Fernando de Melo

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT FERNANDO DE MELO

With over 25 years’ experience as a safety professional and a real passion for working with people, Fernando founded Pacific Safety in 2008. His vision was to attract like-minded, high performing safety professionals who shared his passion and want to help reducing risk, eliminating harm, and increasing wellness in the workplace. Fernando has been a long standing, active member of the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering and is a Certified Health and Safety Consultant since 2009. His professional career has been deeply rooted in British Columbia. He spent 15 years in the classroom teaching Occupational First Aid, Instructor Development Programs and WorkSafeBC Education Partner courses. He was the Director of Training with the Care Institute of Safety and Health Inc, and EMS Plus Safety Services Inc. His experience as a professional adult facilitator was the foundation for his excellence in communication approach to advising today. “Safety is about people. We work hard to build strong lasting relationships with our clients by creating an environment where we can share knowledge both ways. It’s because of this philosophy that we’ve been able to help clients implement practical and workable solutions to improve safety performance. It’s not a one shot answer, it’s ongoing, and it’s a continuous improvement model.” He considers himself fortunate to have established long term client relationships with the Vancouver Airport Authority, BC Maritime Employers Association, City of Vancouver, DP World, Delta Port, Actsafe Film and Performing Arts Safety Association and many others. Fernando is committed to being an active leader in the safety industry by building a sustainable world class professional services firm. “By surrounding ourselves with the smartest, passionate, brightest people in our industry we’ll create the best value for our clients and a world class professional services firm.”