C1.1.b. Who decides what work is likely to jeopardize the safety or health of seafarers under the age of 18?

Under Standard A1.1, paragraph 4, the determination of work that is likely to jeopardize the safety or health of seafarers under the age of 18 is to be undertaken by the competent authority, after consultation with the shipowners’ or seafarers’ organizations concerned. The work determined to be hazardous is a matter that must be identified in national legislation or other measures, which must be in accordance with international standards. Guideline B4.3.10 of the MLC, 2006 provides guidance on safety and health education of young seafarers that would be relevant to this issue. The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations considered that in the case of countries which referred to the list of hazardous work of general scope adopted in the framework of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182), a specific list needed to be adopted or the existing one adapted in order to take into account the particularities of the maritime sector.

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