FRANCIS LOZIERE

**** ******* ****

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

Email: ad1m77@r.postjobfree.com

530-***-****

SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Marine technician and commercial mariner with over 25 years’ experience in civil engineering, marine technology and marine transportation. In the past 20 years I have worked primarily as a navigation officer and marine survey technician collecting oceanographic and hydrographic data for fishery surveys, nautical charting, port construction and dredging projects.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES & TRAINING:

Master Unlimited Tonnage of Motor or Steam Vessels on Great Lakes or Inland Waters

Master 1600 Gross Tons of Motor or Steam Vessels on Oceans

First Class Pilot Unlimited Tonnage on waters of Southeast Alaska and the Washington Ship Channel

ABYC Marine Technician Certification

Offshore Commercial Diving Certification

Kongsberg Dynamic Positioning Certification

FCC Radio Operators License (GMDSS)

VSO/MEDPIC Certification

EDUCATION:

Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology Graduate – Yacht Design/Naval Architecture/Surveying Diploma

Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) – USCG Unlimited Licensing Program

Santa Barbara City College – Offshore Commercial Diving Technology Graduate

University of California Santa Barbara Undergraduate, Chemistry/Engineering

COMPUTER SOFTWARE and PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE:

AutoCAD LDD & Civil Design

Rhino

Terramodel

Hypack Max

MATLAB

Excel

C++

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Second Mate/RAO – R/V Marcus G. Langseth

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY/LDEO, 11/2022 – 9/2023

Marine Operations: 61 Rt. 9W

Palisades, NY 10964 845-***-****

I worked for Columbia University (Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory) as Second Mate on the geophysical research vessel Marcus G. Langseth. My primary function was as a navigation watch officer. I was responsible for the voyage planning of the current and proposed research cruises. I performed bridge watch standing/navigation duties including conducting GMDSS operational tests and doing terrestrial navigation. I supervised the deck crew and assisted the scientists with loading, securing and staging of oceanographic equipment. I was responsible for SOLAS rescue boat deployments, maintenance and repairs. I was also responsible for the safety equipment inspections and managing the MSDS database.

Chief Mate/Second Mate – R/V Ka’imikai-O-Kanaloa and Kilo Moana UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MARINE CENTER/SOEST, 1/2013 – 7/2014 & 6/2021 – 6/2022 965 N. Nimitz Highway

Honolulu, HI 96817 808-***-****

I worked for the University of Hawaii as a relief chief mate and second mate assigned to the university marine center’s oceanographic research vessels. My principal duties included ship security, maintenance of all deck equipment, loading and ship stability calculations. I was responsible for voyage planning of the proposed research cruises. I performed bridge watch standing and navigation duties which included monitoring Radar, ECDIS, conducting GMDSS performance tests and doing terrestrial and celestial navigation. On deck and in the oceanographic survey laboratories, I supervised the deck crew and assisted scientists with loading, securing and staging of oceanographic equipment. I assisted with the weather buoy operations, rescue boat deployments, maintenance and repairs.

Second Mate/Navigation Officer

ALASKA MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (DOT) 4/2012 – 6/2021 7559 North Tongass Highway, Ketchikan, AK 99901 907-***-****

I worked for the Alaska Marine Highway System as a second mate/watch officer on the state fleet of roll-on, roll-off passenger ferries in Southeast Alaska. As a watch officer, I was responsible for the safe navigation of the ship which requires piloting the ship at night through narrow inland passages of Alaska and Canada. I performed navigation duties that included chart plotting, monitoring Radar, ECDIS, GMDSS, conducting navigation system performance tests, completing NtM chart corrections and writing weekly tides/currents spreadsheets. During in port time, my primary responsibility was bridge security. My secondary responsibilities included the screening and inspection of vehicles, trucks and cargo vans for hazardous materials in compliance with the vessel security plan and the security management system.

Hydrographic Survey Technician/Third Mate

NOAA/NOS 2/1998 - 6/1999 & 7/2007 – 4/2012

Marine Operations Center Pacific

2002 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365 541-***-****

Beginning in 1998 I worked with the officers, technicians and rotating scientists on five NOAA research vessels: RAINIER (1,800 GRT) MILLER FREEMAN (1,600 GRT) OSCAR SETTE (2,000 GRT) KA’IMIMOANA (2,100 GRT) and HI’IALAKAI (2,100 GRT). I worked as a Survey Technician where I assisted scientists with the acquisition of oceanographic data using CTD rosettes. On the Oscar Sette, Ka’imimoana, and Hi’ialakai, I worked as an Able Seaman and Third Mate where I assisted in the Deployment and recovery of Tropical Atmosphere Ocean monitoring buoys, Tsunami buoys, ADCPs and other sub-surface oceanographic data buoys. From 2/1998 to 6/1999, I worked as a Survey Technician on the 1,800 GT hydrographic survey ship Rainier conducting surveys in Southeast Alaska for the purpose of nautical chart production. The hydrographic surveys employed the following types of sonar systems: Seabeam MKII medium depth multibeam sonar, Klein SS IV side-scan sonar, Reson Seabat 8101multibeam sonar and Innerspace/Echotrack single-beam sonar systems. I was involved with the installation and monitoring of DGPS base stations and I assisted with tide station monitoring. I assisted the engineers and technicians with the installation of multibeam sonar systems into the survey boats. I drafted detail drawings of sonar equipment using AutoCAD software. I also wrote descriptive reports of completed hydrographic surveys for submission to the National Ocean Service hydrographic branch.

Second Mate

MSRC - MARINE SPILL RESPONSE CORPORATION 6/2006 – 6/2007 101 Canal Boulevard, Richmond, California 94804 510-***-****

I worked for Marine Spill Response Corporation as a second mate on the petroleum spill response vessel MV Pacific Responder in the San Francisco Bay. As a watch officer, I was responsible for the safe navigation of the ship which included piloting the ship at night through the San Francisco Bay and offshore California coastal areas. During in port time, my primary responsibility was vessel security. Secondary duties included scheduling ship maintenance in compliance with the vessel security management system.

Hydrographic Survey Technician/Survey Party Chief

GAHAGAN AND BRYANT ASSOCIATES, INC. 6/2003 – 6/2006 405 Forty Ninth Street, Oakland, CA 94609 302-***-****

My primary responsibility was the supervision of survey data acquisition with adherence to USACE quality control standards for hydrographic condition surveys, pre/post-dredging projects, beach enhancement and port construction projects. I was the boat captain and survey party chief for hydrographic surveys which required the monitoring of tide stations and GPS positioning equipment. I was responsible for surveying tide station vertical control benchmarks and for the daily calibration of hydrographic survey equipment. The survey platforms consisted of Type II survey vessels equipped with Innerspace/Echotrac single beam transducers, Trimble 300NT GPS and TSS DMS-25 IMU. I worked with civil engineers to complete the processing of hydrographic survey data and with other aspects of the dredging engineering process. I was responsible for drafting bathymetric maps using AutoCAD. Our client base included the following organizations: USACE Tampa Bay district, Port of Oakland, Port of Long Beach, Port of San Francisco, Chevron, Inc. and some private sector companies.

Engineering Technician

PACIFIC AFFILIATES, INC. 8/2002 – 6/2003

990 Waterfront Drive, Eureka, CA 95501 707-***-****

I was involved in conducting both land and hydrographic surveys for the purpose of port construction projects, harbor dredging, environmental monitoring and for river bar sand/gravel extraction. The land surveying system included a Topcon total station with Nikon Rod and Transit leveling equipment. The hydrographic survey system was a Type I mono-hull boat equipped with an ODOM MK II 3200 fathometer and a single beam transducer. In the office I was responsible for maintaining the civil engineering/hydrographic drawing database. I drafted revisions and new drawings of port construction plans and detail drawings using AutoCAD LDD. As well, I was also involved in pre-construction site surveys for septic system designs and wastewater projects. My additional responsibilities included performing pre/post volume calculations for dredging projects and writing drainage reports for preconstruction site assessments.

Survey Technician/Draftsman

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING/PUBLIC WORKS 1/1997 – 2/1998 630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805-***-****

I was responsible for completing manual and electronic drafting using AutoCAD LDD and Civil Design. In addition, I was involved in the reduction and post-processing of topographic data obtained from field surveys for civil construction projects; e.g., water/sewer mainline systems, pre-construction site plans and subdivision surveys. I participated in field surveys as the Rodman and I was responsible for downloading the survey data. In addition, I drafted plan view drawings of regional areas of the City of Santa Barbara’s water and sewer infrastructure. I also performed cut and fill computations of topographic areas for grading projects.

Diving Technician/Boat Operator

CALIFORNIA MARICULTURE, INC. 1/1994 - 1/1997

2932 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 805-***-****

As a project diver, I was responsible for diving operations which included the construction and monitoring of mariculture habitats as well as animal husbandry of red abalone. The operations were conducted using both surface supplied diving systems and scuba equipment. I performed basic maintenance and repairs of the workboats and diving equipment. My secondary responsibilities included seawater sampling and the collection of physical data for statistics and general health assessment.

PERSONAL DATA SUMMARY:

I am a healthy, physically fit single man, non-smoker with no tattoos. I am a very diligent self-starter with good time management skills. By design, I have accumulated a variety of marine technology and civil engineering related work experience. I am willing to travel for work and work overtime. For references, refer to the company phone numbers listed under Employment History. Written references can also be provided.

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