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To apply for a research degree, please make sure you fulfill the entry requirements and then complete the online research degree application form and upload your supporting documents.
You should have a good honours degree (2:1 or above) or masters degree or equivalent in the relevant subject area.
International applicants should be aware of our research degree English language requirements
The following text is a synopsis of the extensive information provided on the Health & Safety Executive's (HSE) web-site relating to young people at work:
Multiple links to that web-site are provided so that it is easy to obtain further information.
Health and safety law defines people by age:
The first two clauses of regulation 19 (Protection of young people) are reproduced from Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 3242 and are Crown Copyright:
(1) Every employer shall ensure that young persons employed by him are protected at work from any risks to their health or safety which are a consequence of their lack of experience, or absence of awareness of existing or potential risks or the fact that young persons have not yet fully matured.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), no employer shall employ a young person for work -
(a) which is beyond his physical or psychological capacity;
(b) involving harmful exposure to agents which are toxic or
carcinogenic, cause heritable genetic damage or harm to the unborn
child or which in any other way chronically affect human health;
(c) involving harmful exposure to radiation;
(d) involving the risk of accidents which it may reasonably be assumed
cannot be recognised or avoided by young persons owing to their
insufficient attention to safety or lack of experience or training; or
(e) in which there is a risk to health from - (i) extreme cold or heat; (ii) noise; or (iii) vibration, and in determining whether work will involve harm or risks
for the purposes of this paragraph, regard shall be had to the results
of the assessment.
The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires employers to:
In addition, employers should:
Before employing a young person, the health and safety risk assessment must take into account:
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations require that young people are protected at work from risks to their health and safety which are a consequence of the following factors:
LIRANS does not carry out work with ionizing radiation, but restrictions also apply to the use of non-ionizing radiation sources. Within this category, laser and ultraviolet light sources are particularly relevant. There is no reason to believe that such sources are more harmful to young people than to others - but young people may be less aware of the risks posed and more willing to take unacceptable risks.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 regulation 19(2)(b) particularly restricts young people's work involving exposure to agents which are toxic, carcinogenic, cause
heritable damage or harm to the unborn child or have a chronic effect
on health.
