C1.3.d. Why are there no Code provisions under Regulation 1.3?

In 2004, the Preparatory Technical Maritime Conference (PTMC) decided that Regulation 1.3 should not be followed by any indication that its provisions could be the subject of Standards or Guidelines. This was in response to a communication from the IMO regarding its willingness to take responsibility for the training and certification requirements for able seafarers, if these were transferred by the ILO. The PTMC agreed with this transfer, but also agreed with the view that it was necessary to include general provisions on training in the MLC, 2006 in view of the comprehensive nature of this consolidating Convention and to ensure that any personnel who may not be covered by the IMO STCW provisions are trained or otherwise qualified [see C1.3.b.]. It should be noted that the transfer of seafarers’ training and certification responsibility to IMO does not include training of ships’ cooks, a matter that remains with the ILO and is addressed in the Convention under Title 3.

Training and qualifications