R056 - Vocational Education (Building) Recommendation, 1937

 [Withdrawn instrument - By decision of the International Labour Conference at its 90th Session (2002)]

Preamble

The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,

Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Twenty-third Session on 3 June 1937, and

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to vocational education for the building industry, which is included in the first item on the agenda of the Session, and

Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a Recommendation,

adopts this twenty-third day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven, the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Vocational Education (Building) Recommendation, 1937:

The Conference,

Recalling that at its Twelfth Session (1929) it adopted a Recommendation concerning the prevention of industrial accidents, one of which deals with vocational education;

Considering that, in view of the risk of accident, vocational education is of special importance in the case of the building industry;

Recommends that technical and vocational school curricula relating to the building industry should include theoretical and practical instruction concerning--

• (a) the materials used for the construction of scaffolds and the principles of erecting and maintaining scaffolds;
• (b) the construction and maintenance of the hoisting appliances used in the building industry;
• (c) the organisation and supervision of safety measures on building sites; and
• (d) the safety regulations for building work.