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Posted By Mick Morrey
Hi,
I have recently been informed that a young person will be coming to our company for a week to gain work experience. They are to work in a laboratory and office environment. As im quite new to my job I was wondering what things I should be doing to keep them safe.
E.g. Not working with Lead/hazardous materials, manual handling, etc.
Any help or pointing in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Mick.
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Posted By Steven B Collins
There is also a requirement to conduct a young persons risk assessment and gain the parents consent. Presumeably the people sending him/her will cover this but you at least need to see a copy as it should tell you the do's and don'ts.
If it has not been covered you need to do so before they arrive as there are specific duties particularly for children under school leaving age.
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Posted By Cathy Ricketts
Totally agree with all the above also refer to the HSE document INDG364 The Right Start - Work Experience for Young people: H & S Basics for employers.
Some of what the young person can and cant do will depend on their age. There are very specific restrictions if the young person is under the minimum school leaving age and therefore classed as a "child" for work experience purposes.
You need to also take into account the fact that your young person is likely to be inexperienced, unaware of H & S risks and maybe physically or mentally immature.
My advice would be that your starting point would be to write a programme of what activities they will be doing during their work experience and then write your risk assessment from the activities you will be expecting them to undertake, using the HSE/Wise Up to Work resource for further information. Dont forget to give them a formal H & S induction on their first day - nothing too onerous.
Make sure that the person(s) supervising the young person are also appropriate people to be doing that task and not those who you may be aware will "by pass" H & S practices (they usually exist somewhere in an organisation)
I have some examples of young person risk assessments for work experience however they are very much around office/IT work as opposed to your line of work. If you want some specific information around laboratory work I do know of someone who may be able to assist you (please e.mail me direct and I will put you in touch). Hope this helps. Cathy
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Posted By Mick Morrey
Thanks for all the responses. They have been a great help.
Mick.
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