Optional tasks to customise your onboarding plan
The MyHR onboarding plan template is designed for simplicity and serves as a solid foundation. This article offers optional tasks to enhance your customized plan according to your organization's specific needs.
Tasks to consider for before day one
| Title | Further details | Assigned to | Type |
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Confirm pre-employment check results |
Confirm results of pre-employment checks, e.g. police vetting, medical, drug and alcohol screening, identity, immigration etc. (If you have more than one assessment to complete, you can create an additional task for each one.) | Manager | |
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Order uniform, personal protective equipment (PPE) and/or tools |
Manager | Asset | |
| IT set-up | Before their start date, order any technology resources the employee will need to do their job. (Insert a link to your supplier/form.) | Manager | Asset |
| Create a plan for day one | Confirm who will provide first-day training, what they need to do, who the new employee's buddy is etc. | Manager | Task |
| Make a welcome phone call or email | In the week before the new employee starts, phone or send email to welcome them on board, confirm their start date and time, who they should ask for when they arrive, where they can park etc. | Manager | Culture |
| Brief your team | Let the rest of the team know who will be starting and when. | Manager | Culture |
Adding documents for your employee to accept
Select a policy, handbook or other PDF you would like to either provide to your employee or have them sign.
Tasks to consider for Day one
| Title | Further details | Assigned to | Type |
| Introductions to the team | Introduce your new employee to colleagues they will be working with closely, and the wider team. Make sure they know who to raise any questions or concerns with. | Manager | Culture |
| Complete workplace tour and health & safety briefing | Take a tour with the new employee to identify workplace hazards and ensure they know where tools, gear, and resources are stored, where the first-aid kit is, and where to assemble for fire evacuation. | Manager | Compliance |
| Meet for onboarding brief and objective setting | Meet with the new person to discuss what success will look like in their role, agree on objectives, and any skills and development activities needed to support their success. Review these objectives as tasks in the onboarding plan. | Manager | Job |
| Check uniform, PPE, and tools | Ensure your new uniform and any PPE fits correctly and is in working order, and that you have all the tools needed and they are in full working order. | New Hire | Asset |
Tasks to consider for Week one
| Title | Further details | Assigned to | Type |
| Employee training | Edit this task to specify role-relevant training the new employee needs to complete as part of their onboarding. | Manager | Training |
| Use of equipment and tools | Complete training and demonstrate mastery of all equipment and tools, including safety equipment, that you could be required to use in the course of your duties. | New Hire | Task |
| Assess week one objective | Edit this task and insert which objective you want your new hire to achieve at the end of this week, e.g. by the end of this week you will be competent completing [basic job requirement]. | Manager | Task |
Tasks to consider for Month one
| Title | Further details | Assigned to | Type |
| Assess month one objective | Edit this task and insert which objective you want your new hire to achieve at the end of this week, e.g. by the end of this week you will be competent completing [basic job requirement]. | Manager | Task |
Tasks to consider for Month two
| Title | Further details | Assigned to | Type |
| Assess month one objective | Edit this task and insert which objective you want your new hire to achieve at the end of this week, e.g. by the end of this week you will be competent completing [basic job requirement]. | Manager | Task |
Tasks to consider for Month three
| Title | Further details | Assigned to | Type |
| Assess month one objective | Edit this task and insert which objective you want your new hire to achieve at the end of this week, e.g. by the end of this week you will be competent completing [basic job requirement]. | Manager | Task |