In this webinar Hayden Blucher, Engagement Lead at the Institute speaks with Michaela Murray, National HSSQ Manager at Cook Brothers Construction, Anntonina Savelio, Zero Harm Advisor at Hawkins, and Natalia Ortega PhD Candidate at Massey University. 

They explored diverse career pathways into construction health and safety, strategies for building a strong safety culture, and new approaches to measuring safety success beyond just incident rates.

Key takeaways:

• Health and safety roles require a diverse skillset - it's not just about compliance. Safety professionals can be change-makers who develop processes and relationships to improve safety outcomes.
• Getting workforce buy-in requires understanding their perspectives first. Fun activities like games and competitions help teams experience safety lessons directly. Awards and recognition boost participation in wellbeing initiatives.
• Wellbeing surveys provide data beyond just incidents to understand team morale, fatigue, and mental health. 
• New metrics like lead indicators and risk management assessments, along with increased incident reporting, show mature safety cultures. Success is a feeling - it can't just be measured statistically.

They also covered what the future of health, safety and wellbeing in the construction industry could look like. They agreed there is a massive potential for leveraging technology like AI to increase safety professional productivity and better use data insights. Overall, they said, the industry is shifting to a more holistic, people-focused view of health, safety, and wellbeing.