Help, my induction program is a shambles!

Most OH&S and HR managers have found themselves stumbling through the pitfalls of an inefficient induction program. Inconsistent messaging, lack of value towards safety, outdated information, poor use of personnel resources. Despite this, the induction program is often so deeply embedded into the company’s operations, and taken for granted by its operators, that even the suggestion of improvement can be met with casual indifference, or worse – stubborn denial.    
But persist you must, even if you have to fight for it. Because at the end of the day, what you’re fighting for is your employees’ safety – even their lives.
Tap into your safety IQ
As an OH&S or Human Resources professional, no one understands workplace safety better than you. It’s your intellectual property and you should exploit it. It’s important to present yourself as the expert – after all, that’s what you’re paid to be. The best way to do this is to have all the answers before you present a problem to key stakeholders and decision makers. It’s all very well to bring faults to attention, and it may be fair to assume that your efforts to improve safety will be supported at every level, but the fact is, the first question you are likely to be asked is, so what’s your solution?
Provide them one, then back it up with results. Here’s the solution, and here’s how it will benefit you.
Simple solutions are always best
Because people can understand them. If you’re trying to sell a complex idea, you’ll lose your audience. If you’re able to offer simplicity to your induction program, people will listen. Get back to the basics of what induction is all about! Online inductions are probably the best offering on the market today. They enable employees and contractors to complete their induction before they even arrive on-site. They also make delivering a reliably consistent message very simple. Adelaide based company, Rapid Induct, (www.rapidinduct.com.au) has an online induction program that provides a great self-editing feature as well. It’s also been tested by some pretty heavy hitters; Ford, Origin, BHP Billiton, LG and Mirvac to name a few. But have a look for what best suits you.