🧑🏫 MVTR 1966 — Rule 3: Application & Exemptions
Who needs vocational training, which posts are exempt, and how refresher & exemptions work. 📋🛡️
📘 Summary
Rule 3 says vocational training applies to all mine employees except listed categories. Some exempt groups (clerks, students, apprentices) still need refresher training (Rule 8). The Chief Inspector can give written exemptions with conditions. ✍️🔎
⚙️ Exempt Categories (Rule 3(1))
🆘 Emergency / Rescue duties: Persons employed to save life or property, or deal with accidents — owner/agent/manager must notify the Chief Inspector immediately. 🚨
👷♂️ Supervisory & managerial posts: Manager, under-manager, underground manager, assistant manager, ventilation officer, safety officer; mining/electrical/mechanical engineers; overman, foreman, sirdar, mate; mechanical/electrical foreman and electrical supervisor; surveyor & assistant surveyor; medical officer, chemist, assayer, metallurgist, welfare/personnel officer; and any other supervisory post as decided by the Chief Inspector. 🧑💼🔧
💥 Shortfirers & blasters: Exempt from vocational training under normal provisions. ⚠️
🧾 Clerks, accountants & register keepers: Exempt but must undergo refresher training as specified in Rule 8. 🗂️📚
🎓 Students in approved courses: Training that forms part of study at a Central Government–approved institution — exempt, yet subject to refresher training (Rule 8). 🎒
🔧 Apprentice mechanics/electricians: If they completed approved training at a mechanisation centre or institution approved by the Chief Inspector — exempt with refresher duty as per Rule 8. 🛠️
🛡️ Discretionary Exemption (Rule 3(2))
✍️ The Chief Inspector may, by written order (stating reasons) and subject to conditions, exempt any person or class from training under these Rules. 📄✅
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