List of arduous, hazardous and dangerous occupations and works in the field of fisheries in Vietnam

No.

Occupation or work

Working conditions

Class-VI working conditions

1

Operating, repairing, and maintaining engines of offshore and onshore fishing ships.

Extremely arduous and dangerous work; static working posture; working under impact of heat, tremor, gasoline, oil and loud noise.

2

Operating, repairing, maintaining engines of fisheries surveillance vessels and research vessels

Extremely arduous and dangerous work; working under impact of tremor and loud noise

3

Diving to catch natural seabed organisms.

Extremely arduous and dangerous work.

4

Manually loading in the holds of fishing ships

Extremely arduous work; working in confined space lacking oxygen; static working posture.

5

Sea divers (raising fish in cages at sea).

Constantly diving at a depth more than 10 m to check cages.

Class-V working conditions

1

Officers and crew members working on offshore and onshore fishing ships

Arduous and dangerous work; working under impact of wind, waves, tremor and noise.

2

Harvesting swallow’s nest.

Constantly working on remote islands; arduous and extremely dangerous work.

3

Operating machines for grinding, crushing, and drying seafood waste for producing cattle feed.

Working in dirty and smelly work; working in contact with heat, noise, dust, and pathogenic fungi and microorganisms.

4

Officers and crew members working on fisheries surveillance vessels and research vessels

Arduous and dangerous work; working under impact of waves, wind and tremor.

5

Loading and unloading ice from marine fishing ships.

Extremely arduous work; working in confined space; static working posture.

6

Regularly working in cold holds or storage.

Arduous work; static working posture; working in confined and cold space.

7

Extracting ingredients and producing breeding stimulants for fish.

Working in frequent contact with toxic chemicals such as H2SO4, acetone, benzoic acid.

8

Installing, repairing mechanical and refrigeration electrical equipment, pipelines, and valves in the holds of marine fishing ships.

Arduous work; working in confined space; static working posture; working in contact with pathogenic microorganisms.

9

Officers and crew members working on ships purchasing and transporting aquatic products at sea.

Arduous and dangerous work; working under impact of waves, wind, noise and tremor, and in contact with stinking and smelly aquatic products.

10

Performing cage culture at sea

Working at sea; working under frequent impact of sea waves, unexpected whirlwind

11

Harvesting catfish and basa fish.

Working outdoor and underwater; frequently carrying heavy objects; dangerous work.

Class-IV working conditions

1

Raising oysters for pearls.

Outdoor and arduous work; frequently soaking in water.

2

Processing frozen aquatic products and seafood

Standing throughout the shift; working in frequent contact with cold water, and in a swampy and damp environment.

3

Operating frozen aquatic products and seafood processing systems

Working in confined space, and in frequent contact with heat, noise; wet workplace.

4

Operating, repairing, and maintaining cold storage, block ice making machines and flake ice making machines

Arduous work; static working posture; working in frequent contact with cold.

5

Processing ingredient fish sources, various fish pastes, dried aquatic products and seafood; cleaning packages and fermentation barrels.

Arduous work; static working posture; working at a swampy and wet place.

6

Directly providing technical guidance on production of breeding stimulants for fish.

Working under impact of toxic chemicals such as H2SO4, acetone, benzoic acid.

7

Repairing fishing equipment

Manual and arduous work; static working posture; working in frequent contact with pathogenic microorganisms.

8

Raising and catching aquatic products in rivers, lakes and swamps.

Dangerous and extremely arduous work; working in frequent contact with pathogenic microorganisms.

9

Stretching, steaming, dying nets.

Extremely arduous work; working under frequent impact of high temperature and toxic chemicals.

10

Operating, repairing, and maintaining equipment for producing and recycling strings.

Static working posture; working under impact of noise and toxic chemicals.

11

Producing strings for weaving nets

Monotonous work; optical strain; working in contact with noise and dust

12

Knotting strings manually or instrumentally

Arduous work; static working posture; working under impact of noise and dust.

13

Conducting chemical tests to analyze quality of aquatic products and seafood

Working in frequent contact with toxic chemicals.

14

Producing feeds for shrimps and fish

Arduous work; working under impact of dust and noise

15

Producing Chitin, Chitosan, Gelatin Alginate, Agar-agar

Arduous and outdoor work; working in contact with alkali, acids, and bleach (javel).

16

Mixing pasta compounds to make can lids; coating food cans with varnish.

Working in frequent contact with NH3, paint, and organic solvents.

17

Creating, directing the creation of breeds of shrimps, fish, mollusks, and other aquatic products and seafood.

Arduous and outdoor work; working in swamps, rivers, lakes, etc.

18

Taking and analyzing water samples and organism samples; processing specimens.

Working in frequent contact with H2SO4, HCl, etc.

19

Operating net weaving machines

Arduous work; working under impact of noise

20

Drying, concocting, testing fish oil softgels

Working in frequent contact with heat, alcohol, and acetone.

21

Doing industrial cleaning job in aquatic product and seafood processing factories.

Manual and arduous work; static working posture; working in frequent contact with pathogenic microorganisms.

22

Raising lobsters in cages

Frequently diving at 5 - 8 m.