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Warren Bush | Field Ops Coordinator
Warren Oliver Bush is a historian based on North America’s West Coast. He completed an undergraduate degree in History between Trent University in Ontario, Canada, and Boston University via Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and a Master’s degree in Maritime History from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Warren is one of the founding members of the Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and is the senior researcher for the Underwater Archaeology Society of British Columbia. He has authored many articles on maritime topics, and is the recipient of several research awards. He lives very well, and is dedicated to researching history’s loose ends.
Tim Dominick | Dive Coordinator/Dive Safety Officer
Tim is a Marine Corps veteran who began his diving career back in 2014 during an internship for his undergraduate degree in Biology. Since then he continued his dive education in central Florida and in Florida’s cave country. He worked as a Divemaster/technician at the Florida aquarium, training and taking certified patrons into the exhibit tanks to include shark dives. Tim is a technical diver with over 1000 dives specializing in overhead environments. Tim is a scuba instructor for both PADI and SDI heading up the training and readiness of the MAS dive team. Tim is currently a Deputy Sheriff and Public Safety Diver located in Portland Oregon.
Hands-On Training - Archaeological Survey Tech Training
Graduates of the education program can show their skills as they are guided through a field survey by a Survey Supervisor. They will discuss safety precautions, navigation and grid systems, ship construction and architecture, demonstrate search and survey methods, take photos and videos of the wreck, and discuss how the information will be used in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The team will use are baseline-offset, trilateration, and bearing/range survey methods.
Hands-On Training Underwater Remote Sensing
Graduates of the education program can qualify as a Remote Sensor Operators or Remote Sensor Data Analysts under the instruction of a qualified operator. The students will learn the details of MAS magnetometer, Side-Scan Sonar, and ROV operations.
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Remote Sensor Operators setup and operate the sensor systems on the boat, ensure the data is recorded, and upload the recorded data to a common database. This training is conducted at sea.
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Remote Sensor Data Analysts use the uploaded data in various analysis programs to produce images and overlays, and works with the lead archaeologists to review data. This training is conducted ashore.
Historical Researcher
Hands-On Training Course
The course is designed to train BQ members to become historical researchers. The course is taught in one hour in the CRMM library and describes primary/secondary sources, report requirements, and shipwreck life-cycle (aka site formation processes).
Prerequisite: Basic Qualification (BQ)
Cost: Free for MAS members
Training programs offer hands-on training that allows members to collect archaeological data in the field. Students will use MAS standard operating procedures and will be guided by qualified operators and supervisors to record archaeological data and forward that data to members who will write reports to the states and other authorities. The training programs are free to members, but an education requirement may be required.