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Young person or new starter risk assessment
Form · Once, before they start
The risk assessment for someone under 18 (or new to site) before they start: their lack of experience, the work they may and may not do, and their supervision.
Use it in Sitro: add it to a project and fill it on a phone, free for 14 days.
The law and guidance behind it
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, Regulation 19 (protection of young persons) and regulation 3(4)–(5)
The questions
The person
- Name
- Date of birth
- Role or course
- Start date
Assessment
- Their inexperience, lack of awareness of risks and immaturity are taken into account
- Work they may do
- Work they must not do (beyond their physical or psychological capacity, harmful substances, extreme heat, cold, noise or vibration)
- Supervisor
- Inducted, and shown the welfare and emergency arrangements
- Parents or guardians told of the risks and controls, where they are under school-leaving age
Sign-off
- Assessed by
- Date and time
- Signature
A template to adapt to your site, not legal advice.
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