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is it ok for apprentices to work alone?
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 8:38 pm
by BenAlchin
Hey folks
I'm not sure on the rules but is it alright for the supervisor to send an apprentice to work alone on jobs they can handle?
Re: is it ok for apprentices to work alone?
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 8:52 pm
by gregmcc
The EWRB publish a guide line for trainee supervision.
https://www.ewrb.govt.nz/assets/documen ... ficate.pdf
Re: is it ok for apprentices to work alone?
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 6:23 pm
by BenAlchin
That's awesome, thanks Greg!
Answers all my questions
Re: is it ok for apprentices to work alone?
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:49 pm
by Sneath
Re: is it ok for apprentices to work alone?
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:25 pm
by BenAlchin
Thanks Sneath,
That is very clear and helps confirm what I'd been thinking was right; in essence, a Supervisor can be at a distance, as long as they are confident that the apprentice can handle a task
Re: is it ok for apprentices to work alone?
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:16 am
by AlecK
Note that different guidelines apply for supervision of trainees than for supervision of (unlicenced) "persons under supervision".
Also different absolute limits of work; set in the Act
Re: is it ok for apprentices to work alone?
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 10:01 pm
by MikeNZ
It also depends on the apprentice.
Some people pick things quite easily, others not so.
Those are the people that need to be supervised well.
There was an apprentice a few years back found dead in a trench with a set of Duspols beside him, when he was working on an underground cable.
This is why we have supervision rules.