George van Straten has won September round of our photo contest. You can read now an interview with him and find out, how he has become a paint inspector and what difficulties does he meet during his job.
It was a platform supply vessel that was being coated during a dry-docking. This particular coat is the tie-coat. Each dry-docking takes about two weeks. I thought that this photo was fascinating because of all the different shades of grey being created by the sunlight. I have never realized how interesting a grey coating could look. One usually does not consider grey an interesting colour. The photo was taken in the late afternoon with the sun adjacent-behind us about three weeks ago. (The picture was taken in September 2013)
I am a Technical Service Representative for a paint company. I work mainly in the marine industry, but am also involved in PC projects and some very unusual and interesting projects such as vehicles and telescopes. I was headhunted back in 2008.
My job has kept me relatively close to home. The furthest I have been is 400 km north to farm where we inspected a gamma wave telescope constructed by the Max Planck Society. It was constructed and coated in Walvis Bay and then transported through the desert to the farm and then assembled.
I love the interesting products we work with and the different applications they can be used for. Also, I enjoy working with all the different people from all over the world who share their knowledge and experience with us.
It is difficult to work with the ethic, sometimes. It seems as though one has to try to outsmart the client or a competitor, or close ones eyes to satisfy a client. I refuse to bend the rules or be convinced to do this. It’s so wrong. This does not work well with my character. I prefer teamwork to find solutions to the advantage of all concerned.
We have a few projects running all the time. We are involved with Dry-dockings and PC projects in our area. There is a lot do to, here, all the time.
I am a musician, quite well known in the area. I wish I could play music rather than work as a TSR. I also enjoy doing home renovation.
I always wanted to be a Rock Star. Sharing the joy of music has been my dream since I was a young lad. It gives me great joy to see people enjoying themselves. I know it’s not what shold be written here, but that’s who I am.
Winning picture: Photo of the tie-coat being applied to a vessel on a floating dock in Walvis Bay. The different shades of grey look quite interesting.