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R56 Recommendation concerning Vocational Education for the Building Industry


Geneva, 23 giugno 1937


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.


The General Conference of the International Labour Organization, Having been convened in Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its 90th Session on 3 June 2002, and Following consideration of the proposal for the withdrawal of several international labour Recommendations, which is the seventh item on the agenda of this session, decides this day of June of the year two thousand and two to withdraw the Vocational Education (Building) Recommendation, 1937 (No. 56). The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of the International Labour Organization, as well as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, of this decision to withdraw the instrument. The English and French versions of the text of this decision are equally authoritative.


La Raccomandazione รจ stata ritirata il 3 giugno 2002
R31 Recommendation concerning the Prevention of Industrial Accidents, 21 giugno 1929


Fonte: ILO