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Manage onboarding workflows

Learn how to create, monitor, edit, and delete onboarding workflows via the web app to guide new workers through the steps they need to complete before starting their roles.

What are onboarding workflows in SafetyCulture?

Onboarding workflows is a feature within SafetyCulture that helps you guide your workers through the steps they need to complete before starting their roles. These often include completing required training courses and submitting credentials.

For example, you can use onboarding workflows to help contractor workers from companies meet all requirements before starting work. By sharing onboarding workflows using enrollment links, workers can easily complete their onboarding without delays. As they progress, you can track their completion status and confirm that all requirements are met, giving you confidence that your team has the right skills, knowledge, and qualifications to work safely and stay compliant.

Share enrollment links when creating an onboarding workflow to kick off your team’s onboarding journey right away.

You can add draft courses to your onboarding worklow. When the onboarding worklow is published, any draft courses included will be published automatically.

Create an onboarding workflow

  1. Select Training iconTraining in the sidebar or select it in Assets gallery view iconMore.

  2. Click Onboard at the top of the page.

  3. Click Plus iconCreate on the upper-right of the page.

  4. Click Edit (underline) icon on the upper-left of the page and enter the name of the onboarding workflow.

  5. To add training steps, click Training iconTraining on the side panel and select any of the following:

    • To add training courses: Click Plus icon next to a course. Alternatively, click Drag icon to drag and drop the course into the workflow list.

    • To browse Library: Click Plus icon Open library at the bottom of the page to browse the Library and add courses.

    • To manage courses: Click Manage courses at the bottom of the page to update your training courses.

  6. To add credential steps, click Credentials iconCredentials on the side panel and select any of the following:

    • To add credential types: Click Plus icon next to a credential type. Alternatively, click Drag icon to drag and drop the credential type into the workflow list.

    • To create credential types: Click Plus iconCreate type at the bottom of the page to create a new credential type.

    • To manage credentials: Click Manage credentials at the bottom of the page to update your credentials.

  7. Click Drag icon to drag and reorder the workflow steps.

  8. To remove a step, hover over a step and click Delete icon.

  9. To require users to complete steps in order, turn “Lock order” on in the side panel.

  10. Click Right-arrow iconNext: Publish on the upper-right corner of the page.

  11. In the "Publish" page, click Expand more icon from the dropdown menu and select the users, groups, or sites you want to assign.

  12. Once you're ready, click Publish nowPublish now.

You can add up to 30 steps to your onboarding worklow.

View an onboarding workflow's progress

  1. Log in to the web app.

  2. Select Training iconTraining in the sidebar or select it in Assets gallery view iconMore.

  3. Click Onboard at the top of the page.

  4. Select an onboarding workflow.

  5. Click More horizontal icon on the right-hand side of the user and select Practical iconView progress. The onboarding page showing the 'View progress' button for a user.

  6. On this page, you can view a user's progress on each step of the onboarding workflow.

Edit an onboarding workflow

  1. Log in to the web app.

  2. Select Training iconTraining in the sidebar or select it in Assets gallery view iconMore.

  3. Click Onboard at the top of the page.

  4. Select an onboarding workflow.

  5. Click Edit (underline) iconEdit on the upper-right of the page. The onboarding page with the ‘Edit’ button visible.

  6. Click Edit (underline) icon on the upper-left of your page to rename the onboarding workflow.

  7. To add training steps, click Training iconTraining on the right-hand side of the page, then:

    • Click Plus icon next to a course to add it to the workflow. Alternatively, click Drag icon to drag and drop the course into the workflow list.

    • Click Plus icon Open library at the bottom of the page to browse the Library and add courses.

    • Click Manage courses at the bottom of the page to update your training courses.

  8. To add credential steps, click Credentials iconCredentials on the right-hand side of the page, then:

    • Click Plus icon next to a credential type to add it to the workflow. Alternatively, click Drag icon to drag and drop the credential type into the workflow list.

    • Click Plus iconCreate type at the bottom of the page to create a new credential type.

    • Click Manage credentials at the bottom of the page to update your credentials.

  9. Click Drag icon to drag and reorder the workflow steps.

  10. To remove a step, hover over a step and click Delete icon.

  11. Click Right-arrow iconNext: Republish on the upper-right of the page.

  12. Once you're ready, click Send iconRepublish.

Deleting is irreversible, and we cannot restore permanently deleted items. Confirmation is always required before any deletion, so be sure you're not accidentally deleting the wrong item.

Delete an onboarding workflow

  1. Log in to the web app.

  2. Select Training iconTraining in the sidebar or select it in Assets gallery view iconMore.

  3. Click Onboard at the top of the page.

  4. Click More vertical icon on the onboarding workflow's right-hand side and select Delete iconDelete. Delete an onboarding workflow via the web app.

  5. In the pop-up window, enter "delete" and click Delete.

You can manage onboarding for workers in your company from the Contractors dashboard.

If a published course is part of an onboarding workflow, make sure to remove the course from the onboarding steps before deleting or reverting it to draft.

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