Syllabus of Technical Assistant (Prabidhik Sahayak)

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Syllabus of Technical Assistant (Prabidhik Sahayak):

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Section-1: - Regarding Administrative Work

1. Right to Employment Act, 2075 and Rules on Right to Employment, 2075,

2. Prime Minister's Employment Program Operation Guideline, 2075, Remuneration for Work-Based Community Project Operation and Management Procedure, 2076, and Transformation Initiative for Youth Employment Project (Operation and Management) Procedure, 2076,

3. The concept of cash for work,

4. Local-level budgeting process, expenditure management, and audit and grievance management,

5. Social mobilization, public hearings, social audit, and grievance management, and

6. Conduct and discipline and good governance.

The following are the contents of the program as determined by the Public Service Commission for the post of Local Service Engineering Service, Civil Group Fifth Level Sub-Engineer:

1. Surveying

1.1 General

- Principle and types of surveying
- Units, scales, and maps
- Field books and Level books

1.2 Levelling

- Principles and methods of levelling
- Levelling instruments and accessories

1.3 Plane Tabling

- Equipment required
- Methods of plane tabling
- Two and three-point problems

1.4 Theodolite and Traverse surveying

- Basic difference between different theodolites
- Temporary adjustments of theodolites
- Fundamental lines and desired relations
- Tacheometry: stadia method
- Trigonometrical levelling
- Checks in closed traverse

1.5 Contouring

- Characteristics of contour lines
- Method of locating contours
- Contour plotting

1.6 Setting Out: Small buildings and Simple curves

2. Construction Materials

2.1 Stone

- Formation and availability of stones in Nepal
- Methods of laying and construction with various stones 2.2 Cement
- Different types of cement: Ingredients, properties, and manufacture
- Storage and transport
- Admixtures

2.2 Clay and Clay Products

- Brick: type, manufacture, laying, bonds

2.3 Paints and Varnishes: Type and selection; preparation techniques and use

2.4 Bitumen: Type, selection and use

3. Mechanics of Materials and Structures

3.1 Mechanics of Materials

- Internal effects of loading
- Ultimate strength and working stress of materials

3.2 Mechanics of Beams

- Relation between shear force and bending moment
- Shear and bending moment diagrams for statically determinate beams under various types of loading

3.3 Simple Strut Theory

4. Hydraulics

4.1 General

- Properties of fluid: mass, weight, specific weight, density, specific volume, specific gravity, viscosity
- Pressure and Pascal's law

4.2 Hydro-Kinematics and Hydro-Dynamics

- Energy of flowing liquid: elevation energy, Kinetic energy, potential energy, internal energy

4.3 Measurement of Discharge

- Weirs and notches
- Discharge formulas

4.4 Flows: Characteristics of pipe flow and open channel flow

5. Soil Mechanics

5.1 General

- Soil types and classification
- Three-phase system of soil
- Unit Weight of soil mass: bulk density, saturated density, submerged density, and dry density
- The interrelationship between specific gravity, void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, percentage of air voids air content and density index

5.2 Soil Water Relation

- Terzaghi's principle of effective stress
- Darcy's law
- Factors affecting permeability

5.3 Compaction of soil

- Factors affecting soil compaction
- Optimum moisture content
- Relation between dry density and moisture content

5.4 Shear Strength of Soils

- Mohr-Coulomb failure theory
- Cohesion and angle of internal friction

5.5 Earth Pressures

- Active and passive earth pressures
- Lateral earth pressure theory
- Rankine's earth pressure theory

5.6 Foundation Engineering

- Terzaghi's general bearing capacity formulas and their application

6. Structures

6.1 R.C. Sections in Bending

- Under reinforced, over reinforced and balanced sections
- Analysis of single and double reinforced rectangular sections

6.2 2 Shear and Bond for R.C. Sections

- Shear resistance of an R.C. section
- Types of Shear reinforcement and their design
- Determination of anchorage length

6.3 Design and Working System of R.C. Structures

Singly and doubly reinforced rectangular beams
Simple one-way and two-way slabs
Axially loaded short and long columns

7. Building Construction Technology

7.1 Foundations

- Subsoil exploration
- Type and suitability of different foundations: Shallow, deep
- Shoring and dewatering
- Design of simple brick or stone masonry foundations

7.2 Walls

- Type and thickness of walls
- Use of scaffolding

7.3 Damp Proofing

- Source of Dampness
- Remedial measures for damp proofing

7.4 Concrete Technology

- Constituents of cement concrete
- Grading of aggregates
- Concrete mixes
- Water cement ratio
- Factors affecting the strength of concrete
- Formwork
- Curing

7.5 Woodwork

- Frame and shutters of door and window
- Timber construction of upper floors
- Design and construction of stairs

7.6 Flooring and Finishing

- Floor finishes: brick, concrete, flagstone
- Plastering

8. Water Supply and Sanitation Engineering

8.1 General

- Objectives of the water supply system
- Source of water and its selection: gravity and artisan springs, shallow and deep wells; infiltration galleries

8.2 Gravity Water Supply System

- Design period
- Determination of daily water demand
- Determination of storage tank capacity
- Selection of pipe
- Pipeline design and hydraulic grade line

8.3 Design of Sewer

- Quantity of sanitary sewage
- Maximum, Minimum and self-cleaning velocity

8.4 Excreta Disposal and Unsewered Area

- Pit latrine
- Design of septic tank

9. Irrigation Engineering

9.1 General

- Need for irrigation; advantages of an irrigation
- Sources of irrigation: water, river & streams, groundwater, and others
- Methods of irrigation: surface, sub-surface and others

9.2 Irrigation Water Requirement

- Crop season, principal crops, and crop water requirements
- Base period & duty

9.3 Irrigation Canals

- Canal losses and their minimization
- Irrigation requirements and design discharge of canal permissible velocities for different canals
- Design of canal-based on Manning's & Lacey's formulae
- Need and location of escapes
- Components of the distribution system

10. Highway Engineering

10.1 General

- Introduction to transportation systems
- Historic development of roads
- Classification of the road in Nepal
- Basic requirements of road alignment

10.2 Geometric Design

- Basic design control and criteria for design
- Elements of cross-section, the typical cross-section for all roads in filling and cutting
- Camber
- Determination of radius of horizontal curves
- Superelevation
- Sight distances
- Gradient
- Use of Nepal Road Standard and subsequent revision in road design

10.3 Drainage System

- Importance of drainage system and requirements of a good drainage system

10.4 Road Pavement: Pavement structure and its components: subgrade, sub-base, base and surface courses

10.5 Road Machineries

- Earthmoving and compacting machines

10.6 Road Construction Technology

10.7 Bridge: T-beam bride and Timber bridges

10.8 Road Maintenance and Repair: Type of maintenance works

10.9 Tracks and Trails

10.10 Airport Engineering: Planning and layout of Heliports; Terminal Building and Control Tower; Drainage System for Airports

11. Estimating and Costing

11.1 General

- Main items of work
- Units of measurement and payment of various items of work and material
- Standard estimate formats of government offices

11.2 Rate Analysis

- Basic general knowledge on the use of rate analysis norms prepared by the Ministry of Works and Transport and the district rates prescribed by the district development committee

11.3 Specifications

- Interpretation of specifications

11.4 Valuation

- Methods of valuation
- Basic general knowledge of standard formats used by commercial banks and NIDC for valuation

12. Construction Management

12.1 Organization

- Need for organization
- Responsibilities of a civil Sub- engineer
- Relation between Owner, Contractor, and Engineer

12.2 Site Management

- Preparation of site plan
- Organizing labor
- Measures to improve labor efficiency
- Accident prevention

12.3 Procurement and Contract Procedure

- Contracts and its types
- Departmental works and day-work
- Preparation of tender document
- Tender procedure
- Contract agreement
- Conditions of contract
- Construction supervision

12.4 Accounts

- Administrative approval and technical sanction
- Familiarity with standard account keeping formats used in governmental organizations
- Muster roll
- Completion report

12.5 Planning and Control