautions, requirements and the "The Right to Stop the Job".
- Assisted in excavating, trenching and shoring.
- Making sure all of our proper paper work (JSA’s,Critical Lifts and PTW’s) is filled out properly and everybody understands job task about to be performed before starting.
- Working on 6th generation drill ship, running KBC, AHC and Gantry Cranes (Running Riser) as well as pipe-running drill pipe.In charge of safe rigging and lifting operations
Working contract with Vantage Drilling in Africa, Crane Operator, Roughneck, Roustabout
2012-2013 First Call Field Services Houston, TX
Crane Operator / Heavy Equipment Operator
- My experience with this company has been operating the following equipment::
- Assisted in pouring concrete, unloading supply trucks and moving different size pipe totheir proper area’s.
- Assisted in excavating, trenching and shoring.
- Assisted in roadway construction.
- Making sure all of our paper work (JSA’s,Critical Lifts and PTW’s) are filled out properly and everybody understands the job task about to be performed before starting.
Ensco 8505 Semi-Submersible (Gulf of Mexico)
Assistant Crane Operator- Seatrax and Gantry Crane
- Assist in running drill pipeand riser.
- Involved in HLO, Fast Rescue Craft and Fire drills.
- Ensure safe- lifting operations and proper training for roustabouts.
- Making of backload list and preparing for boat operations.
- Making sure all of our proper paper work (JSA’s,Critical Lifts and PTW’s) is filled out properly and everybody understands job task about to be performed before starting.
Ensco DS-4 Drillship (Cabo Frio, Brazil)
Banksman-AHC/Knuckleboom Operator
- Working on 6th generation drill ship, running KBC, AHC and Gantry Cranes (Running Riser) as well as pipe-running drill pipe.In charge of safe rigging and lifting operations
- Being a good leader, supervisor and teacher, always leading by example.
- Always practicing safety precautions, requirements and the "The Right To Stop The Job".
- Making of backload list and preparing for boat operations
- Training of Brazilian Nationals (teaching and making sure lifts and/or the landing of loads are being done properly while also utilizing the proper tools, consisting of but not limited to taglines, Shepard hooks and maintaining a hands free operation.
- Maintaining good communication with crane operators and deck foreman’s during simultaneous crane operations and critical lifts.
- Making sure all proper paper work (JSA’s,Critical Lifts, PTW’s) is filled out properly before starting a job.
- Involved and experienced in HLO and Fast Rescue Boat operations
Roughneck / Pride Mississippi (Pride/Seahawk)
- Assist in setting up, taking down and transporting drilling and service rigs as well as service equipment.
- Clean up drillrig area.
- Sort and move drill tools, pipe, cement and other materials.
- Maintain drilling equipment on the drill floor.
- Manipulate sections of pipe/drill stem at the rig floor during drilling and the removal and replacement of strings of pipe or drill stem and drill bit.
- Excellent Team player, hard worker, always willing to learn and become more knowledgeable, highly detail oriented, ability to train and motivate others, safety is always most important to me and the crew/team.
Roustabout- Pride Wyoming (Pride Int’l)
- Working the workboats and crew boats/ Rigging and hooking loads up to go to the rig
- Keeping decks clean for safe work area
- Rigging and landing of loads
- Relieving Roughnecks when needed
- Flagging crane operators and keeping good communication with crane operators
- Being involved in JSA’s and Permit to work paper working
Extracurricular
2005–2012Procrete DrillingHouston, TX
Driller and Drillers Assistant (Concrete Drilling)
- Assist in setting up drill and drill bits.
- Drilling cores out of concrete for electrical boxes for major companies.
- Core drilling is used for creating a hole in concrete walls or floors for pipe penetrations, and electrical boxes.
- Testing the depth of the concrete.
Education / 2004Kingwood Community CollegeKingwood, TX
- GED
Interests / Working side jobs on my time off, playing hockey, spending all time possible with family and friends, working on home improvements and concentrating on my health and fitness on and off the job.
Certifications & Training Achieved /
- Operator course AHC Knuckle Boom Cranes (Kristiansand, Norway February 2012. Includes AHC, KB OFFSHORE CRANES AND GRIPPER YOKES
- Sparrows Crane Operator /Rigger
- BOSIET
- Technical/Maintenance Training for Liebherr Cranes
- Basic and Advanced Fire Fighting/ 80 hours
- Rigging Qualification API-RP-2D, 6th Edition
- HLO Firefighting and Landing Officer Certificate
- STCW-95 Basic Safety Training, STCW Personal Survival Techniques
- TWIC Card
- Offshore Water Survival, Huet (METS Model 5), Personnel Transfer Basket Training
- Passport Expiration 9-19-20
- Marshall Islands Book
- Safe Gulf Certification
- Fall Protection and Rescue Specialists / Competent Person Course /2 day course-16hr
- Introductory Well Control School / Drilling Work-Over Completion Expiration 12-09-2013
- 40 Hour Course Confined Space and Rescue on DS-4 (Brazil)
- Marine Trash and Debris Awareness/ CFR 250.300
- Hazwoper Awareness/ 29 CFR 1910
- Current on all vaccines for international work.