In California no worker under 18 may:

• Drive a motor vehicle on public streets as part of the job
• Drive a forklift
• Use powered equipment like a circular saw, box crusher, meat slicer, or bakery machine
• Work in wrecking, demolition, excavation, or roofing
• Work in logging or a sawmill
• Handle, serve, or sell alcoholic beverages
• Work where there is exposure to radiation

Also, no one 14 or 15 years old may:

• Do any baking or cooking on the job (except cooking at a serving counter)
• Work in dry cleaning or a commercial laundry
• Do building, construction, or manufacturing work
• Load or unload a truck, railroad car, or conveyor
• Work on a ladder or scaffold

For additional information on the types of work that minors are permitted to engage in, you can review and/or download the Child Labor Law Pamphlet 2000 .