Workplace Health and Safety Induction
A ready-made, customisable health and safety induction for new workers, with marked places for your own logo, contacts, site rules and procedures.
- SeriesInductions
- AudienceNew workers, contractors and anyone returning after a long absence
- Duration60–90 minutes
- CodeIND-01
- Version1.0 · 1.3 MB ZIP
About this package
A good induction tells a new worker what can hurt them in this workplace, how the business controls it, what is expected of them and what to do when something goes wrong. Writing one from scratch takes time most small businesses do not have.
This package gives you a complete generic induction covering the common hazards, basic risk management and control management, reporting, duties, consultation, emergencies and fitness for work. Clearly marked placeholders show where to add your logo, business name, contacts, site rules, emergency procedures and policies, so the finished induction is yours.
Learning outcomes
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the duties of the business and of workers under WHS or OHS laws
- Recognise the common hazards in the workplace and the controls in place for each
- Explain basic risk management: find the hazard, assess the risk, control it and check the control is working
- Explain the hierarchy of control, and that a control must change the risk and someone must be able to check it
- Report hazards, incidents and near misses, and know why early reporting matters
- Describe how workers are consulted, including through health and safety representatives and committees
- Respond to an emergency using the site's procedures, alarms, routes and assembly area
- Explain what fitness for work means, including fatigue, drugs and alcohol, and raising concerns
- Find the site rules, policies and contacts that apply to them
Training outline
Welcome and duties
- About the business [your logo, name and contacts]
- Duties of the business, workers and others at the workplace
- Your right to stop unsafe work and raise concerns
Hazards in this workplace
- A slide or two on each common hazard: manual tasks, slips and trips, plant and machinery, vehicles, electrical, chemicals, noise, heat, working at height and psychosocial hazards
- The controls in place for each
- [Your site-specific hazards]
Risk and control management
- Hazard, risk and control
- The hierarchy of control
- A control must change the risk, and someone must be able to check it
- Checking before a task: stop, think, act
Reporting and consultation
- Reporting hazards, incidents and near misses
- Consultation, health and safety representatives and committees
- Bullying, harassment and violence: where to raise it
Emergencies and fitness for work
- [Your emergency procedures, alarms, routes and assembly area]
- First aid arrangements and first aiders
- Fitness for work: fatigue, drugs, alcohol and medicines
Site rules and policies
- [Your site rules: access, sign-in, PPE, smoking, mobile phones, visitors]
- [Your policies]
- Who to ask, and next steps
What is in the package
Training
- Editable PowerPoint induction presentation with speaker notes, plus PDF
- Facilitator guide with a running sheet, customisation notes and model answers
- Participant handout: the key points and your contacts on one page
Make it yours
- Marked placeholders for your logo, business name and contacts
- Marked placeholders for your site rules, emergency procedures and policies
- Customisation checklist, so nothing generic is left in the finished induction
Records and assessment
- Attendance record form, to capture who was inducted, when, and by whom
- Excel attendance register
- Multiple-choice theory assessment, to record understanding if your business wants to
- Answer key for the assessment
- Certificate template
Start here
- Read Me First guide
- Product overview
- Permitted use terms
- Version information
Practical activities
- Find it: new workers locate the first aid kit, emergency exits, assembly area and noticeboard on your site plan
- Control or not: new workers sort a list of measures into controls that change the risk and things that do not
- Report it: a short practice using your hazard and incident report form
Delivery requirements
- Your logo, contacts, site rules, emergency procedures and policies added to the marked places before first use
- A facilitator who knows your workplace, such as the owner, a supervisor or whoever looks after WHS
- A screen or projector, or a video meeting platform; a site walk afterwards is recommended
File formats
- PowerPoint (.pptx), editable, with speaker notes
- Word (.docx), editable
- Excel (.xlsx) attendance register
- PDF copies of the slides, guide, handout and forms
- Delivered as a single ZIP download
Questions about this package
Is this a site-specific induction?
Not until you add your own details. It is a complete generic induction with clearly marked places for your logo, contacts, site rules, emergency procedures and policies. The customisation checklist makes sure nothing generic is left.
Is this the construction industry general induction (white card)?
No. That is a separate, regulated course. This is your own workplace induction, which new workers need in any industry.
Can we use it for contractors and visitors?
Yes, for contractors. The facilitator guide suggests a shorter version for short-term visitors who will be escorted.
Can we edit the documents?
Yes. Presentations, guides, workbooks and templates are supplied in editable formats so you can adapt them to your workplace. The copyright notice must stay.
Can we use the packages outside Australia?
Yes, with some editing. The induction is built to be customised, and the duties, reporting and consultation slides refer to Australian WHS and OHS laws. A business elsewhere should replace those with its own country's requirements, along with the company-specific details it fills in anyway.
Do participants get a certificate?
Yes. The induction includes an editable certificate template with a place for your logo, an attendance record (Word, plus an Excel register) and an optional 15-question multiple-choice assessment with an answer key, so you can record who was inducted and, if you choose, that they understood it. It is a certificate of completion issued by your business, not a nationally recognised qualification.
Can we deliver it face to face and online?
Yes. The packages are designed for face-to-face sessions and work over a video meeting platform. The facilitator guide notes where an activity needs adjusting for online delivery.
Can we run it more than once?
Yes, as many times as you like, for your own organisation's workers.
What is your refund policy?
Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected. See the Refund Policy for how we handle a package that is faulty, not as described, or not what you ordered.
Do we get future updates?
You keep the version you bought for as long as you use it, and corrections to that version are made available to you. A new edition, for example following a significant change in the law, may be sold separately.
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