Francisco Valenzuela

Francisco Vaenzuela joins the conversation for episode 1 of Season Three. Francisco talks to us about his experience in the FIFO industry with great personal insights. A great way to start the new season.

Francisco Valenzuela has been working in the oil and gas sector since leaving high school in 1993. He worked locally doing pipeline work in southern Alberta starting out as a labourer and working his way up into a safety position in 2003. He completed his OH&S certificate and attained his CRSP (Canadian Registered Safety Professional) designation in 2011. Francisco started living the remote work lifestyle in 2010 and attributes many positive and negative life changes with this lifestyle. He currently works as a Safety Advisor at Imperial Oil's Kearl Oil Sands site. With his 20 years safety experience in the mining and oil and gas industry and lived experience in the FIFO lifestyle he brings real life perpectives on the emotional, mental, financial and personal challenges and opportunities of the FIFO lifestyle.

Founder and Chief Empowering Officer at FIFO4REAL.ca.

Living out the FIFO lifestyle for over 13 years Francisco shares having experienced the challenges of marriage, divorce, parenting, financial boom and bust cycles. With the message of "What would the me of today tell the me of yesterday about FIFO life" and how we can build out more resources and support for ourselves and our FIFO community.

Father, mentor, mental health advocate and boots on the ground FIFO worker.

Francisco shares his personal experience of living a fly in fly out work lifestyle. He will unpack some of the mental health challenges faced by workers and their employers as well as what can be done to help overcome these challenges from an individual and employer perspective.

Thanks for listening. We have some great guests coming up in future pods so get ready to learn. Until next time, enjoy the rest of your week, and stay safe. https://plus.acast.com/s/health-and-safety-conversations.

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