Employee Onboarding and Induction Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply the principles and stages of employee onboarding and induction within a South African legislative framework.
• Analyse the role of organisational culture and values in shaping an effective induction programme.
• Design a structured onboarding plan that addresses legal compliance, role clarity, and social integration.
• Implement a checklist of key activities for the first week and first month of a new employee's tenure.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of an induction process using feedback and performance indicators.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate organisational policies, procedures, and expectations clearly to new hires.

Target Audience

This course is designed for HR professionals, line managers, supervisors, and team leaders responsible for welcoming and integrating new staff members in any South African workplace.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practicals enable learners to apply onboarding design and facilitation skills in simulated scenarios. Through role-play, programme development, and feedback exercises, learners gain hands-on experience in delivering effective induction sessions and creating onboarding materials.

Practical Activities

• Design a Pre-Onboarding Checklist — Learners create a comprehensive pre-arrival checklist for a new employee, including documentation, equipment setup, and communication templates. (3h)
• Facilitate a Mock Induction Session — In small groups, learners prepare and deliver a 20-minute induction session covering company culture, policies, or safety, followed by peer and trainer feedback. (5h)
• Develop a Buddy System Guide — Learners design a buddy system framework, including selection criteria, training outline, and a buddy checklist for the first month. (3h)
• Create an Onboarding Evaluation Survey — Learners design a feedback survey for new hires and managers to assess onboarding effectiveness, using Likert scales and open-ended questions. (2h)
• Present a Comprehensive Onboarding Programme — Learners compile their work into a complete onboarding programme and present it to the class, defending their design choices. (3h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.