Ravensworth DC Site Induction
Safety training presentation for a warehouse induction
Every new starter and contractor at Ravensworth Distribution sits through this 30 minute induction before they walk the floor. It is built around the site’s own six hazards and the hierarchy of controls, because a generic safety deck teaches nothing about the racking aisle a person will actually work in.
Every slide, in order
The whole deck as it renders, one slide after another. Read it the way the audience would.
The structure
What each slide is doing, so you can reuse the order even with different content.
- Slide 1cover
- A high contrast cover that reads from the back of the induction room.
- Slide 2content
- What the induction promises: know the hazards, the controls, the reporting and the assembly point.
- Slide 3pillars
- The six hazards of this site, each with what it looks like on this floor.
- Slide 4diagram
- The hierarchy of controls as a pyramid, with one example from this site on every tier.
- Slide 5checklist
- The ten forklift and pedestrian rules in one grid, the rules quoted back in check one.
- Slide 6metrics
- Last year in numbers, with near misses biggest, because reported near misses are the culture.
- Slide 7process
- Reporting in four steps, with the same-shift deadline stated on the slide.
- Slide 8content
- Emergency and assembly in seven lines, walked physically after this session.
- Slide 9quiz
- Check one, with the answer revealed and explained, because the induction teaches, not traps.
- Slide 10quiz
- Check two: the speed limit, the rule most often guessed wrong by experienced starters.
- Slide 11checklist
- The sign-off: card, PPE, numbers and the refresher date, issued only after both checks pass.
How to adapt this deck
An office induction swaps the six hazards for its own, typically ergonomics, electrical, emergency egress and psychosocial, and the forklift grid becomes building access rules; the hierarchy pyramid and the checks stay. A construction site version adds permit to work and high risk work licences as a seventh and eighth hazard column and usually splits into trade specific modules. For a ten minute toolbox talk, lift slides three, six and seven, the hazards, the incident chart and the reporting steps, and run them standing on the floor they describe. In every version the hierarchy of controls slide is the one to keep intact. It is the reason the training is more than a hazard list, because it tells a worker what order to try things in when the control they were taught is missing. A toolbox talk that skips it teaches people to reach for personal protective equipment first, which is the last resort rather than the first.
What makes this deck work
The hazards are this site’s six, not a poster’s
Forklifts, racking, manual handling, dock edges, chemicals and heat each get a column with the local detail: eleven trucks on two shifts, nine metre racking, a 35°C summer floor. An induction that names bays and speed limits transfers to the floor; a generic hazard list transfers to nothing.
The incident chart leads with near misses
Slide six shows 41 near misses above 9 first aid cases, 3 medical treatments and 1 lost time injury, and the framing line says a tall first bar is a healthy site. Teaching new starters to read the chart that way is the reporting culture, delivered in one slide.
The card comes after the checks
Two knowledge checks, the struck racking scenario with a revealed answer and the speed limit question, sit before the sign-off slide that issues the induction card. Sequencing the card after a pass turns the induction from attendance into assessment, which is what a regulator asks about.
Questions people ask
What should a safety induction presentation cover?
The site’s specific hazards, the controls in place, the rules the person must follow, how to report, the emergency procedure and a check of understanding. This example runs those six beats in eleven slides for a warehouse; the structure holds for any site once the hazards are localised.
How long should a site induction be?
Thirty minutes of presentation plus a floor walk covers a warehouse. Shorter, and the checks become theatre; longer, and retention drops before the person has even seen the floor. High risk sites add role specific modules after the general induction rather than stretching it.
Do contractors have to be inducted too?
Yes. Under the model WHS laws a person conducting a business must provide information and training to workers in the broad sense, which captures contractors and labour hire. This deck says every new starter and contractor on its second slide, and the sign-off slide records both the same way.
How do I present the hierarchy of controls?
As a pyramid with a real example from your site on every tier, the way slide four pairs elimination with automating the high bay and engineering with dock locks. The pyramid layout carries five tiers, so administrative controls and PPE share the base tier here, with the slide saying exactly that.
How do I record attendance and understanding?
Pair the sign-off slide with an acknowledgement form for name, company and date, and keep the two check questions in the session so understanding is demonstrated, not assumed. The form can be built in this product’s forms module; the register it feeds is what an auditor will ask to see.
Can I print this deck for the noticeboard?
Yes, PDF export renders each slide as a full page image, which prints cleanly at A4 or A3. The text is not selectable in the PDF since pages are rendered captures, but for a noticeboard the hazard columns and the forklift rules grid read exactly as they do on screen.
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