Safety training questions that show whether the training holds up on the job
Ask employees how useful their safety training was and how safe work feels day to day. Each question below comes with when to ask it and what the answer tells you.
What safety training survey questions tell you
Safety training survey questions ask employees whether the training fits the work they really do: how useful it was, how confident they feel about first aid, fire drills, reporting a hazard and lifting, which hazards they meet and whether they have the equipment their job needs. A certificate says the training happened, and the answers say whether it stuck.
Ask within a week of the training, and again with a short check a few months later. Pick five to seven questions; for teams on the floor without a laptop, print the survey's QR code on the bulletin board or in the break room, and share the link in your own message for everyone else.
Each written answer is read as it arrives and filed under a category and a theme from your own list, with a sentiment and an urgency, so an answer about a real hazard can be read the same day. Give it an owner in the inbox; a workflow can also post new answers to a Slack or Microsoft Teams channel for the safety lead.
- Questions
- 14
- Best asked
- Within a week of the training
- Industry
- HR and employees
- Where to find them
- From library in the Usertick survey editor, on every plan
The 14 safety training questions, with when to ask each
Grouped by what they tell you. Use them as they are or change the wording.
How useful the training was
Rate the course, its length and format, and ask what didn't fit the job, to rework the next session.
- 01Stars
How useful was the safety training you took?
Five stars for how useful the training was. Results shows the average and the share who rated 4 or higher; select each delivery format in the later question to compare sessions.
- 04Multiple choice
How long was the training?
Training length on a five-step scale from far too long to far too short. Results shows the share of each; when most people answer about right, the length can stay.
- 10Dropdown
How was the training delivered?
How the training was delivered. Select each format in Results to see which one earns the highest usefulness rating and the most confidence.
- 05Text
Which part of the training did not match the job you actually do?
Asks which part didn't match the job. Answers point to material about hazards people never meet and gaps about ones they meet daily; use them to tailor the course by role.
Confidence and readiness
These questions check whether people know what to do in an emergency and how recently they were reminded, which matters more than the course score.
- 02Yes / No
Do you know what to do if there is a fire where you work?
A yes or no on knowing what to do in a fire. Every No is a gap to close before the next drill, so select it in Results and see how those people were trained.
- 03Matrix
How confident are you about each?
Confidence in first aid, fire drills, reporting a hazard and lifting safely, on five steps. The heat map shows the weakest skill, which tells you what the next refresher should cover.
- 09Ruler
How many months since your last safety refresher?
Months since the last refresher, on a ruler from 0 to 36. Results shows the median and the middle half; the top of the range shows who is overdue.
- 14Number
How many safety briefings have you had this year?
Safety briefings this year, as a number from 0 to 20. Results shows the median and the middle half; compare it with your briefing schedule to see where briefings slipped.
Safety on the job
Ask about the hazards people meet, the riskiest part of the job, protective equipment and how seriously safety is taken, to find risks the training missed.
- 06Multiple choice
Which hazards do you meet in your work?
Lets employees tick every hazard in their work. Results shows a bar per hazard; compare it with what the training covers, and add what is missing for each role.
- 07Text
What is the riskiest part of your job right now?
An open question on the riskiest part of the job right now. Each answer gets an urgency, so name an owner in the inbox who reads these within a day.
- 12Yes / No
Do you have the protective equipment your job needs?
A yes or no on protective equipment. Select No in Results to read which hazards those employees meet, then order the missing equipment.
- 11Big scale
How seriously does your workplace take safety day to day?
How seriously the workplace takes safety day to day, from 1 to 10. Results shows the average and a column per step; a high training score next to a low score here points to habits on the floor.
Reporting and fixes
End with how easy reporting is and what would make work safer, so the people closest to the risk set the priorities.
- 08Customer effort
How easy is it to report a safety problem?
An effort score (CES) for reporting a safety problem, on a seven-point scale. Results shows the average and the share who found it easy; a hard process can keep hazards unreported.
- 13Ranking
Rank what would make work safer here
Employees rank five changes that would make work safer. Results shows the average place per item, a priority list from the people closest to the risk.
Tips for asking about safety training
Small choices that get honest, useful answers.
- 01
Ask soon after the training
Send the survey within a week, while people remember the course, and repeat the confidence grid a few months later.
- 02
Reach the floor by QR code
Print the QR code on bulletin boards and in break rooms, so people who don't sit at a desk can answer on their phone.
- 03
Treat hazards as urgent
Give every answer about a real hazard an owner in the inbox the same day, apart from the course feedback.
- 04
Tailor the course by role
Use the hazard list and the answers on what didn't fit to drop what a role never meets and add what it meets daily.
Add these questions to a survey
From the library to the first answers.
- 1
Open the library
In the Usertick survey editor, choose From library, filter by industry and topic, and add several questions at once.
- 2
Or paste your own list
Paste questions reads up to 10 questions from any text on Free, 100 on Starter and 200 on Pro and above, keeps your wording and picks an answer type for each.
- 3
Choose where it runs
Show the survey on your website, send it by email, share its link and QR code, or switch it to a conversation.
- 4
Read the answers
Results counts every score and choice, and Usertick reads each written answer and files it by topic, on every plan.
Templates and more questions about safety training
Full surveys that ask about the same things, and neighboring topics in the library.
Templates
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Within a week of the session, and again a few months later with the confidence grid and the refresher question.
Print the survey's QR code on posters in break rooms, locker rooms or on the bulletin board. It opens the hosted survey page on any phone.
Five to seven. Start with the usefulness rating, the fire question, the confidence grid and the riskiest part of the job.
Yes, on a link or QR code survey with anonymous responses on, which stores no user ID, traits or visitor ID. Surveys sent through Usertick email are not anonymous. Keep your usual reporting route for urgent hazards too.
Yes. The question library comes with every plan, the free plan included, and the free plan covers 150 responses a month across your surveys.
Yes. Once a question is in your survey, reword it, change its options or its answer type, and add logic to skip it for some answers.
Yes. The library is translated into Usertick's built-in languages, and in any other language it shows in English for you to translate.
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