BYE-LAWS FOR THE CONDUCT OF EXAMINATION FOR AND GRANT OF SIRDAR’S CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY

1.      Type of practical experience: - (1) The practical experience and training of a candidate   for the grant of Sirdar’s Certificate shall include experience of the types mentioned in column 1 of the following table for periods not less than these specified in columns 2, 3 & 4 of the tables.

 

Nature of experience	Minimum period of experience required
	For holders of approved qualifications of Degree Level in Mining.	For holders of approved qualifications of National Diploma Level in Mining.	For others.
1	2	3	4
i) Experience/training in timbering. ii) Experience/training in depillaring. iii) Experience/training in shotfiring. At least two months of this experience (in shotfiring) should have been obtained in the working belowground of a mine(s).	2 months.   2 months.     2 months.	4 months.   4 months.     4 months.	6 months.   6 months.     6 months.
TOTAL PERIOD	1 YEAR	2 YEARS	3 YEARS

Note 1. Experience as a miner or timberman in depillaring area can be accepted towards the aforesaid requirements relating to training in both timbering and depillaring.

Note 2. Experience as shotfirer in depillaring area is accepted towards depillaring training.

Note 3. Experience as shotfirer in depillaring area or in such development workings where timbering is essential shall be accepted towards training in timbering.

(2) Experience/training in Surveying/Engineering or as a Munsi may be accepted against the remaining period of practical experience/training for periods not exceeding the following:-

(a)      In case of persons holding approved qualifications of degree level in mining:             4 months.

(b)      In case of periods holding approved qualifications of diploma level in mining:            8 months.

(c)      In other cases:                                                                                                                      12 months.

(3) Only such practical experience in opencast mines would be approved as has been obtained in mines having an average monthly output of not less than 600 tones of coal.

(4) Practical experience extending over a period of less than three months in case of workers and four weeks in case of officials and mining apprentices at a time shall not be approved.

(5) Every certificate 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 and bears the official seal of the manager.

2.      Application to be supported by documents: - No application shall be considered unless it is supported it is supported by original Certificates as to qualifications (i.e. Mate’s Certificate, Valid Gas-testing Certificate, Valid First Aid Certificate, Degree or Diploma in Mining approved by the Board in this behalf) and as to literacy, sound health character and evidence showing that the prescribed fee has been paid.

3.      Holding of Examination: - Examination shall be held at such times and such places as   may be fixed by the Board and notified to the candidates. 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.      Appointment of Examiners: - (1) So far as practicable the examiners appointed by the Board for each examination shall be two agents or managers holding the First Class Manager's Certificate and an Inspector of Mines who shall also act as the Local 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 the examination is held.

(2) Candidates shall be examined in the following subjects: -

(i)               Methods of examining roof and sides of working places and roadways etc.

(ii)             Methods of timbering and setting support, withdrawal of supports.

(iii)            Shotfiring and transport and use of explosives in mines;

(iv)            Ventilation and mine gases – elementary;

(v)              Provisions of the Coal Mines Regulations, 1957, Rules and Byelaws made under the Mines Act, 1952, relating to the safety of persons employed in mines in general and to the duties of Sirdars and Shotfirers in particular.

6.      Conduct of the Examination: - Every candidate shall conduct himself as required by the Secretary of the examination.

7.      Identity and conduct of candidates: - (1) At the time of examination every candidate shall hand over the authorisa5tion 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 photograph 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 and at least 50% marks in aggregate.

(2) The Secretary of 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 Sirdar’s Certificate shall not be eligible for re-examination for a period of three months from the date of the examination when he failed.

10.   Re-examination of person whose certificate were cancelled: - Any person whose certificate has been cancelled by the Board under Regulations 28(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 submits a false certificate or counterfeits a certificate or makes a false declaration or adopts unfair means during the examination, may be disqualified by the Board and also debarred from appearing at any 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, is found to have submitted a false certificate or to have counterfeited 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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