Rig Move and Jacking Operations MasterClass©

I would like to thank you all for the great course conducted Feb. 2025, the knowledge that Capt. John passed on will be invaluable to me in my further endeavors to become a decent rig mover.

My story started off by going to sea on a fishing vessel off the west coast of Scotland as a cook, eventually working my way up through deck hand to mate to relief skipper, eventually owning and running pair trawlers in the North Sea and around Scotland.

This fantastic life style came to an end due to European politics. But gave me a very good grounding into close boat handling and also the power of the weather

Next up I go offshore as a roustabout working my way up on the marine side with various companies BCO on semis to Barge engineer on jack ups, where I have been for 18 years. By far the best bit as a Barge were the rig moves, thoroughly enjoyed each one.

I did get offered rig mover position a few years ago but never followed up on it as could see the down turn coming in the industry. Actually, thought that that was my one and only shot at the rig mover role. But thankfully I have now got the position with my current company.

Although I had a good grasp on knowledge of rig moving having participated in some very many rig moves, you are never too old to learn new tricks and practices. I applaud you for your course and your style of teaching in passing your wealth of experience down to your students.

For anybody reading this I would highly recommend you participating in this course to further your understanding of the technicalities and practices used in moving gigantic structures from location to location and positioning them to centimeter accuracy. For me John is one of the leaders in this industry at passing on the skills required to aid you in becoming a rig mover or if only to further your own understanding.

Best regards,

Chris Owen

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