Serving the Changing Workforce Survey

The nature of work is changing. People are increasingly engaging in nontraditional work arrangements such as gig work, contract work, telecommuting, and working for multiple employers. The workforce is aging, raising issues around health, chronic disease, and information processing. Couple with global economic shifts and migration, these changes will significantly impact the evolution of occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) concerns and how they are managed. The future of the profession will need to look somewhat different to account for these new realities.

In 2014, AIHA began exploring major strategic and emerging trends that significantly impact the profession. AIHA identified the rapidly changing workforce as a significant trend and an area worthy of research and understanding.

Serving the Changing Workforce focuses on educating OEHS professionals on the circumstances driving these changes, their implications, and how the OEHS community can protect human health in the workplace and community.

AIHA wants to educate the profession by raising awareness of the changing workforce and workplace. We seek your input on the types of educational products we should create and the topics they should address.

Question Title

* 1. What topics related to the changing workforce and workplace would you like to see AIHA develop content? (choose all that apply)

Identify new health hazards introduced into the workplace and appropriate control strategies

Identify new technology being introduced into the workplace (nanotechnology, 3D printers, robotics, biological engineering, synthetic biology, new process technologies), the potential hazards they present and the appropriate controls to protect human health

Explain how the aging workforce will affect the field in the coming years

Explore how to engage people coming into the industry

Explore demographic changes and their impact on safety and health risks

How to address the overall challenges with training OEHS professionals

Explore how the changes introduced in the workplace post-COVID might impact the way OEHS professionals do their work

Workplace flexibility (when, where, how you work)

What can be done to help prevent the spread of diseases in the workplace

The impact of global migrations and migrant workers on the OEHS profession

The increasing number of workers that are working remotely

Other (please specify)