we use a power point presentation followed by a walk round to highlight the hazard locations and escape routes 1st aid points notice boards etc etc regards Frank

Depends what you want the induction to cover really. The basic 'housekeeping' stuff should be easily covered in half a day (fire evac, toilets, canteen, smoking, accident reporting - that kind of thing), unless your site is very complex. After that, we prefer to deliver further information in bite sized chunks, on the job where possible, over the next week or two (supervised of course). Videos can be useful for specific topics, like fire evac - there's plenty out there. The whole induction 'process' can take up to a month, but it's spread out and digestible. I have also used mentors in the past - each new employee has someone allocated to them that they can go to for help and who keeps an eye on them until they are no longer deemed 'new'. Somewhere I used to work would sit the guys in a room for a whole day and get them to read and sign every risk assessment in the place - needless to say, nothing sunk in, totally ineffective! Cheers Stu

We have a one day induction and use the British Safety Councils level one although we make it bespoke to ourselves. The BSC offer 100 tests free to each company and the papers are marked by them giving a certificate.

Generic powerpoint presentation, followed by walk round and then department specific induction within the department itself, by the manager/supervisors. Always a good thing to follow up with a written competency assessment which is all signed for by the employee. We also have started to use the Monte videos to supplement any specific training. regards Andie