Labour ministry has suggested setting up of a board of vocational training for training of mine workers as part of the draft mines vocational training rules, 2019. These rules, when effective, will supersede the Mines Vocational Training Rules, 1966.
As per the proposal, the board shall consists of the chief inspector of mines, who shall be its chairperson, three members possessing technical qualification in mining or petroleum engineering and having at least twenty years’ practical experience, one each in coal mines, metal mines, and oil mines to represent each sector appointed by the central government.
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Besides, it will have two members to be appointed by central government possessing technical qualifications in electrical engineering or mechanical engineering or allied engineering and having at least twenty years of practical experience in mines along with two members to be appointed by central government serving in human resource organization and imparting training in different trades of engineering and having at least fifteen years’ of experience serving in such organisation, or serving in an institution imparting education in mining or petroleum engineering at the degree or equivalent level and having twenty years’ of experience.
Source: Economic Times
