Posted By Pete48 Hello Craig, welcome to the forum, I expect others will respond later but it is Sat morning! You say you have an assignment and that may mean you are studying, if so may I point you towards the study support forum in the hot topics box on the right of the front page. No reason why you shouldn't post here but you may find more support for "study" in that area. In the meantime and as a quick response. Have you visited places like the HSE website http://www.hse.gov.uk/youngpeople/index.htm, the ROSPA website, the trade union websites that have loads of stuff on this very important area of H&S management. I cannot respond on behalf of IOSH only as a member. As a generalism, the H&S management of young persons (incl children) is of paramount importance to all safety professionals whether working directly with children and their education or in recognising the risks arising from the activity of the business in which they work. You will find several references on this site by searching on young persons, for example, IOSH involvement with the recent Euro Safety Week that took young people safety as its theme this year. My own work is directly concerned with 14-19 year olds and how H&S is not only built into the curriculum but also how it is managed when they enter the "world of work", especially as part of their work experience. I hope others will respond to you with some more direct stuff,maybe after the weekend? Good luck with your assignment Pete

Posted By Pete48 Craig, no need to apologise to me, i just thought you might get some better responses over there. I will e-mail you during the week sometime to cover the points you raise Pete

Posted By Ron Impey http://www.csao.org/t.to...Care_new/BC_BACKCARE.HTM http://www.teachers.tv/video/256 http://www.teachers.tv/video/4982 http://www.teachers.tv/video/4981 http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg364.pdf http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/cais21.pdf http://www.youngworker.co.uk/ http://www.wiseup2work.co.uk

Posted By Neil Budworth Hi Craig, The IOSH wiseup2work.co.uk web site has tonnes of information on it about this subject. There are case studies teaching materials - all sorts. For your information we have been working with the HSE and British Safety Council this year to develop a course which will fit within the national curriculum for year 10 students. we previewed this to the world on Friday last week. The idea is to launch this to schools in December. Also look in the technical information section of this web site - there is a publication called getting off to a good start which may be helpful. Best Regards Neil

Posted By Craig Ritchie With regards to the 'Safe start' slogan by IOSH stressing the importance of H+S of young people at work, what exactly is the "duty of care owed" in both a legal and moral standpoint? Id be particularly grateful for any help on the legal standing Thanks again for all your help folks Craig