Employee induction can go wrong It's Monday Morning, you have to induct a new employee, your boss has asked for an urgent report, you haven't had the time to prepare for the new arrival and you have a customer complaining on the telephone. Does this sound familiar? These are the real issues facing today's managers.  Time pressure is extreme. Something has to suffer and Induction is often compromised.
Induction is repetitious and often boring, resulting in short cuts creeping into the procedure. It is difficult to maintain a high level of education consistently, especially in multi site organisations. The implications of a hurried, disorganised and unprepared induction should not be overlooked. The induction process is the first and best opportunity to demonstrate the company's high standards and instil company pride in your new employees from the moment they start. Let us also remember that Health & Safety training is a legal requirement of the induction procedure that prepares the new employees for their work with you and should not be diluted. For all that can go wrong, if the check sheet has a tick in every box, who would know? | | The employee is unimpressed and perceives a low standard of operation. The employee feels less important. The employee uses colleague's behaviour as a bench mark. The employee may bring malpractices from former employment to your workplace. The employee is more exposed to accidents. The employer may be fined for non compliance of regulations. The employer is more exposed to litigation and compensation claims. TakeCare Health & Safety induction training and ArriveSafe Driver Risk Assessment are computer based and introduce a modern multi media experience of high quality content. Employee performance is recorded to a remote database that returns certificates and reports on completion. There are consequential benefits of adopting them into induction procedures: - Elevates your standards of induction and safety culture. The content and delivery is consistent every time. Training and Assessment records conform to ISO 9000 and Investor in People schemes. CBT proves to retain 60% of the subject matter above conventional tutor led methods. Employees are motivated and contribute sooner. Line managers are free to pursue commercial objectives. The employer has evidence of compliance to two vital requirements of law inside the first 2 hours of employment. |