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Health and Safety Induction eLearning
Online health and safety induction that gives a new starter the basics before their first shift: hazards, reporting, fire, first aid and what to do when something is not right.
Who it is for
Who this health and safety induction is for
Statistically, new starters are the people most likely to be hurt at work. They do not yet know the site, the shortcuts people take, or who to tell. An induction is how that gap gets closed before it costs someone.
- New employees, on or before their first day
- Agency, temporary and seasonal staff
- Contractors and visitors who need the basics before arriving
- Apprentices and young workers
- Anyone returning after a long absence
- Employers who need evidence that induction actually happened
Course content
What the health and safety induction covers
Five short lessons covering the general health and safety basics every new starter needs before the first shift: duties, hazards, fire, first aid, reporting and speaking up, then a 12-question assessment.
Why it matters and who does what
Why new starters are most at risk, and the duties the law places on your employer and on you from your first day.
Hazards, and how risk assessment controls them
Telling a hazard from a risk, recognising the common hazards at work, and following the controls your employer's risk assessment sets out.
Fire and emergencies
What the fire alarm means, how to leave by the right route, and what not to do when it sounds.
First aid, accidents and reporting
Getting help when someone is hurt, recording accidents, and why near misses get reported too.
Speaking up
How to raise a safety concern, what should happen when you do, and when you can stop work because the danger is serious.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do afterwards
- Explain why new starters are at risk, and what you and your employer each have to do
- Recognise the common hazards at work and how a risk assessment controls them
- Follow a fire evacuation correctly
- Get first aid and report an accident, an injury or a near miss
- Raise a safety concern, and stop work when the danger is serious
Your legal duty
The law behind health and safety induction
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 places a general duty on employers to provide the information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to ensure health and safety, so far as is reasonably practicable, and a duty on employees to take reasonable care and to co-operate.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 make induction explicit. Employers must provide health and safety training on recruitment, and again when risks change or new equipment or systems are introduced. That is exactly what this course is for.
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 - sections 2 and 7
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 - training on recruitment
- Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 - the working environment
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 - fire safety in England and Wales
Practicalities
How the course works
Would you rather have a tutor?
Site-specific induction is the natural bespoke course: your layout, your rules, your contacts, completed by contractors before they arrive.
For employers
Induction for every new starter, without the admin
Induction is the course you need most often and plan for least. An account lets you send it to a new starter before their first day and see when they finished it.
- One invoice instead of a card payment per person
- Licences allocated as people join, so nobody starts uncovered
- Completion reporting that proves induction happened, and when
- Renewal reminders before certificates lapse
- Bespoke versions carrying your own site rules, layout and contacts
Health and Safety Induction eLearning: common questions
Yes. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to provide health and safety training on recruitment, and the 1974 Act requires the information, instruction and training necessary for safety.
No, and it is not meant to. It covers the general ground so your own briefing can focus on what is genuinely site-specific: layout, local hazards, who is who.
Yes, and that is the point. Buy the licence, send the link, and they arrive having already covered the basics.
Yes. Anyone who needs the general basics before working at your premises can complete it, which is often quicker than briefing them at the gate.
About 30 to 45 minutes, with no time limit. The certificate is issued as soon as you pass the end assessment.
Yes. Open a business account and we invoice you for the licences, which you allocate as people join, with completion reporting included.
Yes. It runs in a browser on any modern phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to install.
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