Individual Awards

  • AWARD 1: Australian WHS Champion (CEO) of the Year
    • Less than 1,000 employees
    • Greater than or equal to 1,000 employees
  • AWARD 2: Australian WHS Leader of the Year
    • Less than 1,000 employees
    • Greater than or equal to 1,000 employees
  • AWARD 3: Australian WHS Emerging Leader of the Year
  • AWARD 4: Australian HSR of the Year

ORGANISATIONAL / TEAM AWARDS

  • AWARD 5: Australian WHS Team of the Year
  • AWARD 6: Best WHS Health & Wellbeing Program
  • AWARD 7: Best WHS Learning & Professional Development Program
  • AWARD 8: Best WHS Technology Initiative
    • Development of Safety Technology
    • Implementation of Safety Technology

Award 1: Australian WHS Champion (CEO) of the Year

The Australian WHS Champion (CEO) of the Year Award recognises CEOs who have made an outstanding contribution to building workplace health & safety as a priority within their organisation – both role modelling excellence in workplace health & safety and championing workplace health & safety initiatives and programs in their organisations Eligibility CEO, Managing Director, Executive Director, or equivalent who hold the most senior role in their organisation. There are two awards for this category:
  1. Australian WHS Champion (CEO) of the Year – Less than 1,000 employees
  2. Australian WHS Champion (CEO) of the Year – Greater than or equal to 1,000 employees

Award 2: Australian WHS Leader of the Year

The Australian WHS Leader of the Year Award recognises WHS leaders who actively demonstrate exceptional WHS competencies and behaviours through their commitment to the profession and achievement of WHS outcomes that are effectively aligned to strategic outcomes.

Eligibility

This award is designed for WHS professionals who hold the most senior WHS position in the organisation or the most senior WHS position in a unit/division

There are two awards for this category:

  1. Australian WHS Leader of the Year – Less than 1,000 employee
  2. Australian WHS Leader – Greater than or equal to 1,000 employees

Award 3: Australian WHS Emerging Leader of the Year

The Australian WHS Emerging leader of the Year Award recognises WHS professionals who strive to demonstrate exceptional WHS competencies and behaviours through their commitment to the profession and achievement of WHS outcomes that are effectively aligned to business needs. This award recognises that leaders influence others, commit to their own and others’ personal development, have strong ‘people building’ skills and see possibilities through the introduction of innovative practices. Eligibility This award is designed for WHS professionals who have a minimum of 5 years’ experience.

Award 4: Australian HSR of the Year

The Australian HSR of the Year Award recognises HSRs who have made a positive contribution through consultation and communication and who can demonstrate an ongoing commitment to workplace health & safety. Eligibility To be eligible for this award the applicant must be working/volunteering in a HSR role for an organisation/community association and be able to demonstrate how WHS is a part of their role and how they have worked at improving WHS. The applicant must have undertaken a legislative HSR qualification for the jurisdiction.

Award 5: Harold Greenwood Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award

The Harold Greenwood Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award is the most prestigious award presented by the Australian Institute of Health & Safety and may be presented to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to the field of WHS throughout the course of their career, which has had significant impact on WHS outcomes in Australia.

Eligibility

  • Individuals cannot self-nominate for this award
  • All applications will normally be proposed and seconded by a current financial member of the AIHS, however other applications proposed and seconded by other respected members of the WHS community will also be considered.

Note: Service to the Institute is not a prerequisite but is viewed favorably when considering a candidate’s overall lifetime contribution to the field. Generally, a focus of the AIHS Board and College of Fellows in considering nominees for this award is on distinguished individuals who have made an outstanding long-term contribution over an extended period of their career that has produced a major impact across multiple workplaces. An award is not necessarily made in every year.

Award 6: Australian WHS Team of the Year

The Australian WHS Team of the Year award recognises excellence in developing and implementing an innovative WHS Program that has improved/built a strong Health & Safety culture and has resulted in improvements in your organisation.

This award is designed for WHS Teams that demonstrate a collegial and synergistic approach to excellence in initiatives and strategies that facilitate positive change.

Award 7: Best WHS Health & Wellbeing Program

This Award recognises outstanding strategies and initiatives that promote and embed good health and wellbeing of the workforce.

These organisations can demonstrate their commitment to workforce health and wellbeing showing how they make it an organisational priority, and embed health and wellbeing in the organisational plans, policies and processes. They are also able to show the direct impact on the organisation and its business objectives and on the health and wellbeing of its employees.

Award 8: Best WHS Learning & Professional Development Program

This Award recognises outstanding WHS learning and professional development initiatives, programs and or strategies that have been implemented by the organisation to develop its current and future WHS employees and to effectively equip them to achieve the organisations WHS objectives.

These organisations can demonstrate how the development of their WHS team effectively builds WHS capability, drives business performance and prepares both the WHS employees and the organisation for the future.

Award 9: Best WHS Technology Initiative

The Best WHS Technology Initiative Award recognises the outstanding use of technology solutions to connect and empower employees to address WHS challenges and achieve positive outcomes.

The award focusses on the ways in which organisations use technology to solve WHS problems and connect and empower key stakeholder groups.

This award enables organisations and their WHS technology providers to partner in submitting an application in this category.