Under Health and Safety Law, students are regarded as employees during their work experience.

This means that employers have the same responsibilities for the health, safety and welfare of students as they do for their regular workforce.

In addition they have to take into account the age and lack of experience of the student.

At Enfield Work Experience we take the following steps to help employers ensure the safety of students:

1) We arrange for a personal visit and risk assessment to be carried out on every work placement (including those that students find for themselves). We identify potential hazards and advise the employers on what students may or may not do.

2) We only accept work placements from employers who have Employers Liability Insurance in place.

3) We require all employers to begin their work placement with a Health and Safety Induction for the student.

Students - why not go to the ROSPA site and take part in this interactive quiz to find out more about your responsibilities as an employee.

Employers - you can download a guide about how to care for the health and safety of students on work experience.

Teachers - you can download a comprehensive guide in pdf format from the Health and Safety Executive or look at the activities for students on the ROSPA site.