New Employee and Contractor Safety Induction

About Course

A free, four-hour safety induction foundation for new employees and contractors. Learn responsibilities, site access, hazard recognition, emergency response, traffic and housekeeping, equipment and isolation boundaries, permits, substances, PPE, welfare, contractor coordination and reporting. Includes 12 modules, 24 lessons with activities, 30 quiz questions, a site-specific induction checklist and a fictional mobilisation assignment.

LO01: Explain the difference between general awareness, site induction and task authorisation.
LO02: Identify local access, contact, route and communication information needed before work.
LO03: Recognise hazards and select an appropriate stop, report and reassessment response.
LO04: Describe safe alarm, evacuation, accountability and first-aid reporting actions.
LO05: Apply pedestrian-route, housekeeping and manual-handling precautions.
LO06: Recognise equipment defects and the limits of permission to use or maintain equipment.
LO07: Identify permit and specialist-work boundaries without attempting unauthorised work.
LO08: Recognise substance and health-exposure risks and seek the correct control information.
LO09: Check PPE and welfare needs and report concerns affecting safe work.
LO10: Explain host and contractor information exchange, supervision and change control.
LO11: Report an event factually and check induction effectiveness after attendance.
LO12: Prepare a site-specific induction checklist and a prioritised mobilisation action plan.

Course Content

Induction and shared responsibilities
Understand the purpose and limits of general safety induction.

01 | What this induction covers
02 | Employee, contractor and host responsibilities

Arriving and finding your way
Use access controls, local information and clear communication.

Recognising and controlling risk
Check the job and respond when conditions are unsafe.

Emergencies and first aid
Know how to raise the alarm and follow the local emergency plan.

Movement and housekeeping
Manage pedestrian, vehicle and everyday access hazards.

Tools, equipment and energy
Respect competence boundaries and safe isolation arrangements.

Permits and higher-risk work
Recognise activities requiring additional planning and authorisation.

Substances and occupational health
Recognise exposure risks and use the specified controls.

PPE, welfare and readiness
Check protection, welfare arrangements and fitness for the task.

Contractor coordination
Exchange information and manage interfaces and changes.

Reporting and follow-up
Report hazards and incidents and verify understanding in practice.

Site-specific completion
Prepare a local induction record and review a fictional mobilisation.

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Course Content

Induction and shared responsibilities Understand the purpose and limits of general safety induction.

01 | What this induction covers

02 | Employee, contractor and host responsibilities

Arriving and finding your way Use access controls, local information and clear communication.

03 | Arrival, registration and access boundaries

04 | Understanding the local briefing

Recognising and controlling risk Check the job and respond when conditions are unsafe.

05 | Hazards, risk and the job briefing

06 | Controls and the stop-report-reassess response

Emergencies and first aid Know how to raise the alarm and follow the local emergency plan.

07 | Alarm, evacuation and accountability

08 | First aid, urgent help and emergency limits

Movement and housekeeping Manage pedestrian, vehicle and everyday access hazards.

09 | Pedestrians, vehicles and deliveries

10 | Housekeeping and moving materials

Tools, equipment and energy Respect competence boundaries and safe isolation arrangements.

11 | Using tools and reporting defects

12 | Energy isolation and unexpected start-up

Permits and higher-risk work Recognise activities requiring additional planning and authorisation.

13 | Permits, scope and changing conditions

14 | Height, confined spaces and other specialist work

Substances and occupational health Recognise exposure risks and use the specified controls.

15 | Chemical information and exposure controls

16 | Health hazards and early reporting

PPE, welfare and readiness Check protection, welfare arrangements and fitness for the task.

17 | PPE selection, fit and care

18 | Welfare, heat, fatigue and safe readiness

Contractor coordination Exchange information and manage interfaces and changes.

19 | Contractor mobilisation and information exchange

20 | Interfaces, simultaneous work and change

Reporting and follow-up Report hazards and incidents and verify understanding in practice.

21 | Reporting hazards, near misses and incidents

22 | Supervision and checking understanding over time

Site-specific completion Prepare a local induction record and review a fictional mobilisation.

23 | The site-specific induction checklist

24 | Readiness review before work starts