The promotion of health and safety awareness in the minds of young people is important for preventing accidents and work-related ill-health. Young people are especially vulnerable in the workplace with figures indicating that workers aged 15-24 suffer higher rates of work injury than other age groups. The Choose Safety programme is a free programme available to post-primary schools and colleges of Further Education. It introduces senior cycle students/students in further education to the principles of workplace safety and health. The school pack consists of a student workbook, and a teacher text. All are provided free of charge to those schools that register with their local Education Centre or directly with Kilkenny Education Centre. The programme provides material for more than 20 hours of tuition.