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induction training and induction checklist
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induction training design guide and free induction
training checklist
Induction Training is absolutely vital for new starters. Good induction training ensures new
starters are retained, and then settled in quickly and happily to a productive role. Induction
training is more than skills training. It's about the basics that seasoned employees all take for
granted: what the shifts are; where the notice-board is; what's the routine for holidays,
sickness; where's the canteen; what's the dress code; where the toilets are. New employees
also need to understand the organisation's mission, goals and philosophy; personnel practices,
health and safety rules, and of course the job they're required to do, with clear methods,
timescales and expectations.
Professionally organized and delivered induction training is your new employees' first proper
impression of you and your organization, so it's also an excellent opportunity to reinforce their
decision to come and work for you.
Proper induction training is increasingly a legal requirement. Employers have a formal duty to
provide new employees with all relevant information and training relating to health and safety
particularly.
As a manager for new employees it's your responsibility to ensure that induction training is
properly planned. Even if 'centre' handles induction training - you must make sure it's planned
and organized properly for your new starter. An induction training plan must be issued to each
new employee, before the new employee starts, and copied to everyone in the organization
who's involved in providing the training, so the new starter and everyone else involved can see
what's happening and that everything is included. Creating and issuing a suitable induction
plan for each new starter will help them do their job better and quicker, and with less
dependence on your time in the future. Employees who are not properly inducted need a lot
more looking after, so failing to provide good induction training is utterly false economy.
As with other types of training, the learning can and development can be achieved through
very many different methods - use as many as you need to and which suit the individuals and
the group, but remember that induction training by its nature requires a lot more hand-holding
than other types of training. Err on the side of caution - ensure people are looked after
properly and not left on their own to work things out unless you have a very specific purpose
for doing so, or if the position is a senior one.
As with other forms of training their are alternatives to 'chalk and talk' classroom-style
training. Participation and FOFO methods can be effective, particularly for groups and roles
whish require a good level of initiative. Here are some examples of training methods which
can be used to augment the basics normally covered in classroom format:
induction training checklist
Here is a simple checklist in three sections, to help you design an induction plan to suit your
particular situation(s).
See also the free induction training checklist working tool with suggested training items (which
is an MSExcel working file version of this page).
Whilst the order of items is something that you must decide locally, there is some attempt
below to reflect a logical sequence and priority for induction training subjects. Consider this an
induction checklist - not an agenda. This checklist assumes the induction of an operational or
junior management person into a job within a typical production or service environment. (See
the training planner and training/lesson plan calculator tool , which are templates for planning
and organising these induction training points, and particularly for planning and organising the
delivery of job skills training and processes, and transfer of knowledge and policy etc.)
general organizational induction training checklist
? Essential 'visitor level' safety and emergency procedures
? Washrooms
? Food and drink
? Smoking areas and policy
? Timings and induction training overview
? Organizational history and background overview
? Ethics and philosophy
? Mission statement(s)
? Organization overview and structure
? Local structure if applicable
? Departmental structure and interfaces
? Who's who (names, roles, responsibilities)
? Site layout
? Other sites and locations
? Dress codes
? Basic communications overview
? Facilities and amenities
? Pay
? Absenteeism and lateness
? Holidays
? Sickness
? Health insurance
? Pension
? Trades Unions
? Rights and legal issues