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Matthew McDermott

Dorset

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Blade repair technician

Muehlhan
Denmark, Lolland
2025.03 - 2025.12
  • Grinding repairs and replacing with fibre glass using epoxy and a vacuum bag to consolidate making sure all staggers are correct.
  • Grinding and Removing glue cracks and voids, then refilling it with the correct material such as sika 1200
  • Trailing edge and Leading edge laminations
  • Using a Enable Semi - Automatic Sander
  • Fitting Lightening band / VGs
  • Puttying over laminations to detail to ensure a final finish for the painters.

Blade repair technician

Muehlan
Belfast
2024.02 - 2024.10
  • Performed thorough inspections on turbine blades to identify damages and defects.
  • Removing Juggle Joint screws then grinding back the Delamination - Scarfing the layers, drawing out and replacing with Fibre glass to Specification.
  • Removing all Clips and LMS cables and then replacing.

Fiberglass laminator

OysterYachts
Hythe, Hampshire
2022.02 - 2024.01
  • Laminating small moulds to drawing specification
  • Trimming moulds to measurements
  • grinding damage and repairing the Oyster Yachts
  • Gel Coat Repairs

Boat builder

JS MARINE
Tortola BVI, Carribean
2021.02 - 2021.11
  • Grinding and removing damaged layers of Fibre Glass
  • Vacuum bag to Consolidate.
  • Sanding and Filling and Fairing.
  • Gel coat repairing, Grading, Buffing
  • Checking damage with a Moisture Reader
  • Deck fit

Boat Builder

Sunseeker
Poole , Dorset
2018.01 - 2021.01
  • Apprenticeship Achieved - (Shipwright L3 Qualification)
  • Building Hulls and Decks
  • Gel repairs, Grading, Buffing - Hulls and Decks
  • Infusion - Ring decks , Bulk heads

Education

NVQ Level 3 - Shipwright qualification

Bournemouth and Poole College
Poole
2017.02 - 2021.01

Skills

  • GWO BST
  • Lots of courses complete on The Open University
  • Medical Fitness to work offshore Statement
  • Confined space training - Medium Risk
  • T- 045 General Training
  • Shipwright Level 3 Qualification
  • Plant Operator Certification Card
Matthew McDermott