James The company inductions I have seen have generally been recorded by the company and not an outside agency, although I'm sure there are providers out there. I think there is a need to draw a distinction between an 'induction' and 'training'. An induction should be based on information and instruction to the working environment, procedures, etc - not training. Specific hazards such as 'work at height, electricity, noise, manual handling, abrasive wheels...' should be classified as training. Proper training to cover these subjects would take days/weeks, so why bother to try and cover all these in a 1-2 hour presentation? I do dislike inductions given the pretence of training - apologies but it's one of my pet hates. There are so many other good messages you can get across in a safety presentation, why waste the opportunity. Ray