Affiliation: University of Arizona

When I first arrived in Lafayette, Lillian Espinoza-Gala took me and Diane Austin to a Desk and Derrick meeting. The club tries to have a guest speaker at every meeting. Wayne Broussard was the speaker for the meeting we attended. He gave a presentation about safety and communication. At the time I did not know what Wayne’s official position was, but some of the ladies recommended we interview him for the oral history project. I was going to email him after the Desk and Derrick meeting, but he emailed me first sharing a story about someone else. In my response, I asked if he would be willing to do an interview with me. He agreed. We arranged to conduct it at his office. Before the interview Wayne sent me some documents regarding his work.

For the last 15 years, Wayne Broussard has worked for Wood Group PSN as the training manager. At the time of the interview his work focused on training offshore workers. It included creating and gathering information, graphics, and animations about training and safety to share with anyone who wanted to use it. Prior to that position he was a troubleshooter for equipment on platforms. Wayne also had been the operations manager for a manufacturing facility