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Young persons risk assessments for apprentices on site

Take on an under-18 and you owe them a specific assessment before they start — one that accounts for inexperience, and that involves a parent or guardian. Gaffer records the young person, their date of birth, the hazards they may be exposed to, and the supervision arrangements that make it safe.

Part of health & safety in Gaffer, which replaces a folder of last year’s templates with the dates changed.

Health & Safety in Gaffer
The area it belongs to

The H&S paperwork gets done because it lives where the work is.

Risk assessments, method statements, permits, toolbox talks, inspections and registers, covering what an inspector, a main contractor or an insurer will ask for.

Win tenders that demand evidence, and sleep better knowing the file is complete.

Young persons risk assessments are one of the 40 things in health & safety. See the rest →

What you get
  • Employment start date and the assessment and review dates
  • Parent or guardian consulted and health questionnaire completed
  • Experience considered and physical capability assessed
  • Working at height, machinery, manual handling, hazardous substances and electrical work flagged
  • Supervision arrangements and any prohibited activities recorded
  • Linked to the worker’s training records and qualifications
Inexperience is the hazard
Parent or guardian consulted
Restricted activities flagged
Where it fits

Step 04 of the job: on site

The engineer taps “On my way” and the customer gets a text with an arrival window. On site: clock in, photos, the certificate for the job — EICR, Gas Safety, whatever the trade needs — signed on the device. No signal? It syncs later.

Health & Safety is where young persons risk assessments sits, and that is the step it shows up in most. The rest of the job — quoting, scheduling, certificates, invoicing and payment — runs in the same system, on the same record. See the whole job →

Step 04 of a job in Gaffer: The paperwork happens on site
Common questions

About young persons risk assessments

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What are young persons risk assessments for?

Take on an under-18 and you owe them a specific assessment before they start — one that accounts for inexperience, and that involves a parent or guardian. Gaffer records the young person, their date of birth, the hazards they may be exposed to, and the supervision arrangements that make it safe. Take on an under-18 and you owe them a specific assessment before they start — one that accounts for inexperience, and that involves a parent or guardian.

Will this satisfy a main contractor asking for RAMS?

It produces the document they ask for, specific to the job rather than last year’s with the address changed, as a PDF you can send before you arrive. Their pre-qualification questions are their own, but the evidence is in one place.

Do the assessments have to be filled in on site?

That is the point of them, and the app is built for it — but they can be prepared in the office and signed on site, which is how most crews actually work.

Which plan is it on?

Every paid plan. Young persons risk assessments is included for unlimited users at no extra cost — the monthly, annual and lifetime plans differ only in how you pay.

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