Aide memoires
General legal requirements
- General legal requirements
- Work environment
- Management of health and safety
| Insurance | |
|---|---|
| Current Employers’ Liability Insurance Certificate (covering students on work experience) | |
| Current Public Liability Insurance Certificate (where appropriate) | |
| Where the student will be a vehicle passenger, current business vehicle insurance certificate | |
| Registration | |
| Placement premises registered with appropriate authority: HSE or local authority according to the nature of the business at a placement | |
| Health and Safety Policy | |
| There are clear responsibilities for health and safety | |
| Health and Safety Policy is written down where there are 5 or more employees | |
| Consultation | |
| There are arrangements to consult employees on health and safety | |
| There is an employee health and safety representative (if appropriate) | |
| Health and Safety Poster | |
| Poster Health and safety law: What you should know is displayed and completed (or available as leaflet) | |
| Accident Procedures | |
| Accident book available | |
| Provider aware of accident reporting procedures under RIDDOR | |
| Provider aware of any additional reporting requirements required by organisers or others | |
| First Aid | |
| There is a qualified first aider or appointed person | |
| First aid equipment is provided and records kept of treatment |
If you are not satisfied with the provider’s standard of health and safety management, the provider’s business should not be included in the work experience scheme.

