10 Health and Safety induction mistakes
No 10 will save your company thousands!
1- Inductions are rushed just to tick a H&S box.
With the increasing pressures of construction programs & staff resourcing, H&S inductions are very rarely given the time and attention required, especially if the induction is being delivered by the same person day after day.
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2-Induction material is out of date.
Fast paced projects very rarely have their inductions updated at key project millstones.
Mysiteinduction.com Solution: My site induction can help provide reminders at key project milestones to the principal contractor.
3-Inductions are too long.
With the concentration times decreasing over the years, it is important now more than ever to split inductions into small manageable chunks and to be specific to the point.
Mysiteinduction.com Solution: Online inductions content and delivery is consistent and can be progressed at the inductee’s pace by pausing and progressing the induction.
4-Information overload!
Induction are often PowerPoint slides that are crammed with information, causing the inductee to switch off and miss important information.
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5-Not enough time is dedicated to discussing specific risks & planning.
Inductees in health & safety inductions are usually from different disciplines and trades so it is difficult to cover work specific risks for that day.
Mysiteinduction.com Solution: Inductions are completed before the inductee arrives on site, therefore specific discussions regarding risks and planning of the specific work activity can take place with the site-specific manager before the start of work.
6-Inductions registers are poorly filed and take a considerable amount of effort to access.
Induction registers are very often completed on paper and filed to ‘never be seen again’. When you are trying to determine if an employee has been inducted or provide proof of induction it can become a time-consuming task involving looking through file upon file of paperwork.
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7-Important induction details required before arrival are not communicated.
Information such as traffic management plans, site contacts, site address, parking location & PPE requirements should all be communicated before the inductee arrives on site: this is never the case as traditional paper inductions communicate this information when the inductee is already on site!
Mysiteinduction.com Solution: The induction is completed online before the inductee’s arrival on site and all important information is communicated beforehand and reinforced via email to the inductee via an automated email of your choosing.
8-Inductions tests are not structured correctly.
Paper inductions typically require you to complete a questionnaire after or during the induction. This is not a very effective way of testing and retaining knowledge as the inductee is more focused on only retaining information relevant to the questionnaire rather than listening to the induction as a whole.
Mysiteinduction.com Solution: After each short video a multiple-choice question must be completed to progress to the next induction topic. Click here to try our sample induction.
9-Not engaging with inductees.
The induction manager has repeated the same induction for the past few months and has entered ‘’induction delivery auto pilot mode’’ hence he/she have lost all enthusiasm in their delivery!
Mysiteinduction.com Solution: Online inductions delivery the same message consistently, and once contractors have arrived on site package managers are best placed to have conversations around specific health and safety requirements before the work starts.
10-Early morning inductions!
Traditional paper inductions require employees/contractors to all arrive on site at a specific time during the morning to help with principal contractor with resource planning, but this only results in employees/contractors either missing the induction time due to unpredictable traffic or suffering from fatigue due to the early start.
Mysiteinduction.com Solution: Inductees completed the induction at a time of their choosing, saving both contractors thousands of pounds in lost time and freeing up more time to discuss job specific health and safety issues when on site.
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