People operations assistant fundamentals: onboarding, records, data protection and policies is a free, self-paced online course from AMAADOR Academy. A practical course for people starting in an HR or people-operations assistant role: how induction (sometimes called onboarding) helps a new starter settle in and understand what is. An optional verifiable certificate costs $3 (promo until 31 December 2026).
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What is the People operations assistant fundamentals: onboarding, records, data protection and policies course?
People operations assistant fundamentals: onboarding, records, data protection and policies is a free, self-paced online course from AMAADOR Academy. A practical course for people starting in an HR or people-operations assistant role: how induction (sometimes called onboarding) helps a new starter settle in and understand what is expected, how workplace policies should be explained rather.
Is this course free, and how is it delivered?
Yes. The course is free, self-paced and online. You can work through the lessons at your own pace. An optional verifiable certificate costs $3 (promo until 31 December 2026).
How do I get a certificate?
An optional verifiable AMAADOR Academy certificate of completion costs $3 (promo until 31 December 2026).
People operations assistant fundamentals: onboarding, records, data protection and policies
A practical course for people starting in an HR or people-operations assistant role: how induction (sometimes called onboarding) helps a new starter settle in and understand what is expected, how workplace policies should be explained rather than invented, how a right-to-work check must be completed before someone is employed in the UK, how employment records are collected and kept fairly, lawfully and transparently, and how to handle a data-protection request or a possible data incident without guessing. Five modules, each with a worked example, and a 10-question final quiz. Based on cited public pages from Acas, GOV.UK and the ICO. Not an accredited qualification and not a substitute for your employer’s procedures or legal advice.
What you will learn
- Explain and apply: Explain what an induction is, why it is not the same as a probation period, and why new starters should be paid for induction time.
- Explain and apply: Use a structured induction checklist as a support tool, and walk a new starter through workplace policies rather than inventing exceptions.
- Explain and apply: Describe when a UK right-to-work check must be completed, what to copy and keep, and what to do if documents do not match or cannot be shown.
- Explain and apply: Collect and keep employment records for a clear purpose, with a lawful basis, and tell workers how their information is used and for how long it is kept.
- Explain and apply: Handle a data-protection request or a possible data incident by following the published procedure and escalating, rather than improvising a reply or a fix.
modules
- The people operations assistant and workplace policies
- Induction and the first days
- Right-to-work checks before someone starts
- Collecting and keeping employment records
- Data protection requests and incidents
Practical education only. It is not an accredited qualification, not legal or immigration advice, and not a licence to practise as an HR professional. Apply your employer’s procedures, the law of the jurisdiction you work in, and the source texts themselves. Names in worked examples are illustrative.