Mick Dyer A day in the life of...
Chairman of IIMS Australia Branch
Mick Dyer MIIMS resides in the district of Port Lincoln in South Australia, a small city in comparison to many with a population of around just 15,000. In June 2015, Mick was elected as Chairman of the thriving IIMS Australia Branch. Mike Schwarz, in conversation with Mick, poses the questions.
Q. What type of marine industry goes on in the Port Lincoln area and typically what sort of vessels are common place?
A. Port Lincoln has one of Australia’s largest fishing fleets made up of a range of vessels from 7 10mtr Aluminium Punts to 35mtr Trawlers.
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There is a large Tuna fleet here which has vessels built for extended voyages out in The Great Australian Bight as well as Aquaculture service vessels to accommodate the 100+ Tuna farms located north of Port Lincoln in Boston Bay. We also have a large fleet of 20mt Prawn trawlers as well as over 50 Cray vessels. Aside from the fishing fleet, Port Lincoln has a deep-water Port to facilitate the large grain ships that load grain harvested from all over the west coast of South Australia.
Q. Australia is a large country. How far do you travel for work, or is there sufficient surveying in the Port Lincoln area to sustain you?
A. The majority of my work is in and around Port Lincoln, yet I do travel quite far up the West Coast of South Australia. There are quite a few aquaculture businesses operating 300-400km west of Port Lincoln which is a remote part of
the state. I also do work in Ceduna (West Coast) for some of the tug companies as well as north of the state in Whyalla. I like the travelling part of the job and getting out there to the remote areas along our amazing coast.
Q. How did you get into marine surveying and what was the attraction of surveying as a career choice?
A. I started my working career as an engineer for a Tuna company after working my way up from the deck in 1982. This then lead to becoming a Fleet Manager for a larger company which operated 9 vessels as well as trucks and machinery that serviced the company. Keeping up with compliance for the fleet gave me a solid understanding of how the surveying process worked and I always liked to have the vessels ready for the surveyor upon their
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