1. Industry 4.0 and the Ageing Workforce
WH&S Considerations and Implications
Primary Investigator: Michelle Oppert | PhD Candidate | BPsych(Hons) | Dip.Counselling
Affiliations: University of South Australia | Centre for Workplace Excellence | Asia Pacific Centre for Work Health & Safety
Supervisors: Dr Valerie O’Keeffe | Professor David Cropley | Professor Maureen Dollard
2. Industry 4.0 brings with
it the benefit of more
automation and
technology that can
mitigate physical decline
and physical WH&S
risks… but employees
must remain cognitively
healthy to remain useful
in the workplace.
“Industry 4.0 is calling
on a combination of
digital literacy and
essential human skills
such as communicating
and problem solving.”
Deloitte Access Economics
2017
3. What is the health and safety issue?
What is important to YOU as you age in the workplace?
What part is being addressed?
Survey includes questions
about psychosocial safety,
cognitive and physical
decline, and other
factors to facilitate our
ability to successfully age
at work.
What does successful ageing at
work MEAN to you?
4. New Study: Successful Ageing at Work
https://bit.ly/2msUJ9r
michelle.oppert@mymail.unisa.edu.au
@MichelleOppert
www.linkedin.com/in/michelleoppert
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