Site Inductions: What to Include (UK Checklist)

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Every person who sets foot on a construction site must be inducted before they start work — it is a CDM 2015 expectation, and on any managed site nobody gets past the gate without one. A good induction is short, site-specific and recorded. Here is what it should cover.

The core content

• Site layout — access and egress, pedestrian routes, exclusion zones, parking
• Emergency arrangements — alarms, muster points, first aiders, nearest A&E
• Site rules — PPE requirements, smoking, phones, housekeeping standards
• Key hazards — the risks specific to this site: live services, asbestos surveys, traffic, adjacent occupiers
• Permits — which tasks need one and who issues them
• Welfare — toilets, drying room, canteen, drinking water
• Reporting — how to report accidents, near misses and unsafe conditions
• Occupational health — dust, noise, vibration and manual handling controls

Make it site-specific

A generic corporate video is not an induction. The person delivering it should walk through this site's hazards and this site's rules. Keep it to 20–30 minutes, check understanding with a few questions, and translate or use a translator where English is not the operative's first language.

Record it properly

Keep a signed induction record for every operative — name, company, date, topics covered and signature — plus a live induction register so you can prove at any moment who on site has been inducted. These records are among the first documents requested after any incident.

Templates ready to go

The Welfare & Site Setup Pack includes the induction record, induction register, site rules poster and the rest of the site-establishment paperwork as editable Word files. Or pick up just the forms you need from single documents.

General guidance only. This article explains how the rules generally work in UK construction. It is not advice for your specific site, task or project, and it is not legal advice. Your own risk assessment, method statement and arrangements must be prepared and checked by a competent person for the actual work being done.