Question: what is the legal age for a job

title: Legal working age
text: In establishments where alcoholic beverages are produced , sold or dispensed ( Except in part of establishment where alcohol is not served , or hotels , clubs , or restaurants where alcohol is served and the establishment has a Sunday sales license issued by the Liquor Control Board , and minor is serving food , clearing tables and / or related duties , but minor may not serve or dispense alcohol . Performing arts students engaged in uncompensated exhibitions may perform at a licensed establishment , under proper supervision in accordance with the Liquor Code . ) On boats ( Pilot , fireman or engineer on any boat or vessel . ) On machinery ( Including repairing , cleaning or oiling machinery in motion and operating or assisting in the operation of the following : emery wheels , metal plate bending , forming , punching , hammering , bending , rolling and shearing machines , punch presses , wire - stitching , stapling machines , circular saws , band saws , guillotine shears , chain saws , reciprocating saws , wood chippers , and abrasive cutting discs . On baking machinery ( Operating , assisting , setting up , adjusting , repairing , oiling or cleaning dough / batter mixer , bread dividing , rounding or molding machine , dough brake , dough sheeter , bread slicer / wrapper machine or cake cutting band saw , and setting up / adjusting cookie or cracker machine . Except for 16 and 17 year olds setting up , adjusting , repairing , oiling and cleaning lightweight , small capacity , portable counter-top power - driven food mixers comparable to models intended for household use . Except for 16 and 17 year olds operating pizza - dough rollers constructed with safeguards to prevent fingers , hands , clothing from being caught on the in -- running point of rollers , which have completely enclosed gears , and have microswitches that disengage machinery if the backs / sides of rollers removed . Exception does not apply to setting up , adjusting , repairing , oiling or cleaning of pizza - dough rollers . ) In metal industries In mines ( Dangerous occupations in or around any mine , including all work performed in any underground working , open - pit , or surface part of any coal - mining plant , that contribute to the extraction , grading , cleaning or other handling of coal . Exceptions for 16 - 17 year olds : slate / refuse picking at picking table / chute in a tipple or breaker at a coal mine , work in office or repair / maintenance shops on the surface . For other mines all occupations prohibited , except may work in above - ground office , warehouse , supply house , change house , laboratory , repair / maintenance shops , in living quarters , outside mine in surveying , repair / maintenance of roads , general clean - up , track crew work for sections of railroad track when mining activities not being performed , work in or about surface placer mining operations other than place dredging operations and hydraulic placer mining operations . At metal mills other than in mercury - recovery mills or mills using cyanide process may operate jigs , sludge tables flotation cells , drier - filters , may perform hand - sorting at picking table / belt , general clean up . Exception , 14 and 15 year old minors may work in office and perform clerical duties . In quarries ( Most occupations , including drilling , shot firing or assisting in loading or tamping holes , face cleaning , attaching blocks to chains for cable hoisting , assisting / operating steam , air or electric shovels . ) In the printing and paper industry Around radioactive substances On railroads and railways On rivets ( Heating and passing rivets , except for 16 and 17 year old minors 10 feet or less from ground or on a scaffold equipped with guardrails and board ) In tanneries