FCR - MINE MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION AND GENERAL SAFETY DGMS EXAM SYLLABUS
FIRST/SECOND CLASS MANAGER’S CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY(RESTRICTED)
(UNDER COAL MINES REGULATIONS,
2017)
MINE
MANAGEMENT, LEGISLATION AND GENERAL SAFETY
MINE MANAGEMENT:
Introduction: Evolution of management; theory and
practice; principles of scientific management; elements of management function;
planning; organization and control; structure and design of organization for
mining enterprises.
Personal Management: Selection, training and
development of human resources for mining enterprises; leadership;study of
traditional leader behaviour; autocratic, democratic and Laissez-Faire
behaviours.
Production Management: Determination of norms and
standards of operations by work study, analysis of mine capacities and
capability; production planning, scheduling and control; short term and long
term planning; productivity; concepts and measurements; application of
Ergonomics in mine operation.
Financial Management: Capital budgeting
techniques for mining project, project evaluation; payback period and
IRR;methods of cost analysis and cost control; break-even charts; working
capital management.
Mining Environment: EIA (Environment Impact
Assessment), EMP(Environment Management Plan), ETP (Effluent Treatment Plant),
STP (Sewerage Treatment Plant), STP (Sewerage Treatment Plant), threat to
environment from underground and surface mining, means of mitigation, treatment
of pollutants, monitoring systems, water management;mine closure plan; R&R
(rehabilitation and re-settlement).RFCTLARR Act, 2013 and laws related to
forest land.Technical and biological reclamation and top soil management.
Economic Impact of Mining: Economics of mining effect
on community –before, during and after mining.
Materials Management for mining sector.
Behavioural Sciences for Management: Conflict management;
conflict in organization; sources of conflict; dealing with conflict;
organizing for conflict resolution; conflict and growth; Individual motivation;
two way personal communication.
Industrial Accident: Study of human factors of
industrial accidents; theircauses and remedies.
LEGISLATION:
Health and Safety Laws: The Mines Act, 1952; Mines
Rules 1955, Coal Mine Regulation, 2017, Mines Rescue Rules,1985,Provisions of,
Central Electricity Authority (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply)
Regulations, 2010 applicable to mines; Mine Vocational Training Rules, 1966,
other rules and legislation as applicable to opencast coal mines.
GENERAL SAFETY:-
Safety in Mines: Duty of care, Occupational
hazards of mining, causes and prevention of accidents and their classification;
accident statistics; frequency rate andseverity rates; cause-wise analysis,
basic causes of accident occurrence; investigation into accidents and accident
report; in-depth study into various causes of accidents, measures for improving
safety in mines; TRAP (take responsibility in accident prevention); cost of
accident; SMP (Safety Management Plan); Elements of SMP, Preparation of SMP,
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and Hazard Management Plans in opencast
mines, dealing with accidents and emergencies in opencast mines, Causes of
accident or incident, Accident Investigation methods and steps, Accident /
Incident reporting, contribution of human elements in mine safety, workers
participation in safety management; ISO and safety audit; safety conferences;
tripartite and bipartite committees; role of information technology in safety
management.
Risk Management: Theory and application,
baseline, continuous and issue based risk assessment, how they are applied to
technical areas, hazard identification, risk assessment techniques, Work Place
Risk Assessment and Control (WRAC), Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Risk Matrix,
Risk Management Options, Hierarchy of controls, Control Effectiveness, means of
managing (minimizing or eliminating) risk, computer application and
simulations, manager’s role in risk management,due diligence, application of
risk assessment and risk management with reference to due diligence, Concept
of Triggered Action Response Plan (TARP).
Airbone dust:- Generation, dispersion,
measurement and control; suppression and treatment of mine dust; sampling and analysis
of air-borne dust, Hazards due to dust in mines.
Mine fires:- Cause of mine fires, spontaneous
combustion, dealing with mine fires; firefighting organization; fires in quarries
over developed pillars; coal stack and waste dump fires, Hazards due to
extraction of developed pillars, its mitigation, Hazards due to extraction of
fiery seam or hot strata.
Inrush of water: Hazards of opencast mining near
water bodies, rivers, mitigation
Extreme weather condition: Occupational
hazards in surface mining and precautions
Biological Hazards, Chemical Hazards
Working at heights
Mine Gases: Generation, Properties
and Effects, Detection of Mine Gases, Methanometers and Multi gas Detectors,
Gas Chromotograph, Flame Safety Lamps.
Mine explosions: Explosion in quarries over
developed pillars, Water gas explosion.
Disaster management: Rescue and recovery;
procedure and responsibilities, safety of persons engaged in emergency response,
investigations and reports; assessment of damage, mine rescue; mine gases and
their physiological effects; rescue equipments; resuscitation and reviving
apparatus; selection and training for rescue work.
Emergency Response Plan: Preparation of emergency
response plan, Structure of emergency response system, roles and responsibilities,
Emergency services, equipments and procedures, emergency control rooms.
First aid and ambulance
Notified and occupational diseases: Silicosis and
pneumoconiosis., physiological aspects of breathing in dust laden atmosphere;
dust sampling and sampling instruments; methods of counting and analysis; other
mines diseases and their symptoms; preventions and treatment.
Lighting: General principles of artificial
lighting; lighting standards and their assessment.
Sanitation and health in mines
Safety related issues in Crushing and coal handling and transport system.
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