basis, particularly as independent marine surveyor and/or small business owner. Professional indemnity insurance cover, codes of conduct and ethics, client relations, health and safety practices. Marine surveyors have very demanding and compressed schedules, resulting at times, complacencies in cores operating practices. Providing an annual refresher to marine surveyors on good business practices, and operating standards, provides a qualitative approach to continuous improvements, and integrity.


As a National marine surveying body, keeping the marine surveyor relevant on regulations, legislation, marine safety bulletins that guide their opinions in their


specific concentration. Keeping abreast of changes within industry sectors such as ship repair, cargo markets, marine insurance, claims and adjusting.


Influence the marine surveyor’s curiosity to challenge himself, to building his brand, and that of the International Institute of Marine surveying, by just involved.


Q11. Marine surveying can be an unpredictable, full on job at times. How do you ensure you get the 8work life balance right and at the end of a long working day, how do you choose to relax and unwind?


Balancing work and personal life is always work in progress, on the Great Lakes, to some extent there


Figure 15 On-Hire Survey - Marine Construction


is seasonality to some aspects of work, being a little slower in the winter months. Although with the aging demographic some surveyor have retired, leaving gaps in fill year round. For me, physical and mental conditioning requires me to be at the gym minimum 3 times a week, and making time to be with family and friends, regardless of schedule.


Q12. You live in a country renowned for its natural beauty and wide open spaces. But where do you like to go on vacation?


Summer vacations in Canada, take me to the French River in Northern Ontario, and on staycation close to home, enjoying the wonders of Lake Ontario. Winter’s, anywhere in the Tropics from 0 to 13 degrees north.


Figure 16 On-Hire Survey Dump Scows


Figure 17 Great Lakes St.Lawrence Seaway


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