Young Workers and Work Experience: Safe, Supervised, Involved
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Assess the risks for young people, agree safe tasks, supervise closely, and keep them engaged.
- Assign to
- Managers and supervisors who host under-18s, apprentices and work experience students
- Duration
- 23 minutes
- Evidence
- 11-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Understand why young people face extra risk.
- Check the risk assessment covers under-18s.
- Remove or control risks before they arrive.
- Agree safe tasks and supervise closely.
The course
- 01Why young people
- 02Preparing the workplace
- 03On the day
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Fix the workshop for Jayden”, learners fix a realistic scene and see the effect of each choice. In “Can I have a go on the forklift?”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “Before day one” and “Bored or involved”.
How you know they finished
The 11-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Working Time Regulations 1998
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 11-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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