My 16Y son is planning to 'work' part time in restaurant while waiting for results - Please advice?

sujsuj

I am not clear on the ..

1. Working hours rules?
2. What he need to be careful?
3. What all he need to be aware before joining?
4. Slightly worried about health and safety aspects in restaurant kitchens, is there any trainings/ info he need to learn?
5. Dangers on these places?
6. Is this normal to 16Y work at restaurants?

I was keen to him going to some office environments than in restaurants

Mark_d

Has your son finished school?  Lots of young people get jobs at McDonalds.

sujsuj

Mark_d said:

Has your son finished school?  Lots of young people get jobs at McDonalds.

waiting for exam results..

JGB1955

He will be entitled to a minimum wage of £6.40 per hour.  I suspect he will gain far more 'people skills' (dealing with the general public) in a restaurant as opposed to an office job.  He may also become aware of the rewards (potential tips) that come with good customer service. In my experience it's VERY normal for teenagers to work in restaurants/coffee shops.

Hoenir

My mother found me a Saturday job when I was 12. On a petrol forecourt in the days when it wasn't self service. Used to climb up onto the top of the tankers to check the tanks before and after discharge. Life skills are gained from experience  . 

themadvix

Not sure why you’ve put work in quotation marks - it’s a perfectly valid job and I worked at 16 in a cafe and then from 18 in a pub while studying. It’s hard work, long hours, but excellent life skills. I still look back on my time at the pub as one of my favourite jobs. 

His employer, assuming it’s a proper role and not some dodgy cash-in-hand set up, will know all the legal ins and outs. And as a nearly grown up, you should try to let him work it out with the employer - they won’t appreciate a helicopter parent interfering. 

Would have thought it very unlikely that a 16 could get an office job tbh.

Emmia

Information on gov.uk might help

https://www.gov.uk/child-employment

elsien

My relative of a similar age used to collect glasses in a pub (he was too young to work behind the bar), take plates out to customers and zap pizza in a microwave. 

Not a lot of training necessary for that, although they did have some sort of induction program for the basics.
Then he graduated to the local chippy, dishing up food. 
Your son is far more likely to find casual work  in a pub or café, than he is in an office. 

gwynlas

If it is a legitimate restaurant the owner/manager will be up to date with wages and legislation.
Directly interfacing with customers is a great foundation in people skills and is transferable to any future career.
Whether he had an office job or  litter picking he would only be earning minimum wage.
If he's found this job for himself he should be congratulated.

Danien

I don't understand your concern? It is perfectly normal for young people that age or even younger to get part time jobs or full time over he summer. I worked in a shop at weekends from 14-16 while at school, and longer hours in school holidays, as well as babysitting, and from 16-18 worked at McDonald's at weekends, holidays and the occasional evening. McDonald's involves working with hot cooking plates and hot oil, learning safety procedures around them, requires learning things like food safety, cleanliness and customer service skills like any restaurant. At Uni I worked weekends and some evenings at a supported living facility.

Work teaches good skills and it's brilliant that he wants to get himself a job, he should be congratulated. Now to help him learn how to manage the money he earns.

Marcon

sujsuj said:

I am not clear on the ..

1. Working hours rules?
2. What he need to be careful?
3. What all he need to be aware before joining?
4. Slightly worried about health and safety aspects in restaurant kitchens, is there any trainings/ info he need to learn?
5. Dangers on these places?
6. Is this normal to 16Y work at restaurants?

I was keen to him going to some office environments than in restaurants

Do a bit of research online if you must, but maybe just stop getting so fussed because he's going to be working in an environment most teenagers with jobs work in. Putting 'work' rather than just work suggests you don't see it as a valid job.

He's unlikely to have any skills which would be of much use in an office environment, so even if he got such a job, he'd be dogsbodying around photocopying and the like and probably wouldn't learn nearly as much as working in a restaurant.