MCL Syllabus 2023 & Exam Pattern

Mahanadi Coalfields Limited has released the MCL CBT Syllabus 2023 & MCL CBT Exam Pattern 2023 for Junior Overman, Mining Sirdar, and Surveyor posts. To score well in the exam, candidates must check the MCL Junior Overman Syllabus, MCL Mining Sirdar Syllabus, MCL Surveyor Syllabus, and MCL Junior Overman Exam Pattern, MCL Mining Sirdar Exam Pattern, MCL Surveyor Exam Pattern. The syllabus can be downloaded using the link provided below. The MCL CBT will consist of two sections: Section A and Section B. Section A will have questions related to General Awareness/Aptitude, while Section B will have questions related to Technical knowledge. The total marks for the exam are 100.

Contents

1 MCL Syllabus 2023 – Details
2 MCL Exam Pattern 2023
3 MCL CBT Syllabus 2023
4 MCL Syllabus 2023 – Download Link
5 MCL Syllabus FAQ

MCL Syllabus 2023 – Details

Organization Name	Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
Post Names	Junior Overman, Mining Sirdar, Surveyor
Category	Syllabus
Selection Process	Computer-Based Test (CBT), Document Verification
Job Location	Across India
Official Site	mahanadicoal.in

MCL Exam Pattern 2023

The CBT will comprise objective-type questions with multiple-choice answers and there will be no negative marking for wrong answers. The instructions will be Bilingual (English / Hindi).

Topics	Marks / Questions
GENERAL ASSESSMENT	20
DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE	80
Total	100

MCL CBT Syllabus 2023

Below are the sections of the MCL Junior Overman, Mining Sirdar 2023 Syllabus and MCL Surveyor Syllabus:

Mining Sirdar T&S Gr-C

GENERAL ASSESSMENT	i. General Knowledge and Current Affairs ii. Reasoning & Mathematical Ability iii. Awareness of Coal Industries
DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE	1) Method of examining roofs and sides of working places and roadways etc. 2) Method of timbering and set of supports, roof bolting, anchorage testing, withdrawals of supports, Preliminary idea about Salvaging of longwall face equipment. 3) Safety issues regarding Stowing operations, working near water bodies, or unconsolidated mass. 4) Examination of Sumps. 5) Shot-firing and transport and use of explosives in mines. 6) Ventilation and mine gases- elementary. 7) Safety issues in Opencast Workings over-developed pillars, Working at heights, manual handling/ handling of heavy materials, and Marching of heavy machines. 8) Preliminary idea about Reclamation operation in opencast mining. 9) Preliminary understanding of the Safety Management Plan. 10) Provisions of the Coal Mines Regulations 2017, 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 Shotfirer in particular. 11) Writing of reports.

GENERAL ASSESSMENT

i. General Knowledge and Current Affairs
ii. Reasoning & Mathematical Ability
iii. Awareness of Coal Industries

DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE

1) Method of examining roofs and sides of working places and roadways etc.
2) Method of timbering and set of supports, roof bolting, anchorage testing, withdrawals of supports, Preliminary idea about Salvaging of longwall face equipment.
3) Safety issues regarding Stowing operations, working near water bodies, or unconsolidated mass.
4) Examination of Sumps.
5) Shot-firing and transport and use of explosives in mines.
6) Ventilation and mine gases- elementary.
7) Safety issues in Opencast Workings over-developed pillars, Working at heights, manual handling/ handling of heavy materials, and Marching of heavy machines.
8) Preliminary idea about Reclamation operation in opencast mining.
9) Preliminary understanding of the Safety Management Plan.
10) Provisions of the Coal Mines Regulations 2017, 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 Shotfirer in particular.
11) Writing of reports.

Jr.Overman T&S Gr-C

GENERAL ASSESSMENT	i. General Knowledge and Current Affairs ii. Reasoning & Mathematical Ability iii. Awareness of Coal Industries
DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE	1) General Safety and Legislation: Duties and responsibilities of workmen, competent persons, and officials (excluding managers, and assistant managers); discipline amongst workers and control of staff. Provisions of the Coal Mines Regulations, 2017, relating to Coal mine working; explosives and shot firing; loading, transportation, and dumping; precautions against danger from fire, dust, gas, and water and of other provisions and Rules, enforcement of and compliance of provisions under the regulations to which overman is responsible. Writing of reports required to be made by overman under the regulations. Hazard Identification, risk assessment, risk management, and safety management plan. Mine Gases: Generation, Properties and Effects, Detection of Mine Gases, Methanometers and Multi Gas Detectors, Gas Chromatograph, Flame Safety Lamps. Dangerous occurrences in mines and dealing with the same; accidents, their causes and preventions; accident reports; not disturbing the place of accident. Mine rescue; physiological effect of mine gases; rescue equipment and First Aid. Sanitation and health; miners’ diseases, their symptoms and preventions. 2) Methods of working: Nature of occurrence of coal seams; geological disturbances and their effects on working conditions; dangers and precautionary measures while approaching geological disturbances areas. The purpose and utility of boreholes in mines; shaft sinking; safety devices; temporary and permanent supports in sinking and working shafts; examination of shafts and outlets. Opencast methods of mining; mechanized and manual methods; deep hole drilling and blasting; shovel and dumpers; dragline; bucket wheel excavators; surface miner; benching; maintenance of haul roads; precautions while extracting developed pillars by opencast method and other safety precautions; methods of reclamation; dump management; high wall mining. General principles of bord and pillar and longwall method; multi-section workings; methods of depilating under different conditions; mechanized pillar extraction; precautions to be taken while working near/ beneath waterlogged areas; roof convergence and convergence measuring devices etc., stone drifting. Elements of roof control Rock Mass Rating (RMR) of roof strata; mechanism of roof bolting; support of roadways; face supports and their types, setting, testing, and withdrawal; systematic support rules; packing and stowing; protection of surface structures; working beneath statutorily restricted areas and surface structures. Safe handling and use of explosives in coal and stone; simultaneous short firing; blasting in fire areas in opencast mines; safety precautions. Inspection of workings; inspection and maintenance of haulage and traveling roadways; man-riding system and return airways; gates and fences etc. Suppression and treatment, sampling and analysis of mine dust. Sources of danger from surface water and underground inundation; precaution to prevent inundation and irruption of water; water dams, water danger plans. Gates and fencing, different kind of fences. Reading of statutory plans.

GENERAL ASSESSMENT

i. General Knowledge and Current Affairs
ii. Reasoning & Mathematical Ability
iii. Awareness of Coal Industries

DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE

1) General Safety and Legislation: Duties and responsibilities of workmen, competent persons, and officials (excluding managers, and assistant managers); discipline amongst workers and control of staff. Provisions of the Coal Mines Regulations, 2017, relating to Coal mine working; explosives and shot firing; loading, transportation, and dumping; precautions against danger from fire, dust, gas, and water and of other provisions and Rules, enforcement of and compliance of provisions under the regulations to which overman is responsible. Writing of reports required to be made by overman under the regulations. Hazard Identification, risk assessment, risk management, and safety management plan. Mine Gases: Generation, Properties and Effects, Detection of Mine Gases, Methanometers and Multi Gas Detectors, Gas Chromatograph, Flame Safety Lamps. Dangerous occurrences in mines and dealing with the same; accidents, their causes and preventions; accident reports; not disturbing the place of accident. Mine rescue; physiological effect of mine gases; rescue equipment and First Aid. Sanitation and health; miners’ diseases, their symptoms and preventions.
2) Methods of working: Nature of occurrence of coal seams; geological disturbances and their effects on working conditions; dangers and precautionary measures while approaching geological disturbances areas. The purpose and utility of boreholes in mines; shaft sinking; safety devices; temporary and permanent supports in sinking and working shafts; examination of shafts and outlets. Opencast methods of mining; mechanized and manual methods; deep hole drilling and blasting; shovel and dumpers; dragline; bucket wheel excavators; surface miner; benching; maintenance of haul roads; precautions while extracting developed pillars by opencast method and other safety precautions; methods of reclamation; dump management; high wall mining. General principles of bord and pillar and longwall method; multi-section workings; methods of depilating under different conditions; mechanized pillar extraction; precautions to be taken while working near/ beneath waterlogged areas; roof convergence and convergence measuring devices etc., stone drifting. Elements of roof control Rock Mass Rating (RMR) of roof strata; mechanism of roof bolting; support of roadways; face supports and their types, setting, testing, and withdrawal; systematic support rules; packing and stowing; protection of surface structures; working beneath statutorily restricted areas and surface structures. Safe handling and use of explosives in coal and stone; simultaneous short firing; blasting in fire areas in opencast mines; safety precautions. Inspection of workings; inspection and maintenance of haulage and traveling roadways; man-riding system and return airways; gates and fences etc. Suppression and treatment, sampling and analysis of mine dust. Sources of danger from surface water and underground inundation; precaution to prevent inundation and irruption of water; water dams, water danger plans. Gates and fencing, different kind of fences. Reading of statutory plans.

Surveyor T&S Gr-B

GENERAL ASSESSMENT	i. General Knowledge and Current Affairs ii. Reasoning & Mathematical Ability iii. Awareness of Coal Industries
DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE	1) Linear and Angular Measurements. 2) Area & Volume calculations 3) Theodolite traversing. Leveling. 4) Trigonometry & Rectangular Co-ordinate calculations. 5) True North determination. 6) Triangulation. 7) Topographic Survey. 8) Tacheometry Survey. 9) Survey Adjustments & Theory of Errors. 10) Contouring. 11) Underground Mine Surveys & Opencast Mine Surveys. 12) Correlation of underground & Surface Surveys. Subsidence Survey. 13) Surveys for Construction and Development Purpose: Responsibilities of the Survey Department at the Mine Construction Phase. Setting out Geometrical Elements. Setting out Direction of Workings. Setting out Rail Curves on the Surface & Underground. Surveys during Drivage by Approaching Headings. 14) Dip, Strike, and Fault Problems. 15) Coal Heap Measurement. Overburden Measurement. 16) Duties & Responsibilities of a Surveyor as per Coal Mines Regulations 2017. PLANS: Types of Plans Statutorily required as per Coal Mines Regulations 2017. Accuracy in Underground & Surface Surveying as per the Statute. Plan Accuracy. Knowledge of various provisions under Coal Mines Regulations 2017 and Circulars of DGMS regarding Mine Surveying. 17) Total Station, DGPS, 3DTLS & Drone surveying in Opencast Mines. 18) Application of Computers & Software in Mine Surveying (SURPAC, LISCAD etc.) 19) Elementary Knowledge in –Remote Sensing & GIS, Geomatics

GENERAL ASSESSMENT

i. General Knowledge and Current Affairs
ii. Reasoning & Mathematical Ability
iii. Awareness of Coal Industries

DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE

1) Linear and Angular Measurements.
2) Area & Volume calculations
3) Theodolite traversing. Leveling.
4) Trigonometry & Rectangular Co-ordinate calculations.
5) True North determination.
6) Triangulation.
7) Topographic Survey.
8) Tacheometry Survey.
9) Survey Adjustments & Theory of Errors.
10) Contouring.
11) Underground Mine Surveys & Opencast Mine Surveys.
12) Correlation of underground & Surface Surveys. Subsidence Survey.
13) Surveys for Construction and Development Purpose: Responsibilities of the Survey Department at the Mine Construction Phase. Setting out Geometrical Elements. Setting out Direction of Workings. Setting out Rail Curves on the Surface & Underground. Surveys during Drivage by Approaching Headings.
14) Dip, Strike, and Fault Problems.
15) Coal Heap Measurement. Overburden Measurement.
16) Duties & Responsibilities of a Surveyor as per Coal Mines Regulations 2017. PLANS: Types of Plans Statutorily required as per Coal Mines Regulations 2017. Accuracy in Underground & Surface Surveying as per the Statute. Plan Accuracy. Knowledge of various provisions under Coal Mines Regulations 2017 and Circulars of DGMS regarding Mine Surveying.
17) Total Station, DGPS, 3DTLS & Drone surveying in Opencast Mines. 18) Application of Computers & Software in Mine Surveying
(SURPAC, LISCAD etc.)
19) Elementary Knowledge in –Remote Sensing & GIS, Geomatics

MCL Syllabus 2023 – Download Link

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MCL Syllabus FAQ

For how many marks will MCL CBT be conducted?

MCL CBT will be conducted for 100 marks.

How many papers will be there for MCL CBT?

There will be two papers in MCL CBT.