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Site induction record

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A suitable induction implies somebody capable of giving one.
Leave it blank if you are the only contractor. The induction duty in CDM sits on the principal contractor, and a single-contractor job does not have one.
What they need to know today The part of an induction record that gets used. Nobody looks up the nearest A&E calmly.
Hazards on this site Not hazards in general. The ones here, this week. This is the difference between a record and a form, and it is the first thing anybody reading it later will look for.
Covered in the induction Tick what was actually covered. Ticking something whose detail is blank above is flagged rather than accepted.
Who was inducted They sign the printed sheet in front of you. Nothing here is uploaded or kept after you close the tab.
Inducted 0 of 8 site facts
3

things still needed before this record proves anything.

3 subjects are ticked with nothing recorded against them. That is how an induction record ends up proving nothing: it says the subject was covered while showing there was nothing to cover it with.

  • Name the site. An induction record that does not say where is not a record of anything.
  • The date is what makes this evidence. Without it there is nothing to prove.
  • Nobody is named as having been inducted.

There is no statutory induction form. CDM 2015 regulation 13(4) asks the principal contractor for a suitable induction, and suitable is the whole test.

Which is why this is built around what you told them about this site, rather than around the length of the tick list.

Worth fixing before you print it

  • No hazard on this site is named. A generic induction proves you own a form, not that you inducted anybody, and it is the first thing anybody reading it later will notice.
  • "What to do if the alarm goes" is ticked but the assembly point is blank. That is the contradiction that makes a record worthless: it says the subject was covered while showing there was nothing to cover it with.
  • "First aid arrangements" is ticked but the first aider is blank. That is the contradiction that makes a record worthless: it says the subject was covered while showing there was nothing to cover it with.
  • "Reporting accidents and near misses" is ticked but the who to report to is blank. That is the contradiction that makes a record worthless: it says the subject was covered while showing there was nothing to cover it with.
  • Nobody is named as having given the induction. CDM asks for a suitable induction, which implies somebody capable of giving one.
  • No nearest hospital recorded. Nobody looks that up calmly, and it costs nothing to write down now.
  • Their right to stop work is not ticked. It is the one item on the list that changes behaviour rather than recording it.

Worked out on this device, by this page. Nothing you typed was sent anywhere or stored, and closing the tab loses it.

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The induction is required. The form is not.

CDM 2015 regulation 13(4) requires the principal contractor to ensure that a suitable site induction is provided. That is the whole duty. No prescribed format, no required headings, no minimum length, and no statutory induction record anywhere in UK law.

Which is worth knowing before you download somebody's twelve-page template, because none of those pages are the law either.

There is a second thing nobody mentions: that duty sits on the principal contractor. A single-contractor project does not have one, so on a one-man job regulation 13(4) does not bite. The duty to tell people what will hurt them still does, from section 2(2)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. You still induct. It just is not CDM that says so.

So what is the record for?

Proving that a named person was told about this site's hazards on a known date and signed to say so. That is the entire evidential value. Everything else on an induction form is decoration.

Which is why this tool puts the assembly point, the first aider and the nearest hospital at the top of the form and the tick list underneath. Every template in circulation does it the other way round, and the fields at the bottom are the fields that get left blank.

The contradiction this catches

A tick list gets ticked. Ten seconds before the gang walks off you run down the column and everything gets a mark, and now the record says emergency procedures explained while the assembly point field is empty.

That record is worse than no record. It does not just fail to prove the induction happened, it actively evidences that the subject was signed off with nothing behind it. If it is ever read in anger, that is the line somebody reads out.

So each subject on the list knows which site fact it depends on, and ticking one with its fact blank is flagged in the panel and marked on the field, with the fix one click away from the complaint. Nine subjects have no dependency and can never contradict: PPE, for instance, is a real thing to cover and needs no supporting field.

Named hazards, not a hazard library

You type your own. That is on purpose and it is the only part of this tool that asks anything of you.

A dropdown of hazards produces an induction that would read identically on a housing site in Carlisle and a fit-out in Croydon, and an induction that could have been given anywhere is evidence of a form rather than of an induction. Live 11kV to the north boundary, six metre clearance, no plant beyond the goal posts is worth more than nine ticks, because nobody but you could have written it.

The one item most inductions leave out

That they can stop. Not a policy statement about a stop-work culture: telling the person in front of you, on their first morning, that they may put their tools down and say something is wrong, and that nothing happens to them for it.

It is the only item on the list that changes behaviour rather than recording it, so the tool nags until it is ticked.

Signatures are on paper, and that is not a limitation

The PDF prints a ruled line for each person named and one for whoever gave the induction. There is no on-screen signing, because an induction is signed in front of the person giving it. A signature scrawled with a fingertip in a van tells you nothing the printed name did not.

Where this sits with everything else

The induction tells people about the site. The construction phase plan is where the site's arrangements were decided in the first place, and CDM requires one on every construction project rather than only the notifiable ones. The risk assessment and RAMS cover the task rather than the place.

Nothing here is uploaded, and nothing survives closing the tab. Download the PDF before you shut it. On a sheet carrying other people's names and emergency contacts, holding none of it seems the right way round.

Common questions

Is a site induction a legal requirement?

The induction is. The form is not. CDM 2015 regulation 13(4) requires the principal contractor to ensure that a suitable site induction is provided, and "suitable" is the whole test: no format, no headings, no minimum length. There is no prescribed induction record anywhere in UK law.

What if I am the only contractor on the job?

Then there is no principal contractor, so regulation 13(4) does not apply to you at all. The duty to tell people what will hurt them still does, from section 2(2)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Different route, same induction.

Why does it complain when I tick something?

Because ticking "emergency procedures explained" while leaving the assembly point blank is the commonest way an induction record ends up proving nothing. The record contradicts itself: it says the subject was covered and shows there was nothing to cover it with. The tool flags that pairing rather than accepting it.

Why does it want site hazards typed out rather than picked from a list?

Because a picked list produces the same induction on every site, and an induction that would read identically on any job in the country is evidence of a form, not of an induction. The hazards on your site this week are the part nobody else can supply.

Can people sign on the screen?

No, and deliberately. An induction is signed in front of whoever gave it, on paper, with a pen. The PDF prints ruled signature lines for each person named plus one for the inductor. A signature captured with a fingertip on a phone in a car park does not carry any more weight than the paper it replaced.

Are the names and details uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything stays in your browser and nothing is kept once you close the tab, which is also why you should download the PDF before you do. On a document carrying other people’s names and emergency contacts, that seems the right way round.