Dangers to young workers highlighted

Gary, only one thing to say "risk assessment" that would apply to any lone worker including someone visiting da Bank where there maybe considered to be extra risks involved and the need for specific instruction regarding cash handling and any potential additional security issues.

Oh dear Lee, have i actually been to criptic or even sucked-sink lol ?

Anyway, whether or not one agrees with lowering the age of consent to 18 it is nonetheless, a benchmark for deciding whether someone, following induction training and demonstrating some basic degree of competence, maybe allowed some level of autonomy in terms of working for limited periods unsupervised on agreed tasks.

For those under 18 one cannot delegate their elf & safety to them and they require supervision at all times as it is reasonably forseeable that regardless of demonstratable compitences that they will lack concentration and are liable to be distracted increasing potential risk... simplesss

And that's that and all i was getting at as it were innit you know ya ?

whats the ruling of apprentices taking on additional part time work with other companies does this contavene permitted working hours which i understand is 40hours.....can this be accumulated?

does anyone have any thoughts on a situation im dealing with regarding a young person. The young person has been requested to collect petty cash from a bank on his own (sums of £200 at times) and has to walk through some back streets to retun. I am uneasy with it and the young person is too so much so that he raised th eissue with me, The companies response and stance is that apprentices can and do this type of task as part of their duties?? hmm

Sorry Nigel I don't understand your post! Could you explain what your comment is please? Thanks.

What ? Unless a minor no difference to health an safety of anyone else and if there is a problem just highlights inadiquate provision of induction / compitience training to the job along side poor supervision and perhaps even job design in terms of inherent risk mitigation prevention in the first place.