AP Factories Rules
Rule 61-AA
ANNEXURE
See Item (ii) of sub-rule (I) of Rule 61-AA
GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL OF DIPLOMA AND DEGREE
COURSES ON
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY FOR APPOINTMENT OF SAFETY OFFICERS AS REQUIRED IN ITEM (II)
OF SUB-RULE (I) OF RULE 61-AA.
1. Contents of Course and Teaching Hours:-- The course leading to the grant of diploma or degree in Industrial safety should fulfil the following minimum requirements:---
(a) The hours allocated for teaching of subjects on Industrial Safety (including industrial health) should be not less than 470 hours. This includes time allocated for lectures, discussions, seminars, case studies, visits to factories and laboratory work but does not include the time allocated for project work.
(b) The subjects referred to an item (a) above should cover the following:---
(1) Safety Management:--- Introduction to Safety - Responsibility of safety - Principles of accident prevention - Physical, Physiological and Psychological factors in safety - Safety organisation - Safety programme - Safety education and training - Promoting employee participation - Plant safety rules and procedure - Cost of accidents.
(2) Removing hazards from the Job:--- Removing the hazard from the job - Safeguarding of machines - Material Handing and Storage (Manual and Mechanical) - Plant housekeeping - Lighting - Ventilation and heat control - Fire hazards and control - Personal protective equipment - Electrical hazards - Working at heights and prevention of fall of persons - Hand tools and portable power tools.
(3) Appraisal, Analysis Inspection and Control Procedures:--- Plant safety inspection - Safety sampling - Safety surveys - job Safety analysis - Critical incidence technique - Loss control and damage control - System safety - Product safety - Permit to work systems - Safety tag systems - Accident investigation, reporting and analysis - Definitions of common terms like lost time accidents frequency rate, severity rate, incidence rate per 1,000 workers man-days lost, temporary disablement, permanent disablement, partial and total disablement, etc., Methods of collecting and tabulating data and keeping records.
(4) Occupational Health :--- Occupational Hygiene - Occupational medicine - Occupational physiology - Occupational therapy.
(5) Safety and the Law:--- History and Safety movement - Rule of International Labour Organisation - Conventions and Recommendations in advancement of safety health and welfare of workers - Factories Act, 1948 and, the Factories Rules - Case laws under the Factories Act - Employer’s Liability Act- Workmen’s Compensation Act and Rules and Employees State Insurance Act and rules - Common Law - Product Safety - Indian Boilers Act and Regulations - Indian Electricity Act and Rules-Indian Explosives Act and rules - Petroleum Act and Rules-Gas Cylinder rules - Rules relating to pressure vessels-Calcium Carbide Rules-Radiation Protection Act and the Regulations framed thereunder.
(6) Safety in common Industries:--- Safety in common industries such as in engineering industry, chemical industry and textile industry.
(c) The course should include project work/term work of such nature as to provide experience to the students in applying in practice the theories taught to them.
2. Standard for Admission to the Course:---
(a) In the case of a course leading to a diploma in industrial safety, the minimum educational qualification and experience possessed by the students for admission to that course should be as follows:---
(1) Basic Educational qualification:--- Recognised Diploma in any branch of technology or engineering or recognised degree in physics of chemistry.
(2) Experience Required:---
(i) Experience for 2 years in manufacturing, maintenance or safety departments in an industry ; or
(ii) Experience for 2 years in research, training or education in the field of Industrial safety; or
(iii) Experience for 2 years in Government department in administration of any safety legislation.
(b) Recognised Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety Engineering offered by College of Engineering, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, Vishakapatnam (affiliated to Andhra University) as additional qualifications for appointment of Safety Officers in the factories in Andhra Pradesh subject to the condition that the management should revise and update the present syllabus by including the following important topics on:-
(i) International Safety Standards/International Labour Organisation
conventions
(ii) Computations of Accidents - Standards
(iii) Concepts of
Equipment Reliabilty and built in safety devices during design process
(iv)
electrical hazard classification
(v) performance appraisal, Safety Auditing,
Inspection Techniques etc
(vi) safety in civil construction
(vii) Hygiene
Problems and occupational health hazards
(viii) ISO 9000 and 14000,
OHSAS-8000
(ix) Environmental Protection Act, Manufacture, Storages and
Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules, Hazard Waste Management Rulesm Atomic Energy
Regulations, Building and other construction worker regulations
(x) safety
induction and on-job training to all categories of employees
(xi) appointment
of expert faculty in the fields of Industrial Safety and health and
(xii)
provision of adequate Lab and Library facilities
(c) The following shall
be included as electives:-
(i) Safety in engineering industry including
chemical and other industries
(ii) Safety in docks
(iii) marine safety