--- title: "Induction and onboarding: practise before the job begins" description: "Induction practice for disability providers, RTOs and TAFEs, mining and transport crews: custom VR, simulated assessment, AI roleplay and Didymo." canonical: https://peopletechrevolution.com/training/induction-and-onboarding --- [Training programs](https://peopletechrevolution.com/training) / Induction and onboarding # Induction and onboarding: practise before the job begins The first shift, the first site, the first participant. Give new starters the conversation before the moment finds them. The moment ## Orientation is done. The shift starts anyway A support worker meets a participant they have never supported. A crew member stands at a first pre-start. A learner on placement waits for a situation that has not happened yet. Each has read the procedure. None has said the words out loud. A support worker sits beside an older woman. A supervisor faces a crew member outdoors. A plumbing instructor briefs trainees outside. Why it goes wrong ## Induction explains the rules; the job asks for judgement Orientation covers the core obligations. What a new starter needs on the day depends on the person in front of them, the site and the role, and that part is rarely rehearsed. A receptionist leans over the desk. ### Match the practice to the role The [NDIS Commission’s training guidance](https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/workforce/training-workers/guide-for-ndis-providers/training-your-workers) connects worker capability with the support provided, and [England’s staffing regulation](https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-regulation/providers/regulations-service-providers-and-managers/health-social-care-act/regulation-18) asks for an induction that prepares staff for their role. Practice is where a new starter shows they can. Every way to practise it ## On site, in a headset, on a phone or with a supervisor New starters are spread across shifts, sites and homes, so induction practice has to travel with them. A trainee settles a headset in a workshop. ### Custom VR from your own procedures PTR builds [VR scenarios](https://peopletechrevolution.com/xr) from your induction material and the situations your supervisors describe: the handover, the pre-start, the first client. A [fast build](https://peopletechrevolution.com/fast-builds) puts a first version in front of new starters quickly. An apprentice takes a practical workshop assessment. ### Simulated assessment for RTOs and TAFEs A simulation gives every learner the same situation, as many times as it takes, and whether each response is recorded is a setting agreed before launch. Where a unit’s assessment conditions allow it, [simulated assessment](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/education/rto-simulated-learning) gives an RTO consistent evidence. A warehouse worker rehearses a briefing. ### AI roleplay on the phone they carry An [AI roleplay partner](https://peopletechrevolution.com/ai/ai-roleplay-practice) runs on a laptop or phone, typed between services or spoken at the depot, so crews and support workers rehearse in the gaps a roster already has. A trainer twin guides a worker. ### A twin for new starters’ questions A [Didymo](https://peopletechrevolution.com/ai/didymo) twin answers from your approved induction material at any hour, and hands over to a supervisor when judgement is needed. A facilitator adjusts a headset for a learner. ### A facilitated session with a supervisor A supervisor briefs the group, each new starter takes a turn, and the debrief compares what they did with the plan and the role. Feedback and follow-up go into the next review. The evidence ## A hospital that took its program in-house, and a rail operator What a client evaluation reported, and how delivered training was split for different audiences. Inside the Mater build, at a bedside. ### Client evaluation: Mater Education In Mater’s own [program evaluation](https://peopletechrevolution.com/uploads/docs/people-tech-revolution-mater-immersive-learning-pilot-case-study.pdf) of its VR pilot with more than 60 staff, 90% of participants reported better concentration. Mater’s own facilitators were then trained to run the technology themselves. [Download the Mater case study PDF](https://peopletechrevolution.com/uploads/docs/people-tech-revolution-mater-immersive-learning-pilot-case-study.pdf) A dawn toolbox talk in the rail yard. ### Delivered work: Metro Trains With Grit Leadership, PTR ran targeted VR sessions for [Metro Trains](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/case-studies/metro-trains-gender-equity), split by audience: head office staff, operational leaders and the wider leadership group. How it runs ## Run it the way your team already learns. [Run it yourself Your facilitator runs PTR VR Library titles on standalone headsets.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/xr/ptr-vr-library) [In a browser Staff rehearse with an AI partner on a laptop, no headset.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/ai/ai-roleplay-practice) [Facilitated over video A PTR facilitator runs the debrief by video, wherever teams sit.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/training/how-we-deliver) [With your trainer A trainer you already know runs it, licensed and prepared by PTR.](https://peopletechrevolution.com/training/for-trainers) A facilitator plans a scenario at a whiteboard. ### Start with the first week Tell us the moment new starters find hardest, and we will show you how teams rehearse it before the first day. [Talk to us](https://peopletechrevolution.com/talk-to-us) or [book a time with our team](https://calendly.com/simon-ptrvr/30min?utm_content=solinduction). Related pages - [NDIS worker training](https://peopletechrevolution.com/learn/standards/ndis-worker-training) - [RTO simulated assessment](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/education/rto-simulated-learning) - [Disability services](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/disability) - [Mining & resources](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/mining-resources) - [Transport & logistics](https://peopletechrevolution.com/work/industries/transport-logistics) - [All training programs](https://peopletechrevolution.com/training) Planning an induction? [Open the contact form](https://peopletechrevolution.com/training/induction-and-onboarding#contact) Ask our CEO Simon Lowe’s Digital Twin a question ## Sources Each rule and result at its source. ### [Training your workers: guide for NDIS providers](https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/workforce/training-workers/guide-for-ndis-providers/training-your-workers) NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Matching worker capability to the support being provided. ### [Regulation 18: Staffing](https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-regulation/providers/regulations-service-providers-and-managers/health-social-care-act/regulation-18) Care Quality Commission Training, support, supervision, appraisal and induction. ### [Mater immersive learning pilot](https://peopletechrevolution.com/uploads/docs/people-tech-revolution-mater-immersive-learning-pilot-case-study.pdf) Mater Education program evaluation, hosted by PTR Concentration and the move to running the program in-house.