Building Cultural Competency to Understand Work as Done
Event Overview:
The Australian Institute of Health & Safety invites you to our upcoming webinar, Building Cultural Competency to Understand Work as Done, presented by Moni Hogg and Tiketi Auega on 3rd September 2026.
Following a highly regarded presentation at the 2026 AIHS National Health & Safety Conference in Adelaide, Moni Hogg and Tiketi Auega return to present this webinar for members who were unable to attend the conference.
Understanding Work as Done requires more than technical expertise—it requires creating environments where people feel safe to share their experiences. In culturally diverse workplaces, factors such as hierarchy, language, cultural norms and fear of negative consequences can prevent critical operational knowledge from being heard.
Recent health and safety decisions in New Zealand, including the landmark Tony Gibson (Ports of Auckland) case, have reinforced the importance of organisations understanding Work as Done, rather than relying solely on Work as Imagined.
This session explores the intersection of Safety II and cultural competency, demonstrating how organisations can better understand Work as Done by building trust, strengthening relationships, and creating culturally safe spaces for learning.
The webinar includes the case study featured in the conference presentation, demonstrating these principles in practice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5rsNe5s6G0
Learning Outcomes:
- Understanding the relationship between cultural competency and Work as Done.
- Practical approaches for creating culturally safe environments where workers feel able to speak up.
- How culturally informed engagement strengthens organisational learning, safety and performance by revealing operational reality
Event Details:
Date: Thursday 3 September, 2026.
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm AEST (Canb, Melb, Syd)
Cost: AIHS Member: Complimentary | Non Member: $33 (incl. GST)
Format: One hour Zoom webinar
Event Speakers:
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Moni Hogg - Safety Differently Specialist
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Moni Hogg is a Safety Differently Specialist with 20+ years experience across high-risk industries including construction, manufacturing, infrastructure, aerospace, agriculture, horticulture, healthcare and emergency services.
An author and regular contributor to industry conferences, forums and publications, Moni also collaborates with leading organsations and regularly teaches with Art of Work Australia and the New Zealand Institute of Safety Management, translated advanced safety thinking into practical, measurable outcomes.
She is widely recognised as pioneer of Safety Differently in New Zealand, spending more than a decade coaching, training and transforming organisations to advance contemporary safety practice across New Zealand and Australia.
Her work with Rocket Lab USA (second to Space X globally in the commercial space industry) became one of the early successful global case studies demonstrating the practical application of Safety Differently principles.
A sought-after trainer, facilitator and advisor, Moni delivers consulting, leadership coaching and award-winning practical interventions to embed resilient, human-centred approaches to risk management.
Tiketi Auega - Cultural Competency Specialist
Tiketi Auega is a Cultural Competency Specialist with particular expertise in providing best practice strategies when engaging communities of Pacific Nations heritage. He holds postgraduate qualifications in Cultural Anthropology and Pacific Pedagogy.
In his professional career, Tiketi is a professional educator with expertise across the compulsory, private, and tertiary education sectors in NZ. As a community leader, he has been bestowed the Samoan chiefly title (matai) of Maugana’i from his maternal village of A’ufaga.
In a previous role, Tiketi acted in the role of Pacific Cultural Capability Lead for the Ministry for Pacific Peoples, NZ Government (2023 - 2024). Here he delivered cultural capability workshops which profiled the Ministry’s flagship tools referred to as the Kapasa (Pacific Policy), and Yavu (Pacific Community Engagement) tools.
In 2023, Tiketi collaborated with Moni Hogg (Safety Differently Specialist), with the support of Work Safe NZ, and Horticulture NZ, to co-facilitate and pilot Yavu (Pacific community engagement) workshops with organisations that engaged with Pacific RSE (Recognised Seasonal Employers) workers. As a result of the collaboration, the key findings derived from a range of participant perspectives, offer valuable insights for the presentation.
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Registration ends 3/09/2026 1:00 PM AUSEST