Fit-Cisl invites the Mit to modify the circular on the adaptation certifications for the marine ones



Yesterday the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports has circulated a circular in relative topic of marine job to the performance of decrees 25th July ministerial on requirement of access to the certifications of updated competence and training as a result of the effectiveness of the amendments to international Convention STCW (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) of the ‘78 taken part during the Conference of Manila 2010. A circular that - Fit-Cisl has denounced - instead facilitating the Italian marine workers hinders them with ulterior and useless bureaucratic procedures.

"The circular emanated yesterday from the Mit - Giovanni Olivieri has commented, national coordinator of Fit-Cisl for the marine transport - demonstrates that to worse not there is fine. Al term of the 2016 we will find ourselves with a great number of marine that will not be able to work because of an excess of bureaucracy been born as a result of the amendments of Manila to the stcw convention".

"Summary the event - it has added Olivieri - because he is exemplary: Italy has arrived with four years of delay to the adaptation of the certifications for own marine ones, which based on the amendments of Manila are indispensable for being able to work beginning from on January 1°, 2017. Come Fit-Cisl already we have denounced this delay many times over and in all the centers and also many societies of navigation have expressed worry for these slowness because they risk not to more be able to embark marine Italians from the next year".

"To this chaos - it has continued the national coordinator of the labor organization - the last prank joins: yesterday the Mit has emanated a circular that obligates the commanders and the chief engineers already in possession of directive the title to attend course from 300 and 570 hours for being able to continue to work. What we wonder is: how they will find the time in order to attend? How much will cost to the shipowners the frequency of these course? It is useful that commanders and chief engineers of long experience follow course in which is shared from the bases of the profession? Because - it has emphasized Olivieri - Italy is the only Country that has adopted similar measures".

"We ask the Mit - it has concluded the representative of the union - see again its circular and are ready to every action in order to contrast the application of such anachronistic directives, that they favor only the foreign staff, because the ships cannot be stopped".