APPSC Inspector of Factories Syllabus 2022 – Download Detailed Syllabus

About Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission: The A.P. Public Service Commission came into existence on 1st November 1956 with the formation of the State of Andhra Pradesh. Before this, there was Andhra Public Service Commission in the Andhra State and Hyderabad Public Service Commission in the Hyderabad State. Andhra Service Commission came into existence only in 1953 after the bifurcation of the composite Madras State into Andhra and Madras States.

On the eve of the formation of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, Andhra Public Service Commission was functioning with a Chairman and two Members, and Hyderabad Public Service Commission was functioning with one Member. Hence, A.P. Public Service Commission was constituted with a Chairman and 3 Members. With increasing workload, Government enhanced the Members to five in the year 1981 and later to Chairman and 7 Members in the year 1983. The government again reviewed the strength in 1994 and enhanced it to Chairman and 9 Members. This is the present strength.

APPSC Inspector of Factories Exam Pattern & Syllabus 2022

Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) usually recruits candidates for the posts of Inspector of Factories on direct recruitment basis. The examination pattern and syllabus are mentioned below.

Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has released the examination pattern & Syllabus for the posts of Inspector of Factories in AP Factories Service

Paper-I: General Studies & Mental Ability:

1. Events of national and international importance.
2. Current affairs- international, national and regional.
3. General Science and its applications to the day to day life Contemporary developments in Science & Technology and Information Technology.
4. The social-economic and political history of modern India with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh. (Starts from 1707 AD)
5. Indian polity and governance: constitutional issues, public policy, reforms and e-governance initiatives with specific reference to Andhra Pradesh.
6. Economic development in India since independence with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh.
7. Physical geography of Indian sub-continent and Andhra Pradesh.
8. Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation strategies, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of Disaster.
9. Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
10. Logical reasoning, analytical ability and data interpretation.
11. Data Analysis: a) Tabulation of data b) Visual representation of data c) Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean, median, mode, variance, and coefficient of variation) and Interpretation
12. Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its Administrative, Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, and Legal implications/problems.

Paper-II: Industrial and Occupational Safety, Health and Environment

• Industrial Safety, Occupational Health and Environment: Evolution Concepts, Policies, and Legal framework.
• Quantitative Risk Assessment: Consequence analysis, Damage modeling, FTA, ETA, Uncertainty in risk assessment, Dispersion models, Source models, and Software applications.
• Process Safety and System Safety Analysis: PHA, HAZAN, HAZOP, System life cycle and safety consideration.
• Engineering Design: Design for Safety, Structural Design Safety, Plant layout, Pressure system design, Control System design including relief and relief design, Process design, change control, Fail safe condition, Electrical safety, and Fire safety.
• System Reliability, Maintenance and Safety: Reliability prediction, System reliability, Reliability of complex system, Fault diagnosis, Software applications, Maintainability, Maintenance activities and policies, RCM, RBM, and Life cycle costing.
• Ergonomic and System Safety: Anthropometry, Working posture analysis, Work station design, Human error quantification and preservation, Cognitive modeling, Safety-critical system and human reliability, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Measurement and evaluation, Preventive Measures and Workplace Stress, Effect of Technology, Design and Job Stress and MSDs, Task/Job Analysis for Job Control.
• Safety Management and Work Environment: Procedure for incident investigation, Accident analysis, Engineering and Administration control, Behavioral Safety, Interactions amongst man-machine-work environment, Safety performance analysis and monitoring, Organization for safety, and System Safety Integration software.
• Occupational Health: Fitness to the job, Risks likely to impact the worker’s occupational Health, Surveillance programs & their Effectiveness, and Records.
• Labour Welfare: Amenities and their maintenance.
• Waste & Effluent Management & Disposal: Types of industrial effluents & wastes – The methods of treatment and their disposal.

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