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Health, safety & wellbeing
Safe behaviour changes when people understand why it matters, not just how to comply.
We design health and safety learning, from site inductions to critical risk training, that people actually engage with.
The aim is simple: protect your people and assets by embedding a safety mindset and the behaviours that go with it.
Sound familiar?
When does health and safety training need a rethink?
“Safety reporting feels like a box-ticking exercise.”
“People know the rules, but cut corners when they're busy.”
“Our safety training is the same slides every year.”
“Wellbeing is on the agenda, but nobody's sure what to do about it.”
What we do
What health and safety learning can Optimism design?
Site and HS&W inductions
Getting people safe on site from their very first day.
Critical risk training
Focused learning on the risks that could seriously hurt someone.
Incident reporting
Helping people see why good reporting matters, and making it easier to do well.
Wellbeing
Practical tools that help people look after themselves and each other.
Recent work
Health and safety projects we've delivered
HS&W induction
Ensuring workforce safety during the build and maintenance of cell tower sites.
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Post-incident reporting
Increasing completion and accuracy of post-incident reporting to mitigate risks and trends.
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Asbestos awareness and H&S induction
Embedding a safety culture around critical risks for Delivery Specialists.
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In their words
“Really positive feedback from our users stating it was the best induction they have ever had to do.”
Chief Executive Officer, Fortysouth
Resource
What is the Wellbeing Toolkit?
Support your employees' mental, physical and emotional health and wellbeing in a meaningful and sustainable way, with tools and resources that help them support themselves and others, in the workplace and beyond.
FAQs
Questions we get asked about health and safety
Can compliance training actually be engaging?
Yes. When people see how the rules connect to real situations and real consequences, they pay attention. That's where we start.
Do you cover wellbeing as well as safety?
Yes. Wellbeing is part of keeping people safe, and our wellbeing toolkit is a good place to start.
What health and safety training does Optimism design?
Site and HS&W inductions, critical risk training, incident reporting and wellbeing. Recent work includes an HS&W induction for Fortysouth, post-incident reporting for Fire and Emergency New Zealand, and asbestos awareness and H&S induction for Chorus.
Can you build a contractor induction for a whole sector?
Yes. As well as company site inductions, we built a sector-wide contractor induction that StayLive member companies share.
Testimonials
What our clients say
Optimism were great to work with, developing our combined vision, with skill and sound advice, keeping us on task to enable StayLive member companies to share in an industrywide induction to be proud of.
Working with Optimism was fantastic! We had a lot of dry content to get across with very tight timelines but through their professional, nothing-is-a-problem attitude and creative approach, we developed an induction that we are proud of and sets the tone for how we manage H&S. Really positive feedback stating it was the best induction they have ever had to do.
Optimism have helped us take some very complicated regulatory requirements and express these in interesting, fun, interactive and easy-to-understand training courses. There has universally been a high level of comfort and confidence expressed by our regulators in the training courses Optimism have developed, and we are very pleased with the end outcomes.
Working with the team Optimism has been an absolute pleasure. Their structured, yet creative approach that added magic to my initial concept has been key to the success of the project. Everything that has been delivered, has been to (or often beyond) the expected standard and has been on time. I am looking forwards to working on more projects with the team.
My personal thanks for all your great work. There has been positive feedback that the way it was structured into small bites helped them focus on each section; the presenter was engaging; liked the use of real staff to describe day to day work situations; and an engaging model that makes you think about everyday work activities.
It looks great!! The FM are happy. Optimism are great to work with and made it all feel like it was a breeze.
I continue to be a lifetime fan of Optimism. Great work. Really impressed with the wellbeing solution. Thanks everyone X.