On a plant, a construction site or any hazardous facility, a visitor who has not been through the safety briefing is a liability the moment they step past the gate. Yet inductions are often a paper formality done inconsistently — or skipped when the site is busy.
Why induction belongs at the gate
The safest place to enforce an induction is the point of entry. If a visitor can not pass check-in without completing the briefing, un-inducted people simply do not get in — no reliance on someone remembering to hand over a leaflet.
What a digital induction can do
- Present a short safety video or slides as part of check-in.
- Capture acknowledgement, tied to the person and the visit.
- Send it with the pre-registration invite so it is done before arrival.
- Set an expiry, so returning contractors re-induct when it lapses.
A record that stands up
When an auditor or an incident review asks whether a visitor was inducted, a time-stamped acknowledgement tied to their visit answers cleanly — the same defensibility that contractor management at construction sites depends on.
Induction with Certopact
Presenting an induction and capturing acknowledgement as part of check-in complements Certopact Access, so no un-inducted visitor slips through and every acknowledgement is on record.