المملكة: Employment ban for those under 18 years of age… Details of the maritime employment contract
The Ministry explained that this regulation applies to pleasure ships prepared for private use without pay, naval units prepared for private use, warships and military supply ships.
The Ministry has set the minimum age for workers on these ships, such that no person under the age of 18 may be employed on board the ship, while it has provided training for persons aged 16 and over.
Training conditions
The regulations stipulate the conditions for training on board ships and marine units operating in the Kingdom, requiring that the supplier prepare a training program for the trainee in accordance with the specified general standards and rules.
It stipulates that in order to train persons under the age of eighteen years, they must have completed the basic mandatory courses in accordance with the requirements of the International Convention on Levels of Training, Certification, and Shift Work for Workers at Sea (STCW) of 1978, and its amendments. Providing the opportunity for Saudi students to train to gain experience and obtain appropriate training.
It obliges sailors working on board the ship or marine unit to provide guidance and education to the trainees without prejudice to the work tasks assigned to them, and that the trainees must receive a monthly reward in accordance with the regulations of the facility operating the ship or marine unit during their training period.
It required the ship operator to regulate working hours and rest hours on the ship, and that the maximum working hours should not exceed “14” hours in a “24” hour period, and “72” hours in a “7” day period.
It stressed that rest hours should not be less than “10” hours in a “24” hour period, and “77” hours in a seven “7” day period.
Preventing the division of rest hours
It authorized the assignment of sailors outside working hours, and calculated working hours in excess of the hours previously stated, including exceptional circumstances such as a state of emergency, including circumstances in which the safety and navigation of the ship, marine units, any person on board, or its cargo are at risk, or In the event of rendering necessary assistance to a ship, other naval unit or any person at sea; Or essential works on board a ship or marine unit that cannot be delayed for reasons of safety, environment, or force majeure.
Number of working hours
It stipulates that the working hours of trainees under the age of “18” should not exceed “8” hours per day and “40” hours per week, and that during the training period they should receive a break of not less than one hour to eat the main meal and “15” minutes of rest after Every two hours of continuous training.
It prohibited the training of persons without being under the responsibility and supervision of the captain or one of the sailors who were assigned by the captain while carrying out the tasks of lifting or transporting loads or heavy objects, entering tanks or closed spaces, operating lifting equipment, machinery and non-manual equipment, or working as mentors to operators. such equipment, the use of mooring ropes, tow ropes or mooring reels, working at heights or on deck in extreme weather conditions, night shift work, maintenance of electrical equipment, or Any work that involves exposure to hazardous materials, or the use or responsibility of rescue boats or boats.
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