New Worker Induction Handbook

A fill-in handbook written to the worker, to be read with a supervisor, kept by the worker and signed at the end. It explains the worker’s duties, the right to stop unsafe work, how to report, how consultation works, emergency and first aid arrangements, PPE, fitness for work, bullying and harassment, plant and chemicals, construction induction and young worker support. It is different from the New Worker Induction Checklist, which the employer ticks.

What Is Included In Our New Worker Induction Handbook?

• Welcome page with worker and company details
• Who to talk to: supervisor, HSR, first aiders, wardens and the complaints contact
• Worker duties and employer duties in plain words
• The right to stop unsafe work and the health and safety representative’s cease work notice
• Reporting hazards, near misses and injuries, with notifiable incident summary
• Consultation and how to raise a safety concern
• Emergency steps, assembly point and first aid arrangements
• PPE issue table and worker responsibilities
• Fitness for work, alcohol, drugs, medication and fatigue rules
• Bullying, sexual harassment and respect at work
• Hazard table, plant, chemical and licence rules, construction induction and young worker support
• Quick check questions and a signed acknowledgement page

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word form (11 pages), A4 portrait, to fill in on screen or print
• Tick boxes and date pickers that work in Word
• Business details typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
• Sign-off and document control

Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.