Safe Jobs for Youth: Safety and Health Resources for Massachusetts Cooperative Education Placement Coordinators

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  Why Safe Jobs for Youth: Cooperative education provides students the opportunity to gain knowledge and develop skills not acquirable in schools, but obtainable in work-based settings. Addressing the safety and health of students in cooperative education job placements (co-ops) is critical both to protect students and to help ensure that students develop safety and health knowledge and skills during their work-based learning experience. It is also important for employers, schools and school staff involved in making these placements. Many cooperative education placement coordinators (co-op coordinators) in Massachusetts already have protocols for assessing safety and health in co-ops, however few formal resources are available to guide in this process. "Safe Jobs for Youth" is meant to fill this gap. Developed with input from the co-op coordinator community in Massachusetts and safety and health experts, it is a resource for co-op coordinators to use in addressing safety and health during placements. While designed specifically for co-op coordinators placing youth enrolled in Chapter 74-approved programs, it may also be informative for other professionals who place teens in jobs. How to Use this Guide: This guide is divided into five sections: 1) Introduction; 2) Laws Affecting Placements; 3) Assessing Safety and Health Prior to Placement; 4) Assessing Safety and Health During the Placement; and 5) Resources. There is also an appendix which includes all supplementary documents cited throughout the guide, including worksite assessment checklists and materials to share with students, parents and employers, in a printer-friendly format. Materials available in the appendix are indicated throughout the guide with a diamond. While we hope this will be a valuable resource, the law does not require that the materials and recommendations in this guide be used or followed. Additionally, this guide should not be used as a substitute for legal advice or to determine compliance with applicable federal and state regulations, although guidance on child labor laws is provided. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Child Labor Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Child Labor Occupational Safety And Health Occupational Safety Programs Safety Education Safety Practices Teenagers Young Workers
• Publisher:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-96
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061298
• Citation:
  Boston, MA: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2011 Aug; :1-96
• Email:
  teens.atwork@state.ma.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health - Boston
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Safe jobs for youth: safety and health resources for Massachusetts cooperative education placement coordinators
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224868/cdc_224868_DS1.pdf
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