FCU-MINE MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION & GENERAL SAFETY DGMS EXAM SYLLABUS
FIRST CLASS MANAGER’S CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY (UNRESTRICTED)
(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 and Organizational
behavior Selection: Selection, training and development of human resources for
mining enterprises; leadership; study of traditional leader behaviour;
autocratic, democratic and Laissez-Faire behaviours; conflict management;
conflict in organization; sources of conflict; dealing with conflict;
organizing for conflict resolution; conflict and growth; individual motivation;
two way personal communication.
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 evaluation; payback period and IRR; methods of
cost analysis and cost control; break-even charts; working capital management;
ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning).
Mining Environment: EIA (Environment Impact
Assessment), EMP (Environment Management Plan), ETP (Effluent 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; corporate social responsibility
(CSR).
Materials Management for mining sector: ABC analysis, Inventory
Management.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; their causes 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 and severity 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 (SafetyManagement 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 mine 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 and risk of mining
operations, surface and underground, near water bodies or unconsolidated mass
and its mitigation.
Hazards due to Extreme weather condition in
opencast mines and its mitigation
Occupational hazards in 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: Methane and Coal dust explosions,
Explosion in quarries over developed pillars, Water gas explosion.
Disaster management: Emergency services,
equipments and procedures, emergency control rooms, 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.
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, coal handling and transport system.
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