IOSH
Technology and artificial intelligence
New technologies and increased digitalisation are transforming the workplace, bringing both opportunities and risks. There may be increased efficiency for some businesses and reduced exposure to harm for some workers. But with new ethical, security and physical risks there will be an impact on health, safety and wellbeing.
What if... the application of new technologies to improve worker protection creates other health, safety and wellbeing risks?
Our report ‘Towards a safe and healthy world of work’ examines how governments, business and the OSH profession should respond to the ways in which technology, AI and other trends are shaping the future of work.
With so much change happening around us, it’s vitally important that we keep up to date with developments. Yes, we want to make the most of the benefits that the new technologies offer, but we also need to prepare to deal with the health, safety and wellbeing issues that arise.
You can future-proof your OSH skills by taking qualifications such as IOSH’s Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health Leadership and Management. You will develop your ability to make sure that OSH is a strategic part of your organisation’s thinking.
Business owners and managers will want to take advantage of the services offered by IOSH for Business, which can help businesses of any size with their OSH strategies, making your organisation more productive and competitive, as well as more attractive to invest in and do business with.
“There is a digital divide. There are billions of people worldwide who have never accessed the internet.”
From our policy position on digitalisation and OSH
“Safeguards will be key to building a responsible innovation landscape and ensure that the use of new technological developments, such as AI, do not come at the expense of worker rights and protections.”
From our report ‘Towards a safe and healthy future of work’
We need to work together as a profession with governments, businesses and other professions to manage the changes to work carefully, to design, consult upon, risk assess, and implement new technologies sensibly and, crucially, to ensure that people can go home from work safe and well every day.
Ruth Wilkinson
- Job role
- Head of Policy and Public Affairs
