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Resources for Young Workers by Group - Youth & Community Groups


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The following links list tools, publications, and other resources to help prevent young worker injuries and illnesses. These resources may not meet all the requirements for health and safety in British Columbia. Please check the Workers Compensation Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, and related materials for specific WorkSafeBC requirements.

If you have any questions please E-mail us at or phone 604-276-3100 in the Lower Mainland, or toll-free in British Columbia at 1-888-621-7233 (621-SAFE).

3 Steps to Effective Worker Education and Training BK42 updated publication

Designed for employers and supervisors, this guide offers a three-step framework based on orientation, education, and training new and young workers to be safe on the job.
Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC
* PDF (680 KB)
* Available in print from Publications, Videos and Forms Distribution.

The Rights and Responsibilities Program

The Rights and Responsibilities Program is a self-paced, interactive, curriculum-based program that helps new and young workers understand their health and safety rights and responsibilities in the workplace.

The program builds on the work done in Student WorkSafe Planning 10, and directly supports prescribed and elective curricula at the grade 11-12 level.

It's designed for three primary audiences:

  • New workers, including student workers
  • Teachers facilitating work experience programs for students
  • Employers and supervisors

Community WorkSafe

Cover of Community WorkSafe Program Designed for use by community and youth organizations, the resource focuses on principles of hazard recognition in the workplace, helping learners of all ages develop skills they need to recognize, evaluate and control hazards. With this type of training, they can make informed choices about the prevention of injury to themselves and other in the workplace.
   
Community WorkSafe consists of: (The instructional module on rights and responsibilities utilizes Lost Youth video. You can order a copy of the video from WCB.)
Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC

Young Worker Safety - Workshop/Forum Planning Guide

This comprehensive and detailed guide provides the steps your organization/group needs to follow in order to plan, organize, publicize, develop partnerships for, host, and evaluate a two-hour forum or workshop on young worker safety. It can be used to plan a major event involving a large audience (80 to 100 people or more) or a more intimate workshop of 30 or fewer people. Most of the steps are relevant no matter what the format of the event, but host groups can pick through the menu of ideas for those that best fit their situation and their community.
Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC
* PDF (549 KB)

Getting a Job? Ask Questions about Safety

Created with the help from members of the Young Worker Advisory Group, this simple document provides young and new workers with useful tips on how to address concerns about safety in the workplace.

Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC
* PDF 136 KB
* Also available in Chinese and Punjabi, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

Creating a Community Worksafe Resource for Youth

Report summarizing the outcomes of stakeholder consultation on Community Student Worksafe Resouce for Youth.
Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC
* View the Report (PDF 244 KB)

Be a Survivor Magazine

New Version of this full colour 8-page magazine features useful tips and articles on young worker safety. It's a great resource for youth and anyone who comes into contact with youth such as parents, educators, employers, labour and community groups.
Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC
* PDF (167 KB)
* Available in print format from Publications, Videos and Forms Distributions.

Industry Presentation

To help keep young workers safe, WorkSafeBC has created a Resource Kit. Originally developed for B.C.'s secondary school Parent Advisory Councils, the resource is now available to employers, unions, youth groups, church groups and sports and community groups - anyone who has a parental role and the opportunity to reach B.C.'s young people.

This online kit includes everything you or your organization needs to give a presentation on young worker safety:

WorkSafe magazine article about the resource materials.

Information Bulletin for Youth & Community Groups

Community members can play a key role in educating young people about workplace safety. Workplace safety concerns us all. As a community member involved with young people, you can raise awareness of workplace health and safety by creating a culture where young worker safety is a high priority.
Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC
* PDF (21 KB)

Young Worker Videos

video jacket cover The Supervisor
This video is a documentary-drama that examines issues related to supervisor responsibility for workplace health and safety. The video graphically depicts the emotional, legal, and financial consequences of a fictionalized workplace accident that leads to the death of a young worker.

video jacket coverThe Workplace: Youth at Risk (2005)
A video featuring the dramatic stories of five injured young workers and their parents whose lives have been forever altered by a workplace accident. This updated version features a new introduction by Dave Anderson, WorkSafeBC President and CEO, as well as some new footage of Lauren Barwick, a dressage rider paralyzed in a workplace accident. The video was produced jointly by Shaw Cablesystems and WorkSafeBC.

video jacket cover Lost Youth Video-Four Stories of Injured Young Workers

Michael, Jennifer, John, and Nick all speak of losing their youth after suffering serious workplace accidents. Through dramatic recreations of these accidents and one-on-one discusssions with the young people and their parents. Lost Youth tells four stories of lives forever altered.

Joe Who?
Young workers are often hard to reach, especially when it comes to workplace safety. Joe Who? is a valuable tool, giving young people a voice to speak to each other about the tragic consequences of workplace injuries, The play was written and performed by students from Matthew McNair Secondary School in Richmond. It offers a unique perspective on the challenges experienced by young workers in B.C.

Protecting Young Workers: Focus Report-2001

This report provides information on the scope and causes of young workers' injuries. This report describes how the WCB, educators, employers, parents, and young workers can contribute their unique expertise and influence in reducing workplace hazards.
Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC
* PDF (12 MB)
* Available in print from Publications, Videos and Forms Distribution.

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