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Free templates

Each one comes filled in for a real site, with the reason every section is there, and a Word file you can edit. No sign-up. Change the names and the limits to match your operation, then have the right person approve it.

Document templates

SOP template

Document control, purpose, scope, safety, numbered steps, checks and sign-off, with a filled-in procedure table. Word and PDF.

Checklist template

A free checklist template in Word and Excel, plus five working checklists you can use today: restaurant opening, forklift pre-use inspection, hotel room inspection, new-hire first day and the weekly fire walk.

Employee handbook template

A free employee (staff) handbook template in Word: 13 sections with the text written out for a real 40-person site, the legal reason each section is there in the US, UK and India, the acknowledgement page, and the mistakes that turn a handbook into a liability..

Training manual template

A free training manual template in Word, written out for a warehouse picker: observable outcomes, a five-shift training plan, a full module, the competency checklist and sign-off, and the trainer method behind it.

Operations manual template

A free operations manual template in Word, written out for a 30-seat café with a kitchen: the weekly rhythm, each function with its SOPs and KPIs, the procedure index, the compliance calendar, what to do when things fail, and why most operations manuals are written once and never opened..

Policy and procedure template

A free policy and procedure template in Word: the policy page (the rule and why) paired with the procedure page (the steps, who, when, record), written out in full for workplace incident and near-miss reporting with OSHA and RIDDOR timescales.

Work instruction template

A free one-page work instruction template in Word, in the TWI job-breakdown format (important steps, key points, reasons), filled in for loading a label printer at a packing station.

Industry SOP packs

Five or six procedures per industry, written out with the limits and the regulation behind each one, plus the full list of SOPs the operation needs.

Printable toolbox talks

Every toolbox talk on the site has a two-page printable PDF: the talk and an attendance and sign-off table.

Turn one template into a video

Send one procedure. We send back a 60-second branded video with a quiz, in your crew's languages. Free, no obligation.

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