Revised Training Modules of Non-Gazetted Staff of Signal & Telecommunication Department of Indian Railway

Revised Training Modules of Non-Gazetted Staff of Signal & Telecommunication Department of Indian Railway: Railway Board Order RBE No. 42/2020

Government of India (Bharat Sarkar)
Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralaya)
(Railway Board)

RBE No. 42/ 2020

No.E(MPP)2019/3/50

NewDelhi,Dated 05.06.2020

The General Managers, All ndian Railways/ PUs, Metro Railway /Kolkata
Railway Electrification/Allahabad DGIROSOI Lucknow
CAO/ DMW/ Patiala CAO/COFMOW /New Delhi ED/CAMTECH/Gwal ior
DG/ NAIR/Vadodara The Directors,
IRITM/ Lucknow IRIEEN/Nasik
IRIMEE/Jamalpur IRICEN/Pune
IRISET/Secunderabad

Sub: Revised Training Modules of Non-Gazetted Staff of Signal & Telecommunication Department.

Ref: Chairman/Railway Board’s letter No. E(MPP)/ 2016/ 3/ 20 dated 28.11.2018 and Board’s letter dated 06.12.2018

Vide Board (CRB) letter No. E(MPP)/2016/3/20 dated 28 .11.2018, DG/NAIR had been authorized as the Head of the Academic Council of all CTIs to develop Training Modules of all categories of Non-Gazetted staff. Accordingly, training modules of Signal & Telecommunication Department were finalized and sent to this office.

2. Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) has reviewed the above Training Modules proposed and submitted by DG/NAIR. Board (Member/S&T & MS) has approved the revised training modules.

3. The revised modules prepared have been scanned and uploaded under E(MPP) Training Circulars and can be viewed or downloaded from railnet.

4. Kindly acknowledge receipt.

(Ajay Jha)
Jt Director/MPP Railway Board.

TRAINING MODULES

FOR GROUP “C” & “D” STAFF

OF S&T DEPARTMENT

Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering &

Telecommunications/Secunderabad

TRAINING MODULE OF GR-C & D STAFF OF S&T DEPT

VERSION HISTORY

(Version-3.0)

INDEX

PREAMBLE

This booklet is for mandatory courses (Initial, Refresher, Foundation) for Supervisors, Technicians and erstwhile Gr D staff of S&T Department. Key features are as under.

1. Both Institutional & Zonal Railways Training Periods & Marks have been Approx. 1/3rd of Total marks have been allocated for Zonal training. Training Managers of Zonal Railway may decide contents for field training and evaluate as per specific requirements of each Railway.
2. The CD (Course Director) spare hours have been catered (@1.5 hrs/week) to cater for holidays/extra classes/Local visits/ etc for all categories.
3. Trainees shall be engaged in Shramdaan/Rain Water Harvesting/ Gardening /Swatch Bharat/any other social service for at least 2 hrs/week to inculcate service to society, to bring awareness about cleanliness.
4. In accordance with the prevalent practices in reputed academic institutions to reward good behaviour of Trainees both in Class Room & Hostels and to encourage them to participate actively in Swatch Bharat/Socio-Cultural /Shramdaan/Library/Garden activities, marks have been allocated (approx @ 10% of Total marks). Though these marks will not have any bearing on result as pass or fail, these marks shall be considered for merit list. Course Director (CD) will assess each Trainee as per Details given in Annexure-3.
5. Theory Exams of all Initial Courses will be of subjective (60%) and objective (40%). Refresher courses will have subjective (30%) and objective (70%) as per extent Subjects may be grouped for examination. Pass mark is required for each subject in a group.
6. Initial course for Promotee JE (Intermediate) will be conducted at IRISET for trainees selected through 20% LDCE Same content may be followed for the trainees selected through 40% quota at respective STTC of Zonal Railway.
7. Refresher Courses for signal & telecom Supervisors and Technicians shall be at 4 year Refresher course for Helpers shall be at an interval of 5 years.
8. In case where few SSE‟s are reporting for training, their course will be merged with that of JE/Signal.
9. The marks for Project Presentation are only for supervisors and not for Technicians & Helpers (Erstwhile Group D).
10. There is no direct recruitment to Technician (Tele) Gr Hence, no module has been specified for the same.
11. Working Days for IRISET are five days a week while STTC are six days a week and both have 6 hrs per day.
12. Yoga, Personality Development programs, ethics, healthy food habits, meditation program shall be organised for stress management either during working hours or extra hrs beyond class timings on weekends as When such courses are organised through outside organisation the cost to be paid to such organisation shall be paid by trainee, where it cannot be funded by Institute.
13. An oath shall be administered to all trainees before passing out of course that they shall not allow/support short cut methods, shall work ethically, amicably with all others.
14. Subject wise hours are specified as a general The training Institutes may specify detailed syllabus/Content as per the technology/equipment/best practices /Evolving needs. Trade off between one subject to another is at the discretion of Institute. (viz: For obsolete subjects to Latest Subjects) without changing duration of course. When there are less number of trainees in a particular course, they may be merged with another similar course at the discretion of Institute.
15. A list of subject codes of IRISET & STTC are given in Annexure-1.
16. Course Content for Training Modules of Group “C” Technicians & Erstwhile Group “D” Staff of S&T Department is given as Annexure-2.
17. Topics on Establishment, Stores, Signal Engineering Manual, Telecom Manual, G&SR is included as ST65 at page no 153 for inclusion in other courses where the STTC deems fit.

In the above table, the nomenclature of Course Code is defined as

1. First letter indicates Initial/Refresher
2. Second letter indicates Signal/Telecom Course
3. Third/Fourth letter indicates level of
4. Last letter indicates “Engineer”

For eg. “ISSE/01/012020”

1. ISSE means that this is an Initial Signal SSE course
2. 01 means that this the Phase-I of the ISSE course
3. 012020 means that this is the first ISSE course of the year 2020

Course Code used for Maintainers (being dealt at Zonal Railway S&T Training Centre)

These courses, including “Initial Course For Promoted JE/Signal-(Intermediate)” for trainees through 40 % quota, shall be organized at Zonal Railways S&T Training centre.

18. Mobile Phones/Tabs shall not be allowed in class Rooms & Labs by Trainees. Smoking/Drinking/Pan/Gutkha etc shall not be allowed in the premises. Strict discipline to be maintained in the campus. An undertaking to be taken from trainees at the beginning of course.
19. E-Learning shall be encouraged. Technical notes may be given on DVD to Trainees. Hard copy may be given to trainees from PSU/Pvt on demand.
20. At the end of the each course, a group Feedback may be taken for improvements (if any) for courses having duration more than 2 For other courses, it is optional at the discretion of Head of Institute.
21. Mark list to be communicated to controlling authority for each trainee to plan for their

Source: Railway Board RBE No 42 of 2020 dt 05-06-2020