Eyesight Requirement for seafarers

[deepak]

This are the minimum requirement of vision as per ILO standards for seafarer to work on ship-
Deck side:
6/12 (0.5) in both eyes with 6/8.7 (0.7) in one eye with no color or night blindness with following exception:
"defective colour vision A where those with a mild colour vision deficiency can demonstrate their ability to see and recognise coloured signal lights"

Engine side
6/15 (0.4) in both eyes with no color or night blindness with following exception:
efective colour vision B where those with defective colour vision can demonstrate their ability to recognise surface colour codes at a short distance, such as those used on colour coded computer screens.

[Anish]

Thanks a ton deepak for this post. This single post will help us in giving answers to different queries. cheers