Why is it important to induct your contractors?

Contractor Onboarding, what does this even mean?  There are multiple components to onboarding a contractor, I will dive in below… Organisations or suppliers – Organisations are the companies that provide services to your company.  Commonly organisations or suppliers will provide to your company insurances to confirm they are insured should anything go wrong while they provide a service. Some companies will need to hold more insurance coverage than others.  Most common in Australia for example is Public Liability Insurance, Professional Indemnity Insurance, Business Insurance, and Workers Compensation Insurance. Contractors or […]

With more people working from home there has been a lift in the requirements of customers to have employees complete inductions. What types of inductions are customers using for employees? If I could break them into three categories I would call them Simple online inductions General online inductions Complicated online inductions Simple online inductions are really a series of questions that can be answered with some cleverness built-in allowing workflows to flow giving depth to the simple online induction. There is normally no pass/fail rate just questions to answer with […]

As the new restrictions have been released by our governing departments, many businesses have been forced to close down or work remotely however, there are still many industries that continue to operate and will remain in operation throughout this time. 5 main industries include; Health Care – Hospitals, Aged-Care etc Education Construction Manufacturing & Agricultural Essential Retail – Supermarkets, Pharmacies, Service Stations etc Their day to day processes may have changed and some have even completely changed their core focuses. Who would’ve thought our favourite gin distilleries would now be […]

Contractor inductions can consume a lot of time for key people in any business that requires lots of contractors. What if you could automate the induction process, what if there were 3 simple ways that you could get your inductions automated? 1/ Send your induction by email for contractors and employees to complete online – the easiest way to send contractors an induction. 2/ Send your induction by SMS to the persons mobile phone – perfect for when the contract or employee worker is standing directly in front of you, […]

One of the most common requirements for customers today managing contractors before any compliance comes into play like inductions, insurances, licenses and more is the simple sign in and sign out process. I have been involved in Time & Attendance for more than 20 years and know wherever there is a manual timesheet system contractors generally are the winners at the end of the day. Some common examples include… Contractor turns up at 7:05 but writes 7:00 – multiply this by thousands of contractors and it all adds up. 2000 […]

Webhooks while easy to set up still need some understanding especially if you are a newbie and have never set up a webhook before. Webhooks allow you to pull data out of the visitor management system as it happens, an API, for example, needs instructions on how to collect and how frequently to collect data and is always coded. Webhooks allow you to push data live as it happens from the visitor management software into other systems without code. I can confirm I am a newbie to Webhooks however I have […]

Boral first called on Time & People to provide visitor, contractor and induction management software to a location in Western Australia called Orange Grove in 2015. Since then there has been a steady stream of locations selecting Time & People to provide visitor and contractor compliance. The majority of locations included Quarries and Concrete Plants through Victoria and Queensland where the compliance of contractors presence on site is recorded every time a contractor signs in. Online inductions and location-specific kiosk inductions have also been a large part of the requirements […]

One of the more popular requests these days for integrations is to integrate the visitor management system with access control systems. When asked we always share that integration to an access control system really only works if you have turnstiles or speed gates. Why integrate your visitor management system with access control? Number 1 reason is to have all the employee on site registered in the evacuation module. Problem is one person can swipe and open a door and 3 people can walk through the door behind the person that […]

We now find more and more people are working alone whether it be a permanent remote locations, occupations taking workers into private homes such as doctors, health and community workers, contractors coming to site or sales representatives. These scenarios mean workers are away from other colleagues or other people with no immediate assistance, therefore increasing workplace hazards and risks and the consequences can be more severe. There are some strategies and procedure you can put in place to improve lone worker safety. One is by implementing a Visitor Management System […]

Safety in the workplace starts with knowing who is on-site, so having access to an easy to read, real-time summary of information on key people presence at any time and at any given location is essential in the workplace. See at a glance how many visitors, contractors and/or employees are on-site, either on your PC at your desk or on your mobile phone when you are out and about. You can have unlimited customised dashboards including a GeoMap. Know where your contractors or employees are when working on multiple sites […]

1/. First impressions Count – you only get one chance to make a first impression Avoid waiting in queue’s and sign in with a branded self-serve sign-in visitor manage kiosk. There are so many kiosk options, from a simple iPad to the all in one IQ Kiosk including a built in camera, visitor label printer and bar-code scanner. Camden Council’s knows how to impress with their branded all in one IQ Kiosk 2/. Pre-register your visitors Allows your visitors to receive important information prior to their arrival such as; their host […]