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Housebuilding

Persimmon Homes

A refresher built in days, watched by 600 in a month.

600
Operators trained
Days
Time to release
Yes
Now standard onboarding
Company

Persimmon is one of the UK's largest housebuilders, delivering thousands of homes a year across a national network of sites and a workforce that includes hundreds of plant operators.

Problem

Persimmon needed telehandler refresher training, and needed it fast. The traditional route means booking trainers, scheduling operators off plant, and waiting months for coverage. The requirement couldn't wait for the calendar.

Solution

One day of filming on site. A couple of days of programming. Persimmon had an interactive telehandler refresher built on real equipment in real conditions, with checks that test understanding. Pass, and the record proves it. Fall short, and the operator goes again until they don't.

Result

Six hundred workers completed the refresher within one month of release. Everyone who needed it took it, and either scored well or retook it until they did. A training requirement that would normally consume a season of scheduling was met inside weeks, with comprehension evidence behind every operator. The refresher has since been adopted as standard onboarding: every new telehandler operator completes it on joining.

"We have had really good engagement with the training, and positive feedback on the content. We are targeting that all new telehandler operators complete it as soon as they join us."

Abigail Bainbridge, Group Health, Safety & Environment Director, Persimmon Homes
Integration

Standalone. From brief to 600 trained operators with no IT project in between.