Young Workers

Your first years in the workforce are an exciting time.

You meet new people, learn new skills and develop your attitudes toward safety in the workplace.

Young workers are those aged up to 25 and include apprentices, school-based apprentices, and trainees.

Young workers can undertake all forms of employment including, but not limited to, casual, freelance or gig, labour hire, temporary, unpaid internships, work experience and work placements, full-time and part-time work.

WorkSafe ACT have developed the resources to empower and support young workers in their first years at work.

People under 25 years of age face a range of issues when entering the workforce. For these reasons, WorkSafe ACT developed a  Young Workers Strategy to support young workers in tackling work health and safety (WHS) and workers’ compensation concerns.

Young workers need a team of supportive people around them. These include: