ALF MAGNE HORNELAND Building a system of evidence-based medical selection, requires a structured approach to the assessment of fitness for work and risk related to reduced function or acute failure due ...
... Technical Working Committee responsible for the Medical Fitness Standards for Filipino Sailors. He also participated in the 2010-2011 ILO/IMO Geneva meetings that drafted the Guidelines in the Medical ...
... Social Institute of Tarragona, Spain (Inclusion, Social Security and Immigration Ministry). From 1985, authorised doctor for Fitness Examinations for seafarers, fishermen and divers, Hospital Ship and ...
... purposes[1], on rehabilitation[2], on fitness to drive a car[3]. The ‘Handbook for seafarer medical examiners’[4] by professor Tim Carter is a practical handbook for the daily work as an approved doctor. ...
... authorities seeking valid assessments of seafarers’ fitness for duty. These standards followed a format widely used in other healthcare settings, where assessment of clinical performance is desirable. ...
... of unfitness in relation to the statutory regulations, and the “loss of licence insurance” be able to assist the seafarer in cases of complaints and applications for exemption, and prepare a proper case ...
... Focus Fitness for work / absence of disease Working environment / Occupational injuries and diseases Individual’s health Perspective Maximum two years ...
... C188 states that no fishers shall work on board a fishing vessel without a valid medical certificate attesting to fitness to perform their duties. The competent authority – meaning the national authority ...
... be more time consuming, although not necessarily. The evidence basis for medical fitness standards and criteria The level of scientific evidence that forms the basis for decision-making regarding medical ...
... and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159). The right to work for people with disabilities and the minimum requirements for medical fitness of workers sometimes can be seen to challenge ...
... are based on the International Guidelines on the medical examination of seafarers of 2013 from ILO[8] and IMO[9], and the fitness criteria are identical to those of the International Guidelines. After ...
... fitness with the capability to manage both seasickness and working at height. 24/7 shift work. The requirement to work nights, weekends, public holidays, on-call duty etc that may conflict with family ...
... for a professional diver last for one year. The medical examination and assessment of divers are based on fitness criteria and considerations of health risks of diving. People suffering from cardiac disease, ...
... Fitness facilities and healthy food should be available offshore as well as leisure facilities and the possibility to stay in touch with friends and family at home. Employers should support employee ...
... Energy Institute. A recommended fitness standard for the oil and gas industry London: Energy Institute 2010 8 Energy Institute. Fitness assessment manual. London: Energy Institute 2011 9 ...
... diverse. At the global level, there are two main types of payment system in the sector, the flat wage and the share system, involving catch or on bonuses. Medical fitness to work at sea The ILO Work ...
... an emergency. This means that fitness to work as crew on an inland waterway vessel is concerned with task related capabilities rather than the risks of illness requiring a medical consultation developing ...
... probably about 1:1,000,000 crew miles Life-threatening injury is probably about 1:10,000,000 crew miles Specific risk factors include: Crew composition and fitness. Proposed route: Distance ...
... seafarers and comparable groups in other land based populations in the seafarer’s home country. PEME fitness decisions at the start of a seafarer’s career and periodically This should be readily accessible ...
... ships and this threatened the supply of food and war materials. New employment arrangements were put in place, with improved port welfare. Data on the causes of unfitness was collected and targeted strategies ...