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Title:Working for Digital in the UK
Notice:DIGITAL Stock quote: $35 1/8 on 10/01 at 18:04 eastern.
Moderator:WOTVAX::HILTONo.dec.com::hiltong
Created:Thu Sep 10 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1443
Total number of notes:35591

1427.0. "Work Experience?" by CHEFS::BRIGGS_R (they use computers don't they) Thu May 01 1997 15:08

    
    Does anyone know if we offer work experience to school kids (15-16
    year olds)? If so, anyone know who is responsible for this sort of
    thing?
    
    Richard 
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1427.1we did hereKERNEL::FREKESLike a thief in the nightThu May 01 1997 18:188
    Richard
    
    We did here in the CSC, Basingstoke. I can't remember who set it up. I
    will follow this up offline for you if you like.
    
    Steven 
    
    
1427.2your answer sirKERNEL::FREKESLike a thief in the nightThu May 01 1997 18:2416
    Richard
    
    The word from here, (our secretary) is that you will need to get your
    manager to authorize this, get HR's approval, (insurance indemnity etc)
    and then get PM&S to set up a cardkey for access. Make sure everyone
    knows who he/she is and how long they will be there for. 
    
    From my experience, you will also need to have some kind of liason with
    the students school (tutor). Work Experience students tend to take up a
    lot of time in terms of someone explaining Health and Saftey at Work
    (The Health and Saftey at Work Act), security etc. If you or your group
    can afford the time, then there is no real reason why you should not be
    able to do so.
    
    Steven
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1427.3CHEFS::BRIGGS_Rthey use computers don't theyTue May 06 1997 10:1112
    
    Thanks for the replies.
    
    Seeing as all secondary schools in Berkshire offer their 15-16 year
    olds a week with a local employer during their GCSE course I would have
    thought Digital Reading, as a key community member, would have a formal
    mechanism in place etc complete with necessary school liason etc. I was
    hoping that this note would reveal who that was. However, I realise
    this might have been somewhat naive of me.
    
    Thanks for the help anyway,
    Richard
1427.4CHEFS::KERRELLDTo infinity and beyond...Tue May 06 1997 10:475
re.3:

Richard, as you seem to know so much about it...? Well, why not?

Dave ;-)
1427.5DECollege??DP1FS1::GATHERNTue May 06 1997 12:507
    The allocation of work experience students used to be done through 
    DECollege at Decpark, whether this is the case now...who knows?. I used
    to organise, via DECollege, work experience students for MCS engineers
    at Decpark about 6 years ago.
    
    
    				Dave Gathern
1427.6KERNEL::COFFEYJLa Feline Flooz - a unix catTue May 06 1997 14:4619
> The allocation of work experience students used to be done through 
>    DECollege at Decpark,

...and before  that it was done as it sounds to be done now. 

I'd forgotten about my couple of weeks long ago work-experiencing in 
personnel - that must be *years* ago now... 1,2,3,mumble, hmm, 
14 years ago it was just arranged with the manager who you'd be 
working for. I don't think I took much time for anyone, they just 
sat me in the desk (in F2 in the relatively newly opened DEC park), 
told me where the diary was kept, where things were filed and how 
to use my machine for w/p and printing. 

I even volunteered to stay on an extra fortnight in my easter 
holiday, then again, I know I'm mad, I've always been mad, just 
to quote.. I came back and I've since turned down redundancy 
twice, now if someone will just undo the straps on my jacket 
sleeves I can drink my coffee.......

1427.7CHEFS::16.183.48.133::hattosI'm back - as a matter of factFri May 09 1997 10:226
Nobody, even now, has ever told me about the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Why is it different for work experience people?

I guess we must be getting more responsible.

1427.8CHEFS::KERRELLDTo infinity and beyond...Mon May 12 1997 09:068
re.7:

>Nobody, even now, has ever told me about the Health and Safety at Work Act.

It's all covered in the induction course your manager books you on when you 
join.

Dave.
1427.9COMICS::CORNEJWhat's an Architect?Mon May 12 1997 10:5411
    So everyone who joined after 1974 should have been through this....
    
    (thats when the act came into force).
    
    I've not received any information directly about this (but have seen
    mails from various H&S commitees over the years).
    
    Jc
    
    
    
1427.10Not me guvCHEFS::16.42.4.227::hattosI'm back - as a matter of factTue May 13 1997 09:258
Err,

I left Digital in June last year and rejoined in March this year. In 1986 
when I first joined no-one spoke about the HSWA on my induction course. This 
time I didn't have an induction course. (I guess I know enough about Digital 
these days)

Stu
1427.11Hello again WOTVAX::oloras7.olo.dec.com::SharkeyaWinPass - now freeTue May 13 1997 10:238
Hi Stuart - welcome back - what happened ? the real world too much for you 
then ? :-))))))

Umm - do you still have my Brouter manual ?

Alan


1427.12CHEFS::16.42.4.227::hattosI'm back - as a matter of factTue May 13 1997 14:5514
Hi Alan,

The real world was *too* slow for me. I didn't get that much work to do, so I 
came back to work in NSIS!

And No, I haven't got your brouter manual - I left it at EOL in the computer 
room. If it's not there now - well who knows where it is.

Its about time you traded in for a proper ISDN router. RouteAbout Access EI.

Cheers,
Stu