Owain wrote:
On Mar 12, 7:53 pm, "ARWadsworth" wrote:
It has happened more than once at work. This time the apprentice was
not "my apprentice". They seem to think that vans do not have
seatbelt laws or windscreens to smash their face in.

About 50% of apprentices seem to think that they do not need to wear
seatbelts.

If it's a work vehicle then presumably you're responsible for
enforcing a safe system of work, and they could sue you if they did go
through the windscreen and you'd let them travel without the seatbelt?

Owain

Just two questions - how do you enforce that "safe system of work"?

And surely the 'charge' should be the refusal to wear the obligatory piece
of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - i.e the safety harness holding him
to the seat of the vehicle *OR* the wearing of a protective helmet and
full-face visor?

Ah well, apprentices will be apprentices I suppose (but how the f**k can 25
year-olds+ be called an apprentices that really is the question?)