Apprentice Vacancy At Indian Railways

Important General Instructions:

1. Applications must be submitted online only on the web address www.apprenticeshipindia.gov.in

2. No correspondences regarding engagement will be entertained.

3. Before applying, the candidates should ensure that he/she fulfils the eligibility and other criteria. If erroneously engaged, such candidates shall be immediately dismissed without notice at any stage.

4. Candidature of the candidate shall be cancelled if he/she fails to produce the required original testimonials for verification or any other discrepancy noticed.

5. If it is noticed by the Railway administration that the candidate has furnished Wrong fake Certificates/false certificates, the Railway administration reserves the right to discharge the candidate/selected candidate at any stage without any notice, even after his/her selection to undergo training. Further they may be liable for penal action.

6. The Railway administrations do not undertake any responsibility for sending reply to the candidates not selected or not called for. No correspondence in respect of the application submitted shall be entertained or replied by this office to any individual or organization.

7. The Railway administration will not be responsible for any printing error.

8. The Engineering Graduates& Diploma Holder is not eligible to apply for apprenticeship in response to this notification as they are governed by a separate scheme of Apprenticeship.

9. No daily allowance/conveyance allowance or travelling allowance will be paid to the candidates called for document verification.

10. After selection for engagement, request of candidate to change the division/ unit will not be entertained.

11. The candidates who are called on any day notified by the Administration for verification of certificates are not eligible for any travelling/Dearness Allowances.

12. The apprentices shall be governed by the provisions of apprentices Act, 1961 and apprenticeship Rules, 1961 as amended from time to time and such other Railway Rules and Regulations applicable to them.

13. In case an apprentice discontinues the apprenticeship training and fails to fulfil the obligations as per his contract without valid reasons, he shall have to refund the stipend paid to him, the cost of training and such other costs that may be determined under the rules by Railway Administration. The decision of the railway Administration in this regard will be final and binding.

14. No accommodation will be provided by Railway for apprentices. They will have to make their own arrangements.

15. While utmost care will be taken for finalising the final list of eligible candidates, in case of any oversight the administration has the right to make changes at any level and decision of administration will be final and binding.

Selection Procedure

1. Selection will be on the basis of merit list prepared in respect of all the candidates who apply against the notification. The merit list will be prepared on the basis of percentage of marks in matriculation [with minimum 50% (ageregate) marks] plus ITI marks (Estt. Rule No. 201/2017) in the trade in which Apprenticeship is to be done. The panel will be on the basis of simple average of marks in the matriculation and ITI (Entire duration of course).

2. For the purpose of calculation of percentage of matriculation, marks obtained by the candidates in all subjects will be reckoned and not on the basis of marks of any subject or a group of subjects.

3. For the purpose of calculation of percentage of ITI marks, average marks mentioned in consolidated statement of marks for all semesters of the trade applied / marks mentioned in the Provisional National Trade Certificate issued by NCVT/ SCVT will only be reckoned.

4. For the purpose of calculation of percentage of marks of SSC of candidates from Board of Secondary Education Andhra Pradesh, Board of Public Examination, Kerala etc. Nagpur division of SECR will take midpoint of range of grades obtained by the candidates. After obtaining midpoints of all the attempted subjects according to grades awarded, average will be calculated treating each subject is out of 100 marks, as there is no standard method or multiplying factor for calculation of average of matriculation for such Boards.

5. In case of two candidates having the same marks, the candidates with older age shall be preferred. In case the dates of birth are also same, then the candidate who passed matriculation exam earlier shall be considered first.

6. A final merit list will be prepared cluster/unit wise, trade wise and community wise, equal to the number of slots in the descending order of percentage of marks obtained by the candidate.

7. The shortlisted candidates would be subject to verification of all original testimonials and being found fit in appropriate Medical examination by Railways as applicable for the Workshop and for the other Units of division

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