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Published 25/09/2024

WHS Induction Program
- Best Tips for Creating WHS Inductions

New contractors and employees are at greater risk of injuring themselves at work than existing staff. Creating the best WHS Induction ensures your contractors and employees receive a truly engaging and comprehensive induction experience. WHS content can be overwhelming, complex, a lot of it to read and understand and acknowledge and so its important that the way its structured and setup is clear and easy for your workforce to progress through. The best way to do this is via an induction program which is typically done online. Here we'll walk through some of the best tips, structure and setup for creating a WHS Induction Program and what to put in it from including a WHS induction checklist through to policies, an a guide to delivering it to contractors and employees.

A WHS Induction will often from part of your wider contractor management process, will consist of a contractor induction and be used for employee inductions too. It will also be the follow on process after a WHS Prequalification where after the completion of a risk and safety review of a contracting company, their individual employees will go through the induction to provide their tickets and licenses.

WHS Inductions for Contractors

Understanding the significance of WHS inductions for contractors is essential in ensuring a safe and compliant work environment. With an emphasis on workplace health and safety, these inductions provide vital information on hazards, risks, and emergency procedures specific to the work site. By equipping contractors with this knowledge, organizations can mitigate potential risks and promote a culture of safety. It is crucial for companies to prioritize WHS inductions as a part of their contractor management process, fostering a collaborative approach to maintaining a secure working environment while also complying with legislative requirements.

High risk construction work might require comprehensive induction forms and check lists to go through and acknowledge as well as going through engaging content around

If someone is only doing a low risk trade or service, you don't need to present such a highly comprehensive and complex set of induction requirements to them compared to say high risk workers.

Being able to tailor your induction to risk level is very important around these areas. Meet WHS requirements based on the specific risk level of your workforce.

Common WHS Checklist Items

A WHS checklist is a very common part of a WHS induction program. Its both an acknowledgement tool and the option to centralise important documents and materials to download and be aware of ranging from safety policies through to safety procedures.

Acknowledge Health and Safety Policy
Safety procedures specific to the role
Risks
How to report an incident
How to report a hazard
How to access the Hazard registry
Environmental policy
Site access
Personal Protective Equipment Issued
Working at heights procedures
Working in confined spaces procedures
Working with noise procedures
First aid facilities


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WHS Laws in different regions

Safety laws around the country vary and so its important to make sure that the WHS induction program is catered to the specific state / region

What to include in your presentation also depends on your type of work and industry

Employees and Work health and safety inductions

Similar to employees, they too need to go through a WHS induction covering what to do in the event of an emergency.

- brief on workers comp and rehab rights
- first aid plans
- who are the designated safety reps and contacts
- how to report an incident or hazard in the workplace
- where the hazard registry of all known hazards are
- policies and procedures in line with state legislation

Staff returning to work after a long absence will need to revisit your work health and safety policies in case they've forgotten anything while they've been away

WHS Induction Training

See how an online WHS induction program can work for your organisation by looking at the online demo via the form above or - Contact Us

Lets start with contractors, typically they need to go through comprehensive WHS induction content based on their level of risk

High risk construction work might require comprehensive induction forms and check lists to go through and acknowledge as well as going through engaging content around

If someone is only doing a low risk trade or service, you don't need to present such a highly comprehensive and complex set of induction requirements to them compared to say high risk workers.

Being able to tailor your induction to risk level is very important around these areas. Meet WHS requirements based on the specific risk level of your workforce.

Common WHS Checklist Items

A WHS checklist is a very common part of a WHS induction program. Its both an acknowledgement tool and the option to centralise important documents and materials to download and be aware of ranging from safety policies through to safety procedures.

Acknowledge Health and Safety Policy
Safety procedures specific to the role
Risks
How to report an incident
How to report a hazard
How to access the Hazard registry
Environmental policy
Site access
Personal Protective Equipment Issued
Working at heights procedures
Working in confined spaces procedures
Working with noise procedures
First aid facilities

WHS Induction Course

For all new starters, whether contractors, employees or volunteers, it's important they all go through a WHS Induction before they start work in order to bring awareness and ensure they understand fully their WHS obligations, policies, procedures and important risk, hazard and safety information that can affect their role or job task or activity on site.

A comprehensive and site specific WHS induction course will cover all these areas as the mechanism for delivering this content to your new starters.

Even annually, best practice is to make sure all existing staff, volunteers and contractors go through a WHS Induction refresher course to stay up to date on important changes, updated procedures or new policies to acknowledge and be aware of across the workplace.

- Try creating an induction course online right here
- View our WHS Induction templates

WHS Laws in different regions

Safety laws around the country vary and so its important to make sure that the WHS induction program is catered to the specific state / region

What to include in your presentation also depends on your type of work and industry

Employees and Work health and safety inductions

Similar to employees, they too need to go through a WHS induction covering what to do in the event of an emergency.

- brief on workers comp and rehab rights
- first aid plans
- who are the designated safety reps and contacts
- how to report an incident or hazard in the workplace
- where the hazard registry of all known hazards are
- policies and procedures in line with state legislation

Staff returning to work after a long absence will need to revisit your work health and safety policies in case they've forgotten anything while they've been away

WHS Induction Training

See how an online WHS induction program can work for your organisation by looking at the online demo via the form above or - Contact Us