Deniss Bickovs
Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
Bickovs Deniss
E-mail: deniss.bickovs@mrcc.lv
Nationality: Latvian
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Work experience
Dates: March 2010 onwards
Occupation or position held: Officer of Shipping Security
Main activities and responsibilities:
- SSN contact point;
- LRIT DC operational contact point;
- Supervise: ship security alert systems (SSAS);
- Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS);
- Control MAS-duty work;
- NCA SafeSeaNet support measures for port authorities, VTS operators, ships agent and representation of the state institutes.
Name and address of employer: Latvian Coast Guard Service, Latvia, Riga, Meldru street 5a
Type of business or sector: Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
Dates: June 2006 - February 2010
Main activities and responsibilities:
- GMDSS and AIS maintenance group;
- SafeSeeNet administrators.
Name and address of employer: Latvian Coast Guard Service, Latvia, Riga, Meldru street 5a
Type of business or sector: Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
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Education and training
Dates: September 2012 – June 2014
Title of qualification awarded: Master of Social Sciences diplomacy
Professional education:
- Diplomacy stages of development;
- Multilateral diplomacy and international organizations;
- Decision-making in foreign policy;
- International Relations Theory Seminar;
- Topical Issues of International Relations;
- European Integration: Theory and Practice;
- Latvia in World Politics;
- The study design and execution;
- Intercultural communication in diplomacy.
General eduction:
- International law diplomats;
- Global justice;
- International Protection of Human Rights;
- U.S. and Europe: A Comparative Politics;
- Institutions and society;
- European Common Foreign and Security Policy
- Crisis management and international politics.
Name and type of organisation providing education and training: Latvian University, Riga, Latvia
Level in national or international classification: LR Education Classification (LR code: 445232) and International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED - 97: level - 5A)
Dates: September 2006 – February 2009
Title of qualification awarded: Master of Engineering Sciences in Electronics
Professional education:
- Modelling and optimization of Systems;
- Research Methodology;
- Signals Digital Processing Algorithms and Systems;
- Telecommunication Systems Theory;
- Information Security;
- Signal Processors and Integral Transformations for Signal Digital Processing;
General education:
- Special Parts of Higher Mathematics;
- Higher School Pedagogy and Pedagogical Practice.
Name and type of organisation providing education and training: Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Riga, Latvia
Level in national or international classification: LR Education Classification (LR code: 445232) and International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED - 97: level - 5A)
Dates: September 2002 – June 2006
Title of qualification awarded: Bachelor of Engineering Sciences in Electronics
Professional education:
- Analogue Integral Circuits and Electronics;
- Design of Digital Systems;
- Digital Electronics and Processing of Signals;
- Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and Probability Theory;
- Programming of Electronic and Telecommunication Systems;
- Computer Analysis of Electrical Circuits and Special Programming;
- Radio technical Systems;
- Microprocessors Control Systems and Microprocessors Systems Architecture;
- Global Navigation Systems;
- Computer Modeling in Electronics;
General education:
- Higher Mathematics;
- Physics;
- Ethics and Aesthetics, Philosophy, Social Psychology, Politology, Foreign Language.
Name and type of organisation providing education and training: Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Riga, Latvia
Level in national or international classification: LR Education Classification (LR code: 445232) and International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED - 97: level - 5A)
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Personal skills and competences
Language(s): Latvian, Russian, English
Driving licence: B
Organisational skills and competences
During the work at the Coast Guard of Latvia I had work experience in project coordinator for National SafeSeaNet project and National Advanced National Networks for Administrations (ANNA) project, also in project managements “e-Maritime Strategic Framework and Simulation based Validation” projects in EU level and SKLOIS project in national level, also to organize work on repairs and administration of GMDSS and AIS systems, also for all systems and electric equipment at MRCC. Also I had to organize and lead a lot of meetings, working groups, lectures with various institutions and ministries to implement the projects and EU Directive requirements into Latvian legislation.
Experience in the organization of working groups, seminars, studies:
- Latvian represented of International Maritime Organization “Facilitation Committee (FAL), 40th session” (4 – 8 April 2016);
- Latvian representative on the World Maritime Day "IMO conventions: effective implementation" (25 September 2014);
- Latvian represented of International Maritime Organization “Facilitation Committee (FAL), 39th session” (22 – 26 September 2014);
- Latvian represented of International Maritime Organization “Facilitation Committee (FAL), 38th session” (8 – 12 April 2013);
- Latvian represented of International Maritime Organization “Seventeenth session of the Sub-Committee on Radio communications and Search and Rescue” (21-25 January, 2013);
- Cooperation with European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in organization of Baltic countries EU SafeSeaNet v.2 and LRIT DC training for Duty Officers in Latvia (27 – 29 March, 2012);
- Latvian Security Business Association Certificate of Appreciation “Participation and exchange of experience seminar” which is organized cooperation with LTD "SC Group" (27 april, 2010);
- International Seminar “The Role of the Navy in Protection of Marine Environment, Maritime Safety and Security” and international oil spill response exercise BALEX DELTA 2010 in Lithuania (21- 27 August.2010);
- 5th International Seminar on Maritime Environmental Protection “Management of Hazardous Materials on Naval Ships” (9 – 11 June, 2008);
- International Seminar “ The Role of the Navy to Protecting the Marine Environmental Security” and BALEX DELTA 2007 sea pollution recovery join exercise (4 – 8 September, 2007);
- Search and Rescue Exercise BOLD MERCY 2007 - incident on a ferry in the central Baltic area, carried out on two levels: the SARex on the Latvian National level and the Seajack international level. Scenario dealt with a ship overtaken by an armed group followed by Search and Rescue operation and freeing of hostages (15-16 May, 2007).
Shipping logistic and security competences
- Security Consulting Group certificate Ports, Port facilities training (Security declaration filing in, Security declaration type, security level and procedure for completion 12 April 2011), Riga;
- LSC Marine Training LTD, Certificate – Company security officer (accortding to IMO Model Course 3.20, 28 January. 2010);
- LSC Marine Training LTD, Certificate – Ship security officer, 28 January. 2010;
- LSC Marine Training LTD, Certificate – The lawful holder of this Certificate has successfully completed an approved training course, successfylly passed a test and has been found competent under Section A-VI/5 of the STCW Code to perform a functions of a Ship Security Officer., 28 January. 2010;
- Sprint company, Latvian National SSN NCA Certificate (Advanced training course in used and administration of the extranet application – National System of the Electronic Information Exchange of the Shipping Data and is qualified to train the system users, November 2010, Riga);
- Security Consulting Group certificate Ports, Port facilities training (Ports, Ports facilities assessment, security plan and security training 21 May 2010), Riga;
- Sprint company, Latvian National SafeSeaNet system Certificate (Advanced training course in used and administration of the extranet application – National System of the Electronic Information Exchange of the Shipping Data and skilled to train users of the system , July 2009, Riga);
- Sprint company, Latvian SafeSeaNet system Certificate (Electronic information exchange of the shipping (SafeSeaNet and is trained to train user of the system, 20 February 2008, Riga);
Computer skills and competences
- Competed with most Microsoft Offices programmes and Windows programmes, Linux etc.
- NAF Communication School Information Security course INFOSEC II (Certificate Nr.4733, 07– 18 October 2013);
- NAF Communications School Information Security course INFOSEC I (Certificate Nr.4541, 26 February – 1 March 2013);
- Experience with Web Designed HTML (I have ACITP “The Diploma in WEB DESIGN LEVEL III” 5 June 2008);
- Experience with 3D Studio MAX (I have The Diploma “Of computer science 3D studio MAX” 2 September, 2005).
Additional information
Publication:
- “RESEARCH and TECHNOLOGY – STEP into the FUTURE” Volume 3. No 2 – 2008;
- “INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTICAL AND MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE MANUAL” Volume III Mobile Facilities incorporating 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 amendments, Riga 2007.
Personal interest:
Enjoy all extreme sports particularly Snowboard, fishing and also I like traveling.