Organisation : West Central Railway
Recruitment Name : Apprentices 2023
Number of Vacancies : 3015
Application Last Date : 14th January 2024
Apply Online here : https://nitplrrc.com/
Website : https://wcr.indianrailways.gov.in/
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West Central Railway Apprentices Recruitment
ONLINE applications are invited from eligible candidates for engagement of Apprentices for training under the Apprentices Act, 1961 in the designated trades at Units/Workshops in the West Central Railway for 3015 Slots. No other mode of submission of applications shall be entertained. Candidates should note and take cognizance of the fact that this is a Centralized Notification for engagement of Apprentices under the Apprentices Act, 1961 for West Central Railway Divisions/Units. According to merit, division/unit will engage the apprentices.
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Details of Vacancy
Apprentices will be engaged in the various Units wise slots are given below :-
JBP Division 1164
BPL Division 603
KOTA Division 853
CRWS BPL 170
WRS KOTA 196
HQ/JBP 29
Total 3015
Eligibility Conditions
Age : (Age limit as on 14/12/2023)
1 The candidates should have completed 15 years of age on 14/12/2023 and should not have completed 24 years of age as on the cut-off date of Notification.
2 Upper age limit is relaxable by 05 years in case of SC/ST candidates, 03 years in case of OBC candidates.
3 For Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBDs), upper age limit is relaxed by 10 years (15 year for SC/ST and 13 years for OBC).
4 Upper age limit is relaxable by up to additional 10 years for ex-servicemen to the extent of service rendered in Defence Forces plus 03 years provided they have put in a minimum of 6 months service at a stretch, except Ex-servicemen who have already joined the Govt. service on Civil side after availing the servicemen status for the purpose of their engagement.
5 The candidate who want to avail the benefit of reservation of SC/ST, must produce his/her Caste certificate on Central Government format issued by appropriate authority as per sample Annexure-B at the time of Document Verification.
Similarly, candidates who want to avail the benefit of reservation of OBC, must produce Caste certificate and Non-Creamy Layer Certificate on Central Government format issued by appropriate authority as per sample Annexure-C at the time of Document Verification. OBC Certificate should not be older than one year from the date of closure of this Notification.
6 The candidates who want to avail the benefit of reservation of Ex-servicemen and Armed Forces Personnel, must produce Discharge certificate and in case of children of Ex-servicemen and children of Armed Forces Personnel, they must produce discharge certificate or Armed Forces serving certificate respectively (as the case may be) of his/her parents at the time of document verification.
Minimum 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 also should possess the National Trade Certificate in the notified trade issued by NCVT/SCVT.
N.B: The candidates should have already passed the prescribed qualification on the date of issue of Notification. Candidates appearing in the qualifying examination and candidates whose result of qualifying examination awaited are not eligible.
Mode Of Selection
1. Selection will be done on the basis of merit list prepared in respect of all the eligible candidates who apply against the notification. The merit list will be prepared on the basis of average marks obtained in 10th class examination or its equivalent (under 10+2 examination system) plus ITI/Trade marks.
2. On the basis of trade/division/unit opted by the candidate, merit list will be prepared ie. Trade wise, division/unit wise & community wise.
3. The concerned division/unit as per the merit list, will call the candidates for verification of documents as per the extant rules. Once the candidate is found suitable in all respect, the concerned division/unit will engage the candidates.
4. In case of two candidates having the same marks, the candidates with older age shall be given preference. In case the dates of birth are also the same, then the candidate who passed matriculation examination earlier shall be considered first.
5. A final merit list will be prepared trade wise, division/unit wise and community wise, equal to the number of slots in the descending order of percentage of marks obtained by the candidate, as stated above.
6. In case any particular trade in any division/unit short fall happened, in such circumstances, RRC reserved the right to allot, waiting list candidates of that particular trade of other division/unit as per the merit.
How To Apply?
Procedures for payment of Application and Processing fees:-
a) Click on “Click Here to Pay” for payment of Application and Processing Fee.
b) Search RAILWAY RECRUITMENT CELL WEST CENTRAL RAILWAY JBP in Search Bar and select it.
c) Select Payment Category as “Application/Processing Fee for Apprenticeship”and enter all the required information and Click on “Next”.
d) Verify the payment details and click on “Next”.
e) Choose the payment option from the available options and perform the transaction.
f) On successful completion of the transaction, e-receipt with the date entered by the candidate will be generated which should be saved / printed and retained by the candidate.
g) If the online transaction is not successfully completed, please make payment online again.
h) If the fee is not paid by the candidate as per para 7.1, his/her application will be summarily rejected.
Documents required for applying ONLINE:
Before filling of online application, candidates are advised to keep legible scanned copy of following documents ready with them:
1. Photograph and signature JPG format having file size 50kb 200kb,)
i) Recent Passport size photograph with clear front view of the candidate’s facehaving pixel size of 100 x 120.
ii) Specimen signature having pixel size of 160 x 70.
2. Certificates (JPG format having file size 50kb-200kb):
i) Std 10th mark sheet
ii) Std 10th Pass Certificate
iii) Community certificate for SC/ST/OBC/EWS (if applicable)
iv) PwBD certificate (if applicable).
v) ITI certificate & mark sheet issued by NCVT/SCVT.
Procedure to be followed for applying online:
** Candidates are required to apply ONLINE by visiting www.wcr.indianrailways.gov.in (Path – About us->Recruitment->Railway Recruitment Cell->Engagement of Act Apprentices for 2023-24 Detailed instructions for filling up ONLINE applications will be available on the website.
** Candidates are required to click on the link provided for filling ONLINE applications and fill up the personal details/BIO- DATA etc carefully.
NOTE-I: Candidates should ensure that their name, father’s name, date of birth is exactly as recorded in Matriculation (10th) or equivalent certificate. Any deviation found during Document Verification will lead to cancellation of candidature and also debarment.
NOTE-II: Candidates are advised to indicate their active mobile number and valid e-mail ID in the ONLINE application and keep them active during the entire engagement process as all important messages will be sent by email/SMS which will be treated as deemed to have been read by the candidates.
** The candidates must go through the available training slots vis-a-vis their ITI Trade thoroughly and select particular trade of respective divisions/units. They will be considered as per their merit position.
** Candidates have to keep printouts of their Online application. If found Eligible, he/she will be called for Document Verification and the print out of Online application is required to be produced at the time of Document Verification.
** For convenience of candidate, place of DV (document/certificate verification) will be held at RRC/Jabalpur, Jabalpur division, Bhopal division, Kota division, CRWS Bhopal & WRS Kota, however document verification will be conducted at the applied unit only. Any request for change of place of DV will not be entertained under any circumstances.
** As per the exigencies, RRC Jabalpur reserves the right to change the place of DV.
NOTE: To avoid last minute rush, candidates are advised in their own interest to submit ONLINE application well in advance before the closing date.
Important Dates
Online Application Opening Date 15/12/2023
Online Application Closing Date & Time 14/01/2024 at 23:59 hrs.
Detailed Recruitment Notification Download here : https://www.indianin.org/uploads-new/pdf2023/4528.pdf