RRC ER Recruitment 2023 for 3115 Apprentice Posts

Recruitment Organization Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC) Eastern Railway (ER)

Posts Name Apprentice  

Vacancies 3115

Job Location India

Last Date to Apply 26-10-2023

Mode of Apply Online 

Category RRC ER Recruitment 2023

The candidates should have completed 15 years of age and should not have completed 24 years of age (as on cut-off date for receiving application). The age as recorded in the Matriculation certificate issued from a government recognized Board / Authority or the birth certificate issued from a government recognized 

authority shall only be reckoned for the purpose. No other document like horoscope, affidavits, birth extract from Municipal Corporation, service records and like will be accepted.   ii. Upper age limit is relaxable by 05 years in case of SC/ST candidates, 3 years in case of OBC-NCL candidates and 10 years for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) candidates.  

 iii. Candidates availing the benefits of the relaxed criteria would be required to produce the relevant documents at the time of documents verification for verifying their eligibility for the above – mentioned criteria. Falling to do so will lead to rejection of candidature under relaxed standards.  

  iv. Upper age limit is relaxable by additional 10 years for Ex-SM (ex-serviceman) up to the extent of service rendered in Defence Forces plus 03 years provided they have put in a minimum of 06 months service at a stretch, except Ex-servicemen who have already joined the Govt. Service on Civil side after availing of the Ex-servicemen status for the purpose of their engagement.    

v. The candidates, who want to avail the benefit of reservation of Ex-servicemen and Armed Forces Personnel, must produce Discharge Certificate and Pension Papers. Similarly, the children of Ex- servicemen and children of Armed Forces Personnel must produce Discharge Certificate and Pension Papers OR Serving Certificate of his/her parents respectively (as the case may be) at the time of document verification. 

  EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:  

  The candidate must have passed 10th class examination or its equivalent (under 10+2 examination system) with minimum 50% marks, in aggregate, from recognized Board and should also possess the  National Trade Certificate in the notified trade issued by NCVT/SCVT.

APPLICATION FEES: i. ii. iii. Application fees (non-refundable) is Rs.100/- (Rupees One hundred) only. No fee, however, is to be paid by the SC/ST/PwBD/Women candidates).  The payment of fees will have to be made online through ‘Payment Gateway’ available with online Application Form while filling up the online Application Form.  The payment can be made by using Debit Card / Credit Card / Internet Banking etc. Transaction charges for online payment, if any, will be borne by the candidate.  At times, there may be server issues because of huge rush, which may affect the online payment system. In such scenario, the candidate needs to login fresh and attempt again.  During submission of online application, a registration number will be issued to each applicant; candidates are advised to reserve/note their Registration Number.

HOW TO APPLY:  i. ii. iii. Before applying, the candidates should ensure that he/she fulfils all the eligibility criteria. If at any later stage, the particulars furnished by the candidate are revealed to be not conforming with the eligibility criteria, his engagement will be terminated forthwith. All annexures in the given formats for claiming fees exemption, reservation, age relaxation, etc. must be submitted at the time of verification of documents. The candidates are required to apply ONLINE by visiting the link provided on the Notice Board of official website of RRC/ER Kolkata. They must go through the detailed instructions before filling up the online applications.  All relevant fields/boxes must be carefully filled up by the candidate. The particulars (including spellings) must match with the details available in the Matriculation certificate like name, father’s name, date of birth etc. iv. The candidates should fill the relevant columns regarding their community as per the government issued certificates for SC/ST/OBC/EWS and physical disability. v. Candidates can apply for any unit of Eastern Railway for training as Act Apprentice Trainee as per notified training slots of units of Eastern Railway through this notification.  However, they would have to exercise options for giving preference to units for training. vi. However, a candidate will get selected for training in ONLY one unit of Eastern Railway as per procedures mentioned in Para 5 of this notification, based on the comparative community  wise merit position of candidate and as per available training slots in his/her trade. vii. The candidates are advised to indicate their mobile numbers and valid e-mail IDs which need to be kept active over the entire process of selection, since communication for further selection process will be made through these media. No letter will be sent by post from RRC/ER.

Documents to be uploaded:    a. Scanned Photograph – Candidates are required to upload their good quality and contrast colour photograph, not more than 3 months old, at the space provided in the online Application Form.  The scanned photo should be in the JPG/JPEG format and within the specified file size as mentioned in the Application Form.  The photograph should be clear, without cap or sunglasses and should have defined edges. The candidates should also keep 10 copies of the same photograph for future purposes.  b. Scanned signature – Candidates are required to upload their full signature at the space provided in the online Application Form, which has to be in JPG/JPEG format and within the specified file size as mentioned in the Application Form.  The application submitted without signature will be summarily rejected.   c. Standard 10th mark sheet – pdf format with specified file size as mentioned in the application form.   d. ITI Certificate from NCVT/SCVT – pdf format with specified file size as mentioned in the application form.  e. Community certificate for SC/ST/OBC/EWS – pdf format with specified file size as mentioned in the application form.  f. PwBD Certificate in pdf as applicable with specified file size as mentioned in the application form.           NOTE: The format of the Community certificates, EWS certificate and PwBD certificate shall be as per the                       document uploaded in the website.  i. All other relevant columns of the Application Form should be filled up by the candidate.    ii. After final submission of online application, no candidates will be allowed to do any type of correction/alteration online.   iii. The Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC) / Eastern Railway reserves the right to reject the incomplete           applications.  iv.  Candidates are advised to take a print out of the filled-up online Application Form after all details have been filled and the Form has been confirmed to have been submitted.  v. Help Desk – For any problems in submitting the applications online or printing of the application, candidates can seek help line provided during the application process and notified on website of RRC – ER.