rabbut
I don't bite, all that often...
The permit may not be the only "issue" they percive. You have to be 16 years old or above to buy livestock without a legal guardian acompanying you. It thus makes is a bit of a grey area as to if an under 16 year old selling livestock is an issue... What would likely happen if you got a job there, is that you may be given the task of stocking shelves and selling the tanks + other dry goods, but not be allowed near enough to the livestock to sell anyIt's also unlikely that you will be allowed to handle cash due to lax punishments being present to discurrage "minors" from stealing, so till work untill 16 would likely be out also... (we know you are unlikely to steal anything, but they don't)
You don't need to pay NI untill you are aged 16 or above
If the empoyer has their work permit, point out that you can legaly deal with dry goods, but understand that you may no legaly be able to do livestock. If they see you understand the legal corner they are in, they may be more inclined to find ways of working arround it to get you a job there. You know your hardwear suffice to botch stuff, so dealing with "off the shelf" gear shouldn't be an issue for you, and stocking shelves is far from rocket scienceFinally, there is a limit to how many hours you are allowed to work in a week untill you are 16...
On a note of DIY though... Since you are going to have livestock in the tank, you want to fit a guard to the Juwel Phosphate removing pump's inlet
All looking good for the moment otherwise though
All the best
Rabbut
However just because he can't sell livestock does not mean he can't be involved with it? Our work placement pupils always go to our lfs where they do everything except sit on the tills
We also have a pupil on an extended work exp placement in a reptile shop, the only things he is not allowed to handle is the venomous snakes and the till
All these placements are through Trident, so properly checked and insured
Seffie x
This is true, any maintanance of the systems should be fine. It's just the actual selling of livestock that has questionable legality if the sales person is under 16
Our work experince students at work get to try their hand at everything but selling livestock, so cleaning, stock control, facing up e.t.c There are loads of tasks you can do in a shop without selling livestock. This is pretty much all I get to do though, the livestock side; system maintanance and sales.The design of the shop leaves me a long way away from any shelves when I'm working the fish room...All the best
Rabbut
Nice discount. Gosh, I wonder whom their supplier is, work can't get rock that cheap, let alone re-sell it at that 
