Peter Heatherwick  Résumé 

pete@reefpix.com.au
 

           *   Master Class 5
            *   Marine Engine Driver Grade 1 (MEDI)
            *   Dive Instructor PADI  no 101265
 

Work Experience
Peter Heatherwick

P.O. Box 685
Mossman 4873
Mobile:    0427 596 100
Home (07) 40 988 420
E-mail address: pete@reefpix.com.au
Web site  www.reefpix.com.au

Work Experience
Presently at Wavelength Reef Charters as Operations and Skipper of two single screw snorkel vessels running day trips to Opal and Tongue Reef.

November 2002 to August 2001 HABA DIVE, Port Douglas
Master V / MED II
Duties: Master of a 21 metre Catamaran.
Skipper a diving operation taking up to 65 people to the reef.
Daily engineering checks and maintenance of 3406 Caterpillars
and a Cummins gen set.

June 1999 to August 2001 Calypso Reef Charters, Port Douglas
Master V / MED II
Duties: Setup and Master Both a 23 and a 16.47 metre twin screw Monohulls.
Setup and skipper a diving operation taking up to 60 people to the reef. Daily engineering and maintenance of Cummins QSM11 635 hp  and 455 hp c series motors.

Discover Dive Services, Port Douglas
Master V
Duties: Setup and Master an 8.2 metre Kevlarcat.
Setup and run a diving operation taking 12 people to the reef.

MV Phantom, Port Douglas
Deckhand / Dive Instructor, Engineer
Duties: Daily Maintenance / Engineering of a 65 foot luxury “Precision”. Organise diving activities. Direct in water supervision of diving activities. Watch keeping during extended charters. Supervision of shipwright crews during refits. Care of passengers during fishing activities. Preparation of the Vessel. Refuelling.

MV Norseman, Port Douglas
Relief Master, / Amateur Fishing Vessel.
Duties: Engine room checks. Boat safety briefs and familiarisation. Vessel handling and site selection. Care of passengers during fishing activities. Vessel cleaning, preparation and refuelling.
 
 

Work Experience continued:
Freelancing for the following companies:

BBC natural history unit:
Camera Assistant on digital video. Television Series "Too Close For Comfort".

Westbridge Films:
Underwater Camera Assistant / Clapper Loader on 16 mm.
Ocean Girl 3 & 4  (TV drama for the Disney Channel)

M.S. Willow: Skipper of 14 metre sailing cat ketch
M.S. Shaolin: Master
M.V. Cape Peron: Master
M.V. Aristocat: Instructor/Deckhand/Reef Interpreter/Snorkel Guide
M.V.OuterEdge: Instructor / Divemaster/Reef Interpreter / Snorkel Guide
S.V. Synergy II: Master / Instructor / Reef Interpreter
M.V. Super Sport: Deckhand / Divemaster / Coxswain
M.V. Wavelength II: Deckhand / Reef Interpreter / Snorkel Guide
M.V. Wavelength I: Deckhand / Reef Interpreter / Snorkel Guide
M.V. Norseman:  Master
M.V. Hooker 1:  Deck hand
M.V. Wee Jock:  Master

1993 – 1995  P&O Resorts, Heron Island Dive Shop.
Tourist resort via Gladstone. Handles up to 120 divers.
Position: Coxswain of dive vessels / Instructor.

1993 Ocean Spirit Cruises, Cairns
Coxswain of dive tenders / Dive Instructor / Reef Interpreter.
Ocean Sprit Cruises consists of two 30 metre sailing catamarans catering to 190 passengers daily.

1992 - 1993    Krabi Resort, Thailand.  120 rooms and bungalows
 Position:  Manager of tours and activities of the Resort.

1992  Heron Island Resort, Via Gladstone
 Coxswain / Dive Instructor

1991  Sunlover Cruises, Cairns
 Dive Instructor on “Sunseeker”, “Sunbird”, “Calypso Lady”,  Teaching open water and resort courses

1989   Colour Factory, Melbourne.
A professional photographic laboratory involved in reprographic Cibachrome printing and E6 processing, and black & white services. I was responsible for photography of reflection artwork & products for catalogues, E6 processing, stocktaking and ordering of photographic equipment and materials. For 14 months

1989  Sure Fire Films, Melbourne
 Camera Operator Freelance
 Director of cinematography on a documentary through Asia. For 4 months

1989   Paramount Pictures, Road Show Studios, Gold Coast
 (Camera assistant) on “Mission Impossible”
 American Television series

1987   Freelance
 Freelance work on the underwater filming of television commercial for the “Mirage Resorts” with Ben Cropp
 Freelance Land based film and photographic work.

1987  Cairns Underwater Photography
Camera hire, film processing, in water film & photographic assistant

1987   Prodive, Cairns
 Divemaster on live-aboard dive vessels

1982 - 1986   EMPLOYMENT RECORD
I began working in the film industry in 1982. I have had a broad range of experience as a film & video camera operator. This experience includes both full-time employment, with Hoyts-Jumbuck, in Brisbane for over two and a half years. Freelance work for over thirty companies, (with National, Regional and state representation). I have operated on a wide range of projects on and off land (ie. submarine, maritime, light aircraft and helicopter).
 My experience includes camera operation on documentary films in Far North Queensland, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Thailand, India and Nepal as well as the production of National, State and Regional commercials in Brisbane and Sydney.
Graded by B.T.Q. 7 Brisbane as a “C” grade cinematographer in 1984.
 

Marine Qualifications
Department of Transport
Marine Board of Queensland

2004    USL Marine Engine Driver Grade 1
2001    USL Marine Engine Driver Grade 2
1996    USL Master Class V
1992   Coxswain (restricted) to within one nautical mile of Heron Island
1993      “     “     (extended)  to one and a half nautical miles off the Mothership & Queensland Coast
1991 Shipboard Safety
1998 Shipboard Safety

Diving Qualifications
Professional Association of Dive Instructors
1987   Divemaster
1991   Medic First Aid
1991   Open Water Scuba Instructor
1998   Fai professional indemnity insurance
1998   Diving Medical. A.S. 4005.1
 2800+ logged Scuba dives
 Cape Byron Imports
1995  Mares Diploma  Regulator Service, including Mares & Mirage Regulators.
1991  Sherwood Regulator Service,

Education and Training
 P&O Shipping
1995   Leadership
1995   Advanced Customer Care
REEFWATCH. Marine Environmental Consultants
1994   Coral Reef Biology & Ecology course

Royal Life Saving Society.
Workplace First Aid (level 1)
1991   Emergency Life Support.
1999   Oxygen Equipment Resuscitation
1994   Senior Resuscitation
1991   Bronze Medallion

St. John Ambulance Australia
1991    Advanced Resuscitation.
1991   Senior First Aid. Credit.
1993   Diving First Aid Instructor
1994 Senior First Aid. Distinction

 Australian Red cross
1998 Senior First Aid

 TAFE
1997  Advanced Resuscitation
1998  Advanced Resuscitation

  References
  Steve Turvey, Owner / Manager. M.V. Norseman
  Port Douglas:  0410402500
  Peter Wright, Owner /  Master. M.V. Poseidon
  Port Douglas:  (07) 40 994772