Pre-Placement Vetting
ENSURING YOU ARE SAFE
JTL takes it's responsibilities to apprentices very seriously and is committed to ensuring their safety is paramount at all times.
All employers of JTL apprentices must comply with the requirements of current Health and Safety legislation and codes of practice.
Before you can begin your apprenticeship a qualified JTL representative will visit your employer and conduct an extensive review, or a Pre-placement Vetting, to make sure that you are being placed with a company that takes your training and health and safety seriously. If the company does not match up to our standards then you will not be allowed to proceed onto your apprenticeship with your employer.
We need to do this with you before we can obtain funding for your apprenticeship.
The sort of things we will be looking for are:
- Registration with HSE or Local Authority (unless working from a domestic premises)
- Employers Liability Insurance (minimum of £5m) Public Liability Insurance (minimum of £1m)
- A Safety Policy
- A Fire Certificate (if required) and Fire procedures
- Risk Assessments
- First Aid procedures
- An Accident Book
- Provision of Personal Protective Equipment (free of charge)
So that we are certain that you will be safe throughout your apprenticeship, your employer will also be required to:
- Carry out a medical on all apprentices to ensure they are fit enough to do the job
- Provide apprentices with a Health and Safety induction
- Carry out all necessary risk assessments to ensure all steps are taken to reduce the risk of anything untoward happening to an apprentice
- Have procedures in place to report any accidents to JTL.
It sounds like lots of red tape but it is vitally important. However, don't worry; your Training Officer will be able to give your employer all the advice your employer will need.
