What We Do PDS Maritime Services recruiting capabilities begin with our local presence on the Great Lakes, East, West and Gulf Coasts and are backed with national recruiting

support, giving us the leverage to service any location. Our database is the largest interactive database in the industry and gives us primary access to the most

experienced and dedicated workers available.

Just a few of the positions

we can provide include:

• Pipe Fitter

• Pipe Welders

• Welders

• Insulators

• Ship Fitters

• Cad Designers

• Safety Engineers

• Project Managers

Some Top Locations

•Newport News•BAE Systems•Colonna’s Shipyard•Lyon Shipyard•Marine Hydraulics•Metro Machine

•BAE Systems•Continental Maritime •NASSCO •Pacific Ship Repair & Fabrication

Nichols BrosTodd PacificVigor Marine

•Atlantic Marine•Austal USA•Signal Ship Repair

Wish List

What To Look For

Naval Shipbuilding

Commercial Shipbuilding

What To Avoid

Yacht Building (Why?)

Top Competitors

CTR Eagle Marine G1 Mechanical TASC

Integrity MK Industries Perennial Volt

National Technologies & Contract Labor

Tradesmen International

Atlantic Marine, Inc.Bay Shipbuilding Co.Carotex, Inc.Derecktor Gunnel of FloridaEarl IndustriesFishing Vessel Owners Marine WaysGunderson, Inc.Intracoastal City Dry DockKvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc.Lyon Shipyard, Inc.Main Iron WorksPelican ShipyardRSI Group Inc.SENESCO MarineToledo Shiprepair CompanyUS Marine RepairVT Halter Marine, Inc.

Shipyard Member Companies

Current Client

Newport News Avondale Pascagoula

Current Client (cont.)

Location info• Pascagoula, Miss. (surface combatants,

amphibious assault & transport, CG, fleet support) – 800 acres, 11,000 employees

• New Orleans, La. (surface combatants, amphibious assault & transport, auxiliaries) 268 acres, 4,800 employees

• Gulfport, Miss. (composite R&D & components) – 120 acres, 250 employees

Gulf Coast Operations – Program Summary • DDG 51 Destroyer Program • DDG 51 Modernization Program • Cruiser Modernization Program • LPD 17 Amphibious Assault Program • LHD 8 Program • LHA 6 Program • USCG National Security Cutter Program • DDG 1000 Program (Zumwalt Class)

Satisfying Maritime Clients

• Local Representation• Onsite presentation

during orientation until contractor actually starts

• 24 / 7 Response to safety issues

• Impeccable employment package

• 24-hour response to job requisition and submittal response

Sales Approach

Model of a sales approach would be the same as for any PDS potential client with the exception of:

• A credit check and safety check will be processed. Dean will assist with workers compensation, safety, and violation.

• Sales contact the customer • Sales debrief with George Premo. • A meeting and visit will be set onsite for walk through.

Visitation to shipyard is highly recommended for various reasons --- Safety is #1

• A proposal and bill rates will be put together so that we should know where our margins are.

Pipe Fitters

• Tradesman who lays out, assembles, fabricates, maintains and repairs mechanical piping systems.

• Experience fitting carbon steel, CRES, and copper nickel

• Some knowledge of installing pipe hangers, braze and tack weld qualified.

• 5 years experienced

Pipe Welder

• Tradesman who joins pipe using welding techniques TIG and Stick.

• Naval/commercial required ability to fuse inserts.

• Weld carbon steel, stainless steel, and copper nickel pipe using the SMAW (Shielded metal arc).

• GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) mirror welding a plus.

• Minimum five years experience

• Tradesman who joins plate together by using Stick, Fluxcore

• Commercial/naval required skills Multi-pass, All position fillet and butt welds using the following processes: SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding), GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding), and FCAW (Flux Cored Arc Welding).

• Ability to properly use fillet and butt weld gauges.    

• Four years experience

Structural Welder

• Ability to install, remove, and repair molded insulation which includes fiberglass, calcium silicate, polymide foam, and elastomeric ( rubatex, armaflex) from pipes, bulkheads, components, and ventilation systems throughout various types of ships.  

• Three years experience or more as a marine insulator applying stud mounted insulation on shell, decks, platforms, joiner bulkheads, and overheads.

Insulators

Shipfitters

• Shipfitters require skills, tack welding, burning, torch heating, ability to comprehend complex structural assembly drawings, blueprints, and sketches to include weld symbols, material types, datum and reference lines, comprehend fractional dimensions with use of ruler, tape measure.

• Ability to assemble structural piece parts in accordance with specifications in a quality manner.  

• Four years experience as a first class.

• General Dynamics NASSCO has been designing and building ships since 1959, specializing in auxiliary and support ships for the U.S. Navy and oil tankers and dry cargo carriers for commercial markets. Located in San Diego, California, NASSCO employs about 4,300 people and is the only major ship construction yard on the West Coast of the United States.

• General Dynamics NASSCO is one of three shipyards in the Marine Systems group of General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD). General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 92,300 people worldwide and reported 2008 revenues of $29.3 billion. The company has leading market positions in mission critical information systems and technologies, land and amphibious combat systems, shipbuilding and marine systems, and business aviation.

Point of Contact: Fred Harris Phone: (619) 544-3400 | Fax: (619) 544-3541Harbor Drive & 28th Street, San Diego, CA 92113www.nassco.com

NASSCO

• BAE Systems is a global defence, security and aerospace company with approximately 107,000 employees worldwide. The Company delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. In 2009 BAE Systems reported sales of £22.4 billion (US$ 36.2 billion).

• 2nd largest global defense company based on 2008 revenues*

• Approximately 107,000 employees worldwide

• Global capability • Customers in over 100 countries • 2009 sales exceeded £22.4 billion • Patent applications filed in 2008 cover more

than 200 new inventions

Point of Contact: Pete HanningPhone: (619) 238-1000 | Fax: (619) 239-1751Foot of Sampson Street, San Diego, CA 92170www.baesystems-sandiegoshiprepair.com

BAE Systems