The Mahanadi Coalfields limited (MCl) has elevated 715 workers engaged in underground mines to the opencast mines of the company in various skilled trades, a move to provide the employees opportunities of growth and skill development.
During the current year, 875 workers have been redeployed as trainees in various skilled cadres for their gainful utilisation. Out of these 875 workers 715 have been selected from underground mines in Talcher Coalfields for redeployment in opencast mines as trainees in different skilled functions.
These elevated workers would be put on on-job training of their cadres after successful completion of which they would be absorbed in higher grades in non-executive cadres.
As on December 1, 2017, MCl had total manpower strength of 22,392 employees, including 1,804 below board-level executives and 20,583 staff, with 4,474 deployed in the underground mines.
The MCl had also initiated schooling and skilling programme for employees under its initiatives to train manpower recruited under R and R scheme.