EASTERN RAILWAY
Railway Recruitment Cell
56, C. R. Avenue
Kolkata – 700 012
NOTIFICATION FOR ENGAGEMENT OF ACT APPRENTICES
FOR TRAINING SLOTS IN EASTERN RAILWAY UNITS
Notice No. RRC-ER/Act Apprentices/2023-24
Application Fee
- Candidates should pay Rs.100/-
- Payment can be done through Debit Card/ Credit Card/ Internet Banking etc.
Important Dates
- Date of Publication: 12-09-2023
- Starting Date to Apply Online: 27-09-2023
- Closing Date to Apply Online: 26-10-2023
Age Limit (as on 13-03-2020)
- Minimum Age: 15 Years
- Maximum Age: 24 Years
- Age relaxation is applicable for SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD candidates as per rules.
Qualification
- Candidates should possess 10th class examination or its equivalent (under 10+2 examination system) with minimum 50% marks and National Trade Certificate (relevant trades).
Online Applications are invited from eligible candidates who are Indian Nationals for training in Workshops and Divisions of Eastern Railway as Act Apprentices under the Apprentices Act, 1961 and Apprenticeship Rules, 1992, as amended from time to time. Applications must be submitted online and no other mode of submission of applications would be entertained. The online link will be live on the official website of RRC-ER from 27/09/2023 onwards and would remain live upto 26/10/2023. The candidates should click on the live link and fill up their application forms as per instructions of this notification.
TRADE, UNIT and COMMUNITY- WISE BREAKUP OF TRAINING SLOTS:
Note: The number of slots indicated in this notification is provisional and may increase, decrease or even become nil depending upon the actual needs of the railway administration. Administration also reserves the right to cancel the notification, notified training slots and the process of engagement at its discretion and such administrative decision will be final and binding on all.
Abbreviations used –
• PwBD : Persons with Benchmark Disabilities
• ESM : Ex-Servicemen
• UR : Un-Reserved
• OBC : Other Backward Classes
• SC : Scheduled Caste
• ST : Scheduled Tribe
• EWS: Economically Weaker section
RESREVATION:
i. All candidates, irrespective of community may be considered against UR training slots, subject to fulfilment of
parameters for UR candidates. No age relaxation is allowed to candidates applying against unreserved training
slots whether UR, SC, ST, OBC.
ii. However, against the training slots earmarked for specific communities i.e., SC, ST and OBC, only candidates
belonging to that community will be considered.
iii. Reservation quotas applicable for SC/ST/OBC/ESM/EWS/PwBD candidates shall be applicable in accordance
with the relevant rules issued by the Railway Board.
iv. The quota training slots in the ESM and PwBD categories are included in the overall training slots and
hence are not to be filled up outside the notified training slots
v. The candidates selected against ESM and PwBD will be placed in the appropriate categories viz.
UR/SC/ST/OBC to which they belong to. Unfilled ESM training slots would be filled up from other candidates.
vi. Reservations to Ex-servicemen, their children and children of Armed Force personnel will be engaged for
Apprenticeship as per rules details mentioned below:
a) Children of deceased/disabled Ex-servicemen including those killed/disabled during peace time.
b) Children of Ex-servicemen.
c) Children of Serving Jawans.
d) Children of Serving Officer.
e) Ex-Servicemen.