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Posted By andy bee
Good Morning
I have just been told we are having a work experience placement with us for 5 days,and that i have to provide risk assessments etc.Has any one else any experience of this, or point me in the direction to go down.We are a medium size manufacturing company, and the placement will be on the shop floor.
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Posted By Christopher Kelly
Hi Andy
I had to do this at my last place. A representative from the education authority came to see us, to assess us and give us advice. It was very much a team effort, on the face of it our factory was not a place where you would like to allow children into but the guy was very happy with the measures we put in place.
Basically we reviewed all of our workplace assessments and inserted a section about young persons being in the area whilst these were ongoing. Also carried out a general risk assessment of the whole workplace.
We had clearly marked areas within the factory and identified clear areas where the kids were not allowed to go (whether under supervision or not) and other factory areas where they were allowed to go under strict supervision only.
In the offices they were allowed to go into the canteen unsupervised and out of the main entrance across the car park but the side entrance (deliveries to canteen and factory) was a no-go area unsupervised).
An induction was done by myself, involving individual managers in their areas. Responsibilities for supervision (and for ensuring that they remained under supervision) were clearly defined in writing and signed by all parties.
I continually checked on them to ensure that managers were properly supervising them. Whilst working with us we undertook legionella temperature checks / inspections, risk assessments and general workplace inspections. One of them was an IT whizz who developed a load of IT systems for us and was given additional work.
Sorry - I don't have a copy of the risk assessments but the best thing is to develop your own (they will be better tailored for your environment).
We were in the local paper and the whole thing was a mutual success, certainly worth the effort.
The main thing to consider is layers of supervision (and procedures for regular and random checks on supervision in place / making clear to middle managers that you are watching them, as there is always a temptation to leave them alone for a minute). Also absolutely clear (verbal, written and regularly reinforced) information about danger areas where they must be supervised and what to do if a supervisor does not comply with their responsibilities - ie give them a mobile for emergency contact).
The induction needs to go into detail about how close they are allowed to go to machinery (lathes etc when supervised or not). Main exclusion areas where crane and vehicle operation areas where it is difficult for a supervisor to watch them and what is going on - safe watching areas were identified where they could stand, supervised.
Hope of help,
Regards,
Chris
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Posted By Christopher Kelly
PS - there is always a danger that you are going to get a child who will ignore or not understand what you are telling them, this needs to be checked during the first few days. However there is also a responsibility on the school / local authority to ensure that the children they send are sufficiently responsible, it is important to make this clear to the school / LA rep.
Go through disciplinary procedures with them in the same way as normal employees.
Regards,
Chris
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Posted By Gwahir
Hi Andy,
Have sent you an assessment.
Graham Clarke
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Posted By andy bee
Many thanks to you all,think i have just about got it sorted. Thanks again Andy
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