SCCL Civil Syllabus

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Syllabus for the post of

Sub-Overseer Trainee(Civil),T&S Grade-C (External)
Employment Notification No. 01/2024
PART-I (Subject related to the post)

1. Surveying:
Fundamental concepts; Classification of Surveys; Chain Surveying;
Compass Surveying; Levelling and Contouring; Theodolite Surveying;
Tacheometry; Curves.
2. Construction Materials & Practice :

Properties and uses of construction materials - Stones, Bricks, Tiles,
Sand, Cement, Timber, Glass, Asbestos, Paints, Distempers, Enamels
and Varnishes; Preparation of Cement mortar for various works.
Classification of foundations, construction of spread footing and well
foundation; Stone and Brick masonry - types and principles of
construction; Doors and Windows - types, fittings and fastenings, types
and functions of Lintels, Sunshades and Roofs, Flooring - Construction
and types of material; Types of Stairs; Scaffolding; Types of Plastering,
Pointing, Painting and White / Colour Wash.
3. Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials :

Centre of Gravity and Moment of Inertia; Simple stresses and strains,
Hooke’s law – stress strain diagram, working strength, elastic
constants, Poisson’s ratio, Relationship between elastic constants,
compound rods, temperature stresses, strain energy, proof resilience,
impact loading; Shear force and bending moment diagrams for simply
supported, over hanging and cantilever beams, relation between
intensity of loading, shear force and bending moment; Theory of simple
bending, modulus of section, moment of resistance, distribution of
shear stress in rectangular, circular and I-Sections; Deflection in
cantilever and simply supported beams subjected to simple loading;
Columns and struts - Euler’s and Rankine’s formulae, Slenderness ratio,
simple built-up columns; Analysis of dams and retaining walls; Simple
plane and pin-jointed trusses, Stresses by method of joints and method
of sections.
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4. Hydraulics :
Properties of fluids, fluid pressure and its measurement; Types of flows,
energies in fluid motion, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications –
venture metre, pitot tube; Orifice and mouthpiece; Notches and weirs;
Flow through pipes, hydraulic gradient line and total energy line,
laminar and turbulent flow in pipes - Reynolds number, measurement
of velocity; open channels; Water turbines – classification, centrifugal
and reciprocating pumps
5. Quantity Surveying:
Abstract estimate, detailed estimate - centreline and long & short wall
method, various items of Civil Engineering works as per Indian
Standards; General Specifications - earth work, brick / stone masonry
in cement mortar, RCC, plastering in cement mortar, Floor finishes with
ceramic tiles and marbles, white washing, colour washing; Standard
schedule of rates, lead and lift, Computation of earth work -
Midordinate, Mean Sectional area, Trepezoidal method, Prismoidal Rule;
6. Design of Structures (RCC and Steel) :

RCC structures: principles and concepts of working stress method and
limit state method, loads and permissible stresses, IS specifications,
analysis and design - rectangular beam, slab, T-beam, column, footing
and stair case.
Steel Structures: Properties of steel sections, loads and permissible

stresses, IS specifications, Analysis and design - welded joints, beam,
column, column base, tension member; Design of roof truss.
7. Water supply and Sanitary Engineering:

Water supply scheme; Sources of water; Conveyance of water – pipes,
joints and laying; Testing of water, drinking water standards;
Treatment of water, Distribution of water, Water supply connections to
building.
Quantity of sewage, surface drains, laying of sewers, sewer

appurtenances, Characteristics of domestic and industrial sewage –
BOD, COD; Sewage treatment, Septic tank and soak pit; House
drainage arrangements in buildings, solid waste-collection and disposal.
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8. Transportation Engineering:
Alignment of roads - plain and hilly terrain, surveys; Cross section of
road structure, width of pavement, Camber, Gradient, Super elevation,
Transition curves, horizontal and vertical alignment; Pavement
marking, traffic signs, traffic islands
Types of soil, classification of soil - Textural, IS Classification, physical

properties - plasticity, cohesion, consolidation, compaction,
permeability, compressibility, soil moisture content, specific gravity,
density; Bearing capacity of soil.
9. Irrigation Engineering:
Definitions, duty, delta, base period, rainfall and its measurement,
factors affecting runoff, methods of computing maximum flood
discharge; Classification of head works, component parts of a weir and
barrage, factors influencing selection of site - reservoirs and dams;
Classification of canals, canal lining, cross drainage works; Soil erosion,
water logging, soil water plant relationship; Necessity of irrigation -
advantages and disadvantages, irrigation methods.
PART-II (General Studies)
1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
2. GENERAL ENGLISH
3. QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE & NUMERICAL ABILITY
4. TEST OF REASONING
5. COMPUTER BASICS

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Syllabus for the post of

PART-I (Subject related to the post)

2. Construction Materials & Practice :

3. Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials :

6. Design of Structures (RCC and Steel) :

Steel Structures: Properties of steel sections, loads and permissible

7. Water supply and Sanitary Engineering:

Quantity of sewage, surface drains, laying of sewers, sewer

Types of soil, classification of soil - Textural, IS Classification, physical

PART-II (General Studies)

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