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The People Who Protect Your Plate

Food Safety Week 2018 #ProtectingYourPlate

Cath Arnold and Carol Godding are owners of Extra Help Wirral where they offer a home help and domestic cleaning service.  Their main aim is to make a difference to people’s lives: supporting elderly people in their own homes, and allowing busy people to spend more time with family and friends.  Although they provide a wide range of extra help services for those with young children and the elderly they find that meal preparation and help for catering for home-held parties and special occasions are two services which are becoming increasingly popular.

So how do Carol and Cath protect people’s plates? Carol says...

“First off we make sure that all our home helpers are personally interviewed and are DBS and reference checked.  After all they will be working from our client’s homes.  Extra Help is a nationally available Franchise business and the Franchisor also makes Food Hygiene and Safety courses available to every Franchisee and their helpers.

Secondly, as part of our procedures when we start working with a client we thoroughly check on any allergies, intolerances and specific nutritional requirements they may have.  Often we are preparing meals for children and elderly people and even if there are no known allergies or intolerances we need to ensure that food is the right consistency, portions are of the right size, seasoning is moderated and recipes will offer a nutritionally balanced diet and be enjoyable to eat.   We also think about how we can fortify some common foods to improve their nutritional and calorific value and deal with fussy eaters.”

One of the challenges that Carol and Cath face is that they are preparing meals in their client’s homes and they are restricted by that environment.  Cath says...

“We have a role to play gently educating around good food safety practice and we have to do everything we can within their home, and using the equipment at hand, to ensure the food we prepare is safe.  We are often asked to do their shopping but not always.  We will clean the meal preparation areas as well as being deliberate about our own hygiene.  However, we have been known to label shelves, re-order food stock in cupboards and remove out of date foodstuffs. We will also clean and re-organise fridges to ensure that cross contamination cannot occur and explain why we have done that to keep our clients safe.”  

Hazel Langley, owner of food hygiene and safety training provider Induction Junction and campaign partner to the Food Standards Agency said:

“I have been working with Extra Help since early 2017 as I supply the food hygiene and safety training for them.  I think how their company ethos, how they work and what they do to help older people stay independent at home is remarkable.  They really are on the front-line and show creativity when it comes to protecting plates.”  

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The People Who Protect Your Plate

Food Safety Week 2018 #ProtectingYourPlate

Geeta and Reena Salhan are sisters and the co-founders of Green Sisters - an innovative, healthy, vibrant brand. Geeta is a Coeliac, which means she has eliminated gluten from her diet due to medical needs, but is also a vegetarian through choice. This has often posed a challenge when it comes to eating together as a family, in social gatherings and also out of home.  It is incredibly important for individuals with allergies to find foods they trust to eat and to feel confident that they will be free from allergens, which may otherwise lead to allergic reactions. Geeta's allergy helped them to appreciate that the challenge of catering to niche diets is not limited to gluten, but other allergies, such a soy, nuts, dairy and this has inspired and led to the birth of Green Sisters.  Green Sisters is a business which encourages individuals to be able to eat together again, by removing the 14 major allergens from the core range of products. The Green Sisters innovate, without compromising on flavour and taste.

Geeta Salhan showing off the Green Sisters 100% allergen free samosas.

Eating together is important and by taking the time to understand their customers and their needs, Geeta and Reena ensure that all individuals are involved within the same eating occasion. In order to provide this offering they take the utmost care in production, segregating any allergenic foods, testing for any allergens through swabbing to ensure there is no cross-contamination and also being exceptionally mindful of the potential allergens that are around. They take allergens very seriously, maintaining the highest possible standards in food safety and hygiene through remaining knowledgeable about the allergens.  They stay ahead of the curve as far as new nutritional and food/drink laws come in to play and regularly undergo training themselves and for anyone they bring on in the team. Working in an environment that is Free From allergens, they consciously ask customers about the allergens that they are avoiding to ensure they  provide products suited to them and take care to manufacture in a safe, highly regulated allergen environment, with a production facility that segregates different products.

Co-Founder Geeta explains how errors have the potential to occur during the busiest of times and has had personal experience of these errors when eating out and being served the incorrect foods, containing allergens she is avoiding. 

"The busiest times are often when you are serving your customers. During these times you must be most aware of your customers, their individual needs (and allergies) and their food safety. If allergies exist, take extra care to understand what the customer is avoiding, how severe the allergy may be and don't panic! Refresh your food safety knowledge regularly, taking care that you are up to date on the current standards and food groups which individuals avoid. Ensure you are aware of what the allergy is and that the food you serve has the potential to make a customer unwell, or put them at risk, but stay calm because if you know what the allergens are, you won't have any problems at all.  Finally, just remember that a person with allergies just wants the same relaxed approach as all other customers would when eating, the only difference is that they hope they may be confident that in being served the food, you are the expert."

Geeta and Reena have recently won 2 Gold Free From Awards for their our Veggie’Licious samosas. 

The first award was in 2017 for Food Manufactured for Food Service category and more recently in 2018 they won Gold in the Free From Awards for the category of Foods Designed for Children.  Speaking of their Free From award Geeta said:

“the  nicest thing about this second award was that they were actually judged and  chosen by children! We were really pleased with this as these samosas also  contain quite a few veggies!” 

Hazel Langley, owner of food hygiene and safety training provider Induction Junction and campaign partner to the Food Standards Agency said:

“I met Geeta and Reena in 2016 when I was presenting about how a small business can really use the Food Hygiene and Rating Scheme to compete and not just comply and I provided them with Level 3 Food Hygiene and Safety Supervisors training. I am delighted that their business is going from strength to strength and that their approach to protecting people’s plates is not just taken seriously but is at the heart of everything they do.”

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The People Who Protect Your Plate

This week, 4th to 8th June 2018, is the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) annual Food Safety Week and this year they are celebrating all the professionals who keep food safe and what it says it is.

Across the country, many thousands of people contribute individually to maintaining the highest collective standards in food safety and food hygiene - mostly working unseen.  This year Food Safety Week provides a platform to highlight and recognise the importance  of those who take on this responsibility.

Over the week we will be shining a light on some of our small business customers and partners who work in this important area - specifically what they do that is #ProtectingYourPlate

We will also be sharing information from the FSA about what they do and how they help in #ProtectingYourPlate and the info-graphic below provides some initial insight into how the FSA operate, the size of the issue and the results they achieve. However, I am particularly interested in small businesses that have a unique approach to solving food safety issues and I look forward to introducing you to: 

Green Sisters

Extra Help

Farm-Fork

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Food Safety Training offer for EM Chamber Members

As a Campaign Partner for the Food Standards Agency I know how important it is that food businesses take their hygiene and safety commitments seriously.

Did you see the recent headline about Hotel du Vin and their £120,000 fine for mouse infestation?

https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/518910/hotel-du-vin-fined-120000-for-mice-infestation

There are around 500 food businesses in and around Leicester, Derby and Nottingham with Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) scores less than '3' - 'Generally Satisfactory. Fortunately, a further 7000+ are rated as 'Good' or 'Very Good'.

To help you strive for '5', stay competitive and in business we are offering Chamber Members one free online Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety course for every online Level 3 course they purchase. 

Choose from an online Level 3 Food Safety Supervision in Catering, Retail or Manufacturing or the Level 3 Attaining a 5 in the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme and receive an online Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety in Catering, Retail or Manufacturing.

Call us on 0333 358 3084 or email us on [email protected] and quote the Members Offer Code from the Chamber's website.

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Eat Safe This Summer

We all love it when the weather gets warmer. But did you know that you might need to think harder about food safety in the summer months? 

New research indicates that people in East Midlands could be putting themselves and their families at risk of food poisoning through lack of knowledge of the 4Cs of food hygiene: Chilling, Cooking, Cleaning and avoiding Cross-contamination.

The Food Standards Agency’s Food and You Survey, which collects information on food safety through 3,118 interviews across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, found that in the East Midlands:

47% of respondents said that they never check their fridge temperature and 45% said they did not know what the fridge temperature should be, suggesting that many people’s fridges may not be between the recommended 0 and 5°C.

44% thought the correct method for defrosting meat or fish was leaving it at room temperature, putting themselves at higher risk of food poisoning as germs multiply more quickly at room temperature.

A quarter of people in the East Midlands never use different chopping boards for different foods.

A third (35%) washed raw chicken at least sometimes despite the fact that washing chicken risks spreading bacteria and should be avoided.

Only 70% of people in the East Midlands always cooked food until it was steaming hot throughout. This is the lowest proportion in the country.

Hazel Langley from Induction Junction http://www.inductionjunction.co.uk/ a Food Standards Agency Campaign Partner from Hinckley, Leicestershire, a training company that provides food safety courses amongst others commented:

“These figures show that there’s more that people in the East Midlands could do to keep themselves and their loved ones’ safe this summer. That’s why our local authorities are working with the Food Standards Agency promote good hygiene practices.  This year the aims is to encourage better hygiene practices for summer, when the risk of getting food poisoning goes up.”

For tips on how to stay safe this summer visit: https://www.food.gov.uk/safe-summer-food

Notes to editors: For more information about the Food and You data please visit https://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/news/2017/16111/latest-food-and-you-survey-report-published Food and You is used to collect information about the public’s self-reported behaviours, attitudes and knowledge relating to food issues. It provides data on people’s reported food purchasing, storage, preparation, consumption and factors that may affect these. The Food and You survey is published once every two years, and individual country reports for Wales and Northern Ireland will be published in April 2017.  

About these analyses: This is one in a series of eleven briefings presenting regional variations in food safety practice. This analysis was carried out by NatCen Social Research for the Food Standards Agency using Wave 4 of the Food and You Survey. The data were collected in 2016 and provide the most recent insights into variations in food safety practices across the country. There were 200 participants from the East Midlands. For more results about the East Midlands and the rest of the country, and for details about the analyses, please see: https://www.food.gov.uk/science/research-reports/ssresearch/foodandyou

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10 compelling reasons for using digital learning

1.      Reach dispersed workforce

Whether people work remotely, are scattered across the area, country or world or just work different shifts providing digital learning means everyone can be reached at a time and location that suits them.

2.      Just in time delivery

Learning can be delivered ‘in the flow’ a quick learning opportunity to support performance, add context to an induction or drive improvement at the point of need.

3.      Multi-generational

Elearning, when implemented well in a way that respects generational preferences, evens knowledge across the company helping to keep all feeling relevant and included.

4.      Bite-sized

Whether a short You Tube or own-branded animated film, instructional course or virtual reality experience digital learning is easy to fit in around work and personal life commitments and encourages continuous learning with minimum interruption.

5.      Self directed learner choice

The learner can be in control, selecting courses that suit their current and future requirements.  They can introduce themselves to topics that they may need to be competent in to develop without having to come and ask for it.

6.      Produce co-created resources

Learners can go beyond just accessing and start creating and sharing learning resources, collaborating with other colleagues to solve a problem and publish the result for wider value.

7.      Access learning anywhere/anytime

More people are choosing to learn away from work, during their commute, through social media sites and other networks in their free time.  Digital learning can be on or offline.

8.      Cost and time saving

When implemented and deployed in the right way digital learning can help make great gains in cost and time savings. Costs associated with lengthy downtime, venues, refreshments, trainer expenses and workbooks are all removed.

9.      Creating a learning culture

Engaging with an audience around learning is no different to reaching customers. Helping everyone understand what is available, why they may need it and how it can help them, how it can be accessed and what help is at hand to enable them to do that is key to creating a digital learning strategy that is alive.

10.  It’s easy to get started

With so much material already at our fingertips, many options for off-the-shelf and course authoring tools readily available it is easy to get started.  

If you are not quite sure where to start, are overwhelmed by all the options and don’t want to throw yourself open to the mercy of a plethora of sales people then working with a broker such as Induction Junction will help you to safely navigate and evaluate the options.

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

Email: info:inductionjunction.co.uk or call Hazel on 0333 358 3084 today.

Photo by Oliver Thomas Klein on Unsplash

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Induction Junction partners with the Approved Franchise Association to deliver e-learning to members and franchisees

We are delighted to announce that Induction Junction has been confirmed as a partner to the Approved Franchise Association (AFA) and with immediate effect will be running the AFA's new member and franchisee e-learning service.

The e-learning service has been designed to provide a facility to those wishing to offer and record the completion of web based courses in topics spanning health and safety, compliance and people management.

In launching the programme, Claire Robinson, CEO of the Approved Franchise Association said that she was delighted to share the new programme with members as it had been designed for the AFA, for members and partner members to use within their business or for their franchisees.

Initially the programme focuses on a dozen titles to encourage businesses to access learning material that includes risk assessment, fraud awareness, data protection, information security, interviewing skills, handling sickness absence and difficult conversations. All which are accessible, recordable and certifiable through the AFA's new e-learning portal.

Hazel Langley, Managing Director of Induction Junction, said "I am immensely proud of the individual services we offer to membership bodies, training providers and businesses and am very much looking forward to supporting the AFA's members to embrace e-learning and improve knowledge and confidence in a range of business critical areas."

As a digital learning broker Induction Junction are ideally placed to put together programmes such as this across a varied range of solutions, anything from an off the shelf course through developing bespoke animated courses to cutting edge virtual and augmented reality.

If you would like to find out more please contact Hazel on 0333 358 3084 or email [email protected]

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Impact of VR and AR on Learning and Development - Seminar 21 June

Learn how to create a digitally enabled learning strategy for your business.

Wednesday 21 June, 9.30-12.30am, Tamworth

Induction Junction is running a Midlands based interactive seminar for HR and L&D professionals who either need or want to improve their comfort and understanding of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR).  

The AR/VR trend is the future of eLearning. Not only does it help learners actually interact with training materials, but its flexibility and increasing affordability make it an ideal fit for any industry that is in need of training.  A virtual learning approach truly brings learning to life and mimics on-the-job training approaches in a safe and secure environment to minimise costly or risky errors.

Virtual Reality is the absolutely most immersive learning technology on the market.  Join us for a personal interactive small group seminar using VR and AR equipment for L&D professionals to:  

Try out immersive learning content in a rich virtual environment See examples of poster campaigns brought to life with augmented reality

Hear what involved in its development

Find out how to integrate digital learning technology, 

VR and AR into your learning strategy 

Benefits of Virtual and Augmented Reality – how it can be applied to many areas of learning

In addition, you will have access to the essential knowledge of how to put forward a business case for the use of VR or AR in your organisation.There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions in order to get yourself, colleagues and business or organisation to a point where you can properly evaluate the use of these digital methods as learning tools.

“The question that HR and Learning professionals should be asking is no longer whether or to what extent digital technology should be used but rather how it should be used. Like the advent of the tablet, AR and VR is not going away - it is only getting better.”

Seminar Title: What is the Impact of VR/AR on Learning and Development?Date: Wednesday 21 June, 9.30am to 12.30pm Venue: Philip Dix House, Corporation Street, Tamworth B77 7DN Cost: £50 + VAT per attendee

Ready to book? Find out how VR AND AR can bring great value to your learning programs. Simply fill in the contact form on the link below:

BOOK HERE

Alternatively, email: info:inductionjunction.co.uk or call 0333 358 3084 and take the first step in creating a learning environment that will benefit all involved. 

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Induction Junction to exhibit at BETT 2017, 25-28th Jan 2017 at eXcel London

We are thrilled to be recognised by the Department for International Trade (DIT) @tradegovuk and are being sponsored by the DIT at this year’s BETT Show.  Having been selected to be part of the ‘Great British Trail to meet with inspiring UK suppliers’ at the World’s largest educational event, BETT 2017, Induction Junction will be showcasing our #virtualreality training courses along with our range of #digital learning options.  

Visitors are being encouraged to discover the best British brands at #Bett2017 by going on the ‘The Great British Trail’, presented in partnership with DIT showcases the best of British products and services.  

Our digital learning solutions are ideal for educational establishments, for both students and academic staff to learn new skills such as polish your presenting skills with our virtual reality courses or keep up to date, compliant or employer ready with health and safety training, safeguarding, or food hygiene to name a small selection. Available on a contract or pay as you go payment plan, we offer options for large and small educators, organisations and businesses to upskill your workforce or students.

Induction Junction can save you time. As digital learning brokers, we source solutions from our network of digital learning tech providers.  We help you get your digital learning to comply: protect: induct: inspire.  Access your learning solutions 24/7 across all devices.

·         Off-the-shelf

·         Bespoke Development

·         Pay-as-you-go

·         Annual Licence

·         CPD Approved Qualifications

·         Employee Apps

·         Virtual Reality

Visit us at stand F95 http://www.bettshow.com/Exhibitor/Induction-Junction

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L&D support to create a digitally enabled learning strategy

I was interested to read People Management's recent article about how L&D teams are struggling to deliver against their goals.

The latest Towards Maturity 2016-17 Learning Benchmark Report, Unlocking Potential, finds that although 19% of L&D budget is allocated to learning technologies, and organisations have doubled the amount of technology they use, 95% of L&D Leaders want to respond faster to changing business conditions.  Unfortunately, despite the majority being eager to play an active role in supporting business innovation, just 17% were succeeding at this.

With data showing a 'painful rate of progress' for most, those L&D practitioners achieving improved efficiency were using tactics such as integrating technology into face-to-face training coupled with regular review of their programmes.

The research has found that 61% were failing to achieve significant progress in meeting their goals for a digitally enabled learning strategy.

Do you know of an L&D professional struggling to find the time or know where to start in navigating the array of digital learning technologies?  Would you find free impartial help with developing, sourcing, introducing, improving, changing or implementing your digital learning strategy useful?

Contact us to see how the Induction Junction free digital learning brokerage service could make a huge difference to the speed and efficiency with which you can meet your goals, get 'digital learning' off your To Do list and into your learning strategy.

[email protected]

07854 761957

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Recruiting and Inducting Company Drivers

The Health and Safety Executive mandates that employers must ensure that the drivers they recruit:

are physically and mentally fit to drive;

are competent to do the work;

understand that they have a legal duty to be fit to drive. 

The Health and Safety Executive has lots of useful guidance for how to check that drivers are fit, competent and understand their legal obligations. Does your Company Driver Policy cover these?

A competent worker is one who has the skills and knowledge to do their job safely. When you are recruiting new drivers do you first ask yourself?

What skills and knowledge does the person need?

How will we assess their competence before they start work?

What certificates and qualifications do they need for the vehicle they are operating?

How will we check that these are valid and up-to-date?

Will the person need additional training?

What safety signs and signals do they need to know?

Can they understand and follow instructions for safe working? 

Do you risk assess the driving aspect of the job?

Do you assess candidates Highway Code and safe driving knowledge or their hazard perception ability?

When planning induction for new employees who are required to drive as part of their job do you think about what you need to tell your new employees? For example:

How are the workplace routes laid out?

Who is authorised to drive, and where?

How and where should the worker report faults or hazards?

How should they report accidents and near misses?

What daily, weekly and monthly checks should they make?

What particular risks are there in your workplace?

What can they do to reduce or eliminate these risks?

Do drivers need any personal protective equipment?

Do they know where protective, safety and first aid equipment is kept, and when and how to use it?

Do they know what your accident and recovery procedure is?

If English is not their first language, how will you make sure they understand the instructions you give them?

Use the HSE's guidance to write you Company Driver Policy and use Induction Junction to help you to:

risk assess driver activity

assess, identify and manage individual risk

organise risk-appropriate driver training programme

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Marketing tips to make the most of your Food Hygiene Rating Scheme score

You put in all the effort to strive for a 5 so make it work for you!

1. Display the sticker

Just because it's not legal in England consumers are being asked to look for it so make sure it's in your window.

2. Go digital

Use the Food Standard Agency's (FSA) Business Toolkit for web banners, images and widgets that tell those searching online you are a 5.

3.  Check out your competition - go to https:/ratings.food.gov.uk to see what score your competitors have.

4.  Share the many FSA YouTube films to your customer mailing list announcing your score and educating your customers to check ratings before they book elsewhere.

5.  Include your hygiene rating in your email signature block or on bookings software that generates an automated response to the customer.

6.  Add the image to your photo album on TripAdvisor or other food business review site.

7.  Include as part of a photo or a pinned post on your social media profiles.

8.  Use your FHRS success as a reason to celebrate and run an offer or special menu.

9.  Thank the team and recognise the part they play, ask them to spread the word and keep up the good work with food hygiene and safety training for new starters.

10.  Include your score in printed or online vacancy adverts, so candidates know how important it is to you too.

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Learn the secrets of attracting top talent

Webinar Tuesday 20 September, 10:30am to 11am

Heard of online job advertising but want a better understanding?

Familiar with online advertising but unsure of how to optimize an advert?

FlexPlus will be holding a webinar on Tuesday 20th September from 10:30am to 11am to provide education on online recruitment.

The webinar will be hosted by Flex's Online director, Kelly Jackson, who boasts a wealth of recruitment and online advertising experience.

AREAS COVERED

1)  Considerations before you advertise the role

2)  How to write an effective online job advert

3)  The candidate experience

Kelly will also be on hand to answer any questions that you may have.

You will also receive:

A guide to writing an effective job advert

An example advert to use as a template

Webinar Slides

£25 voucher for Flex's multipost online recruitment solution

BOOK HERE

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Don’t ‘burger up’ your bank-holiday BBQ

Burgers are not like steak. Stay safe - cook your burgers all the way through.

You may have enjoyed a rare gourmet burger on a meal out recently and fancy making your own.  But be aware that serving up home-cooked burgers rare is a bad move. 

Burgers are not like steak!

Burgers served less than fully cooked at home can cause serious food poisoning.  The stuff of nightmares for any BBQ host.

Harmful bacteria can be carried on the surface of cuts of meat. When a rare steak is seared these bacteria are killed, but burger meat is minced so bacteria from the surface of the raw meat gets mixed all the way through the burger.  These bacteria can remain alive on the inside, unless the burger is fully cooked through.  According to the Food Standards Agency, a rare burger is three times more likely to contain harmful E. coli than those cooked well done, no matter how high quality and expensive the meat.

While people know that under-cooked chicken and pork can cause illness, many wrongly believe that all red meats are safe.  Nearly a third (32%) of all Britons incorrectly believes that eating a rare burger is the same as a rare steak when it comes to food poisoning risk.

How to avoid ‘burgering up’ your BBQ

if you’re in charge of the BBQ this weekend and want to avoid a gastronomic fail, make sure you:

1.  cook burgers so they are steaming hot all the way through, no matter how high quality of expensive the meat

2.  check that none of the meat is pink and that any juices run clear

3.  avoid cross contamination by storing raw meat separately before cooking, using different utensils, plates and chopping boards for raw and cooked foods.

For more information on food safety and advice about cooking burgers at home, visit http:www.food.gov.uk/burgers

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Managing Company Driver Risk

According to the Health and Safety Executive and the Department of Transport, more than a quarter of all road incidents may involve somebody who is driving as part of their work.  When employees drive at work, whether in a company, hired or their own vehicle, their employer has responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to manage driving risks and do everything reasonably practicable to protect their employees from harm.

The Management of Health and Safety at Work regulations 1999 require employers to carry out an assessment of the risks of their employee's driving activity, whilst they are at work, and for this to be periodically reviewed to ensure it remains valid.

With 96% of collisions being due to human error, mitigating the risk for your employees begins with having a Driving Policy in place which, amongst other things, stipulates your expectations of how your company is represented whilst they drive on business.

It is usual practice to view a full driving licence and assume it means the driver is competent. There are other practical considerations for managing company driver risk include satisfying yourself that your employee drivers are:

  > Competent and capable of driving in a safe way

  > Properly trained

  > Sufficiently fit and healthy

  > Provided with information that will help them to reduce risk

  > Holders of a valid licence to drive.

Company vehicles should be:

  > Fit for the purpose for which they are used

  > Maintained in a safe condition and road fit

  > Properly insured.

Here at the Induction Junction we can provide online Driver Risk Assessment modules that will assess individual driver's insurance-rated profile, safe driving knowledge, attitude, hazard perception ability and Highway Code awareness.  The risk assessments can be done wherever their is an internet connection, 24/7 and generate a low, medium of high risk rating and a record that the risk assessment has been undertaken.  This means that employers can be assured od compliance with regulations and that employee's driving capability is at your standard.  Any areas where risks need to be mitigated by additional intervention, can be highlighted for attention through automated driver alerts and access to a password protected database of results. Employee records can also be updated to show that a risk identified has been managed (such as sharing company policy, receiving additional training, allocating an alternative vehicle etc.

Induction Junction are also able to supply stand-alone modules in Highway Code knowledge, Hazard Perception and Avoiding Rear-End Shunts useful before risk assessment is completed or as a follow up should one of those areas be flagged as high risk.

Members of NAEA, ARLA, APIP, NAVA and ICBA can book through their relevant trade body (links above) to secure discounts.  For other industries Modules are also available to view as demos by contacting Hazel Langley at Induction Junction on 0333 358 3084 or by email [email protected]

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Induction Junction launches elearning system

Build short elearning modules into new starter inductions and staff training and be thorough, professional, consistent and compliant.  Record staff training with our free elearning system and let us handle the admin at no additional cost.

NO CONTRACT | NO MINIMUM ORDER | NO ADMIN

1.  Find short courses online

Search for online courses in the business relevant topics your people need to know about from health and safety, equality and diversity, safeguarding, data and financial protection.

Look at - www.inductionjunction.co.uk Email us on - [email protected] or Call on - 0333 358 3084

2.  Demo courses at your desk

If you need advice or want to view a demo just ask.  Every course we offer has a free demo facility so you can try them out. They work across most devices.

3.  Contact us to book

We'll sort the bookings and do all the admin.  We'll send user-names, passwords and a link to the Induction Junction system where your online courses can be taken.

4.  Record training for audit trail

We'll even help you by producing reports or copy certificates so you can keep track of who has completed which course, who needs a bit of a prod and who hasn't started yet. The Induction Junction system will send auto emails to remind your learners.

Here at Induction Junction we love bringing the best of digital learning to our customers.  We work with different providers and can always help whether you are looking for something quirky or traditional, accredited or certified, written or animated, pay as you go or all you can eat!  Whether elearning, apps or virtual reality we can help you in the world of digital learning.

Email us on - [email protected] or Call on - 0333 358 3084

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Writing an effective online job advert and managing responses - Seminar 13th July

Top tips to help you find your ideal candidate

Webinar:  Wednesday 13th July 2016, 10.30am – 11am

Sometimes when we need to grow our business the only way to do this is to recruit a new member of staff. Whether you need to know how to recruit staff for the first time or you’ve previously had a bad experience, it’s always useful to understand how to get the best results from the time you spend on your recruitment process.

Did you know that people search for jobs at certain times of the day and week? There is a great deal of research out there which suggests key patterns and behaviours which can really benefit employers if they are looking for certain candidates.

Do you feel confident writing an online job advert? Even the title and lead paragraph can have a huge effect on whether your job advert is seen. When it comes to placing an advert, there are so many different stages to be aware of – how to post, where to post and how to attract suitable candidates - the list goes on…

In partnership with the GetSet for Growth team and Flex PLUS, Induction Junction would like to invite you to take part in a free webinar on 13th July 2016. We will be sharing valuable insight and top tips on how to recruit people for your business.  There are lots of things to consider when thinking about how to recruit and this short webinar will give you insight into:

1.    Considerations before you advertise the role

2.    How to write an effective online job advert

3.    The candidate experience

This is your chance to get those questions answered - learn how to make your recruitment time and cost effective and find the best person for your role. Furthermore webinar attendees will receive a Support Pack afterwards including:

A Guide to Writing an Effective Job Advert

An example advert to use as a template

Webinar slides

A £25 voucher code towards an online advert that gets posted to multiple UK job boards

BOOK HERE to take part in our webinar or call 0333 358 3084 for more information. 

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