POSITIONS, RANKS, WAGES, AND UNIFORMS OF MINING ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Publication Date: December 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
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COUNTRY USSR (Ukrainian SSR)
SUBJECT Positions, Ranks, Wages, and Uniforms
of Mining Engineers and Technicians
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Promotion of personnel in these groups was not based on longevity
but solely on ability and performance.
3. Mining technician was the lowest commissioned rank of mining person-
nel.. Education qualifications for this rank were 10 years of educa-
tion and completion of a mining technical school or the equivalent
courses (Gornyy Tekhnikum iii Gorno-Tekhnicheskiy Kurs). In some
cases the requirement of attendance at a mining technical school was
waived for individuals with practical mining experience. Mining
technicians assigned to offices normally performed technical work
under the immediate supervision of senior personnel, while in mines
mining technicians were usually put in charge of a small section,
normally a workroom or working face called a "lava". The average
monthly wage of mining technicians was approximately 1,000 rubles.
AL Mining technician-in-charge was the second lowest rank of mining
personnel. In the ministries and larger ministerial ilpfidies, and
also in large mines, mining technicians-in-charge performed duties
similar to those of mining technicians. In smaller field agencies
and smaller mines, mining technicians-in-charge sometime performed
the functions of a section chief. The average monthly wage of mining
technicians-in-charge was approximately 1,100 rubles.
5. A mining engineer technician was normally a mining technician with-
out college or university degree but with a'considerable amount of
practical experience in the mining field. He was not, therefore,
an engineer in the proper meaning of the term. In the ministries
and large field agencies, mining engineer technicians usually per-
formed the functions of an engineer under close supervision. In
mines this rank usually called for the position of section :chief or
supervisor of a certain number of working rooms. A mining engineer
technician's average monthly wage was approximately 1,300 rubles.
Mining engineers third class, second class, and first class, and
mining engineer directors third class, second class, and first class
were required to have a college education, that is, to have graduated
from a mining institute or from the mining department of a university.
Mining engineers third, second, and first class usually occupied the
position or section chief in a ministry, large field agency, or mine.
In medium and small mines, they lield positions of technical adminis-
trators or chief engineers. Very often they held positions as lec-
turers in mining institutes, mining technical schools, and such.
Their approximatemonthly salaries were as follows:
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Mining engineer third class
Mining engineer second class
Mining engineer first class
1,800 rubles
2,000 rubles
2,200 rubles
Mining engineer directors third, second, and first class held posi-
tions of group and division chiefs in various ministries or they
were technical administrators and chief engineers in the largest
Mines; quite often they were appointed mine directors, although
normally this position did not call for any mining educational qual-
ifications. In addition to this they held positions as chief of
regional mining inspectorates (Mezhduoblastnaya Gornaya Inspektsiya)
chiefs and chief engineers in the State Geological Research Commis-
sion (GosGeologo Razvedka)0 and chiefs of its field exploration
commissions. They were also professors and lecturers in mining
institutes and mining faculties of universities, etc. The approxi-
mate monthly salaries of mining engineer directors were:
a. Mining engineer director third class
b. Mining engineer director second class
C. Mining engineer director first class
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2,500 rubles
3,000 rubles
3,200 rubles
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8. The salaries of mining personnel as given above represent a very rc4
average. Actually there was considerable fluctuation in salaries
depending on the position occupied, the character of the work, whether
the work norms were fulfilled or overfulfilled, the wage scales
prescribed for various enterprises, and so on. Thus, it was not
unusual for a mining technician or a mining technician-in-charge to
receive a monthly wage of 2,000 rubles. As far as I know, the wages
of mining engineers.,_ technicians, and miners were the highest on the
USSR wage scale. LThe approximate wage chart of mining engineers and
technicians on duty with various ministries is presented in Annex