work experience lad

[wicklamulla]

I might be bringing a lad along to a job this coming week to assist 2 other groundies . He is in Arb College at the moment. He won't be asked to use a saw (unless he has a ticket and wants to practice snedding out) or feed the chipper, but he will be asked to fill saws, drag brash etc.

 

He is 16 years old so I assume i should check my insurances to ensure he covered etc.

 

He will have the required PPE etc.

 

Is there anything else I need to do before he comes onto site?

 

 

Thanks, W

[Tommy_B]

Yep. Check with insurance, make sure RA are in place and if he's doing the placement as part of the college course, I'd imagine the college would have come out and met with you? Probably not a bad shout to give them a call to see if there is anything else that they might need you to tell them

[Mike Dempsey]

and take his mobile off him as well then he will be concentrating on the job in hand rather than texting his mates:thumbup1:

[Andymacp]

You need to get a young persons risk assessment, also detail all the tasks he will be carrying out and have his legal guardian sign it.

He's not legally responsible for signing his own risk assessment

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

This is well worth a read:

 

New to the job and young workers

[john p]

When my w ex lad started my insurance company were cool because he was 18, think it's slightly different if they are younger

[wicklamulla]

Cheers folks, I'd better do some more reading on the subject and do a specific risk assessment based on his 'abilities/duties'.

 

Normally with so few of us onsite we do a verbal risk assessment and discuss the method statement etc, but we don't actually document it unless we are on a commercial job or are requested to do so by a private/domestic client.

 

K

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

verbal is OK if less than 5 staff if I remember correctly?

 

But a well formatted tick box + supplementary notes on the day only takes a few minutes and you have an audit trail...

[Notmegov]

We get ours to fill out a diary.. helps them in the future to look back at what they have achieved.

 

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[markieg31]

I think your employers liability should cover it. Remember they don't think as you do as they do not have the experience. Give him/ her a chance. So many tossers in this industry that get kicks out of putting down newcomers- we all started somewhere

 

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