Bye-laws for the conduct of examination
for and grant of Shot-Firer’s Certificate of competency
1.
Type and extent of practical experience etc.: - (1) of the six month experience and practical
training in connection with shotfiring, not less than two months should be
obtained in the working below ground of a mine.
(2) Only such practical experience in opencast in
mines would be approved as has been obtained in mines having an average monthly
output of not less than 600 tons of coal.
(3) Practical experience extending over a period of
less than three months in case of workers, and four weeks in case of official
and mining apprentices, at a time shall not be approved.
(4) Every candidate of practical experience should
contain precise information about the capacity in which the candidate worked,
the nature of work done, and the dates of commencement and termination of
experience at each mine. No certificate of practical experience shall be
considered unless it is granted by the manager of the mine.
2.
Application to be supported by original certificate
etc.: - No application shall be considered unless it is if
any, literacy, practical experience, age, sound health, first-aid and character
and is accompanied by evidence that the prescribed fee has been paid.
3.
Holding of examinations: - Examinations shall be held at such time and such
places as may be fixed by the Board and notified to the candidate. The
examination fees of a candidate who fails to appear for an examination at the
appointed place and time without sufficient cause to the satisfaction of the
Chief Inspector shall be forfeited.
4.
Appointed of Examiners: - (1) So far as practicable, the examiner appointed
by the Board for each examination shall be one manager or assistant manager,
holding the 1st and Second Class Manager’s Certificate and an
Inspector of Mines who shall also act as the Secretary for the Examination.
(2) Except in an emergency no member of the Board shall act as an examiner.
5.
Type of Examination: – (1) The examination shall be conducted orally in
Hindi or in the language of the district in which examination is held.
(2) Candidates shall be examined in the following subjects:-
(1)
The charging and firing
of shots of gunpowder and high explosives both in opencast workings and
workings below ground. The placing of shot holes.
(2)
Provisions of the Coal
Mines Regulations, Rules and Bylaws made under the Mines Act, 1952, relating to
holding and use of explosives and the duties of shotfirers.
(3)
Methods of examination
working places and roadways etc. after shotfiring.
(4)
Dealing with misfires.
(5)
Writing of
reports.
6.
Conduct of the examination: – Every candidate shall conduct himself as required
by the Secretary of the examination.
7.
Identity of candidates etc.: – At the time of examination every candidate shall
hand over the authorisation issued to him for appearing in the examination and
two unmounted photographs of himself (of a size approximately 5 cm.x 6.5 cm.)
to the Secretary for the examination who after satisfying himself that each
photographs is a likeness of the candidate shall endorse each of them on the
back with the name of the candidate.
8.
Successful candidates: - (1) In order to pass in the examination, a candidate
shall have to secure at least 40% marks with each examiner ant at least 50%
marks in aggravate.
(2) The Secretary of the examination shall record the left-hand thumb impression of every successful candidate.
9.
Unsuccessful candidates: - A candidate who has failed in an examination for a
Shotfirer’s Certificate shall not be eligible for re-examination for a period
of three months from the date of the examination in which he failed.
10.
Re-examination of
persons where certificates were cancelled: - Any person whose certificate has been cancelled by the Board under
Regulations 26 (3) of the Coal Mines Regulations, 1957, may subject to the
approval of the Board, appear in the examination again, but not before the
expiry of three years from the date of the order of cancellation.
11.
Penalty for misconduct: - (1) Any candidate who submit a false certificate
or counterfeits a certificate or makes a false declaration or adopts unfair
means daring the examination, may be disqualified by the Board and also
debarred from appearing at and subsequent examination for a specified, period
not exceeding three years depending upon the facts of the case.
(2) If a candidate who has been declared successful in any examination for the grant of a certificate or who has been granted a certificate or to have made a false declaration, the Board may cancel his result or withdraw the certificate issued to him, as the case may be.
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