Sectoral standards

The ILO has adopted sector-specific international Conventions and Recommendations in agriculture, commerce, construction, fishing, health services, hotels and restaurants, mining, shipping, public service, and road transport. The ILO has also worked with other international organizations to develop and assist to implement, standards that rely on the principles and concepts of international labour standards, in sectors such as culture and education.

Shipping; ports; fisheries; inland waterways

  1. Guidelines on the medical examinations of seafarers

    30 September 2011

    These Guidelines will assist medical practitioners, shipowners, seafarers’ representatives, seafarers and other relevant persons with the conduct of medical fitness examinations of serving seafarers and seafarer candidates.

  2. Guidelines for port State control officers carrying out inspections under the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188)

    19 February 2010

    The Guidelines are intended to provide supplementary practical information and guidance to port State administrations that can be adapted to reflect national practices and policies and other applicable international arrangements in force governing port State control inspections of fishing vessels.

  3. Resolution concerning promotion of the ratification of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007

    15 June 2007

  4. Resolution concerning port State control (Convention No. 188)

    15 June 2007

  5. Resolution concerning tonnage measurement and accommodation (Convention No. 188)

    15 June 2007

  6. Resolution concerning promotion of welfare for the fishers

    15 June 2007

  7. Guidelines on training in the port sector

    25 November 2011

    The ILO Guidelines on training in the port sector present a competency-based framework for portworker training methods and are the first ILO sector specific training guidelines.

  8. Guidelines on the training of ships’ cooks

    28 March 2014

    The Guidelines on the training of ships’ cooks are intended to provide supplementary practical information and guidance to flag States that can be reflected in their national laws and other measures to implement Regulation 3.2 and the Code of the MLC, 2006.

  9. Guidelines for implementing the occupational safety and health provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

    24 January 2016

    The purpose of these guidelines is to assist States to implement the occupational safety and health provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006).

  10. Guidelines on flag State inspection of working and living conditions on board fishing vessels

    08 June 2017