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Posted By Conrad Whitson
Guidance required, I'm at present carrying out a child risk assessment for work within a kitchen/restaurant area. The age range is between fourteen and sixteen years of age.
Should I continue letting them use a domestic electric knife for meat carving on a Saturday and Sunday which is the current situation. They are generally very well supervised and have received sufficient information instruction and training for their tasks.
Any guidance or thoughts on the above would be most welcome.
Best Regards.
Conrad
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Posted By Chris Pope
We have had 10 children through this age group - weve always encouraged them to bake and cook.
Never would I let a 14 year old use an electric carving knife unless I did a personality check and watched them using it.
Less damage would be done by an ordinary knife - why can't they use that ?
We have one of those electic bread slicers with the slow rotating blade - I wouldn't let them use that either.
The reason is that there is a wide range of maturity at this age, and unless you can demonstrate that you have a professional person such as a qualified teacher to assess them for the required level of maurity ? skill then you might be in trouble if and when they choose to mess around. The main factor in messing around is the peer pressure. If that is under control then it might well be safe for them to use such tools.
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Posted By Martin J Morley
It may be that this activity is not actually allowed.
http://www.bizhelp24.com...g-child-employment.shtml offers general advice on this, the local council will provide their own, specific information.
It is illegal for children
to work without the employer notifying the Local Authority.
to work without a Work Permit;
to work for more than 2 hours on a school day or a Sunday.
There may be specific local controls, eg:
Children cannot work:
In any commercial kitchen such as a café, pub, hotel, restaurant or fish and chip shop.
If this has all been dealt with, then carry on with the risk assessment - but I don't think electric knives will pass muster. A lot will depend on the environment, as Chris has indicated, particularly the possibilities for distraction.
It is a shame to be seen as a killjoy, far less pleasant to be seen as a killer.
martin
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Posted By Conrad Whitson
Thanks for the input guys, after some further research the electric carving knife is definately a no-go area.
Thanks again.
Regards Conrad
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