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Railway Trade Apprentice Recruitment : North East Frontier Railway (NFR) has Recently Invited to Online Application Form for the Various Railway Trade Apprentice Recruitment 2020. Those Candidates Who are Interested to this Vacancy and Have All Eligibility Criteria Can Read the Full Notification Before Apply Online

Eligibility Conditions

• The candidates should have completed 15 years of age and should not have completed 24 years of age as on 01.01.2020.
• Upper age limit is relaxable by 05 years in case of SC/ ST candidates, 3 years in case of OBC candidates.
• For persons with Disability, upper age limit is relaxed by 10 years.
• Upper age limit is relaxable by up to additional 10 years for ex-servicemen to the extent of service rendered in Defense 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 Ex.servicemen status for the purpose of their engagement. However, regardless of community, Ex. serviceman will be considered against the Ex. Servicemen quota, if available. If UR vacancies are not available then only Ex. Serviceman belonging to those particular communities where vacancies are available will be considered against the ex. servicemen quota.
• The candidates, who want to avail the benefit of reservation of SC/ ST, must upload his/ her Caste certificate on Central Government format only issued by appropriate authority according to Annexure-I at the time of online application. Similarly, the candidates who want to avail the benefit of reservation of OBC, must upload Caste certificate and Non-Creamy Layer certificate issued on or after 1/4/2019 on Central Government format only by appropriate authority as per sample Annexure-II at the time of online application, these certificates are required to be produced in original at the time of document verification also. The list of authorities empowered to issue SC/ ST/ OBC certificates are indicated below:

1. District Magistrate/ Additional Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/ Additional Deputy Commissioner/ Deputy Collector/1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate/ Sub-divisional Magistrate/ Taluk Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra Assistant Magistrate (not below the rank of 1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate).
2. Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tahsildar.
3. Sub-divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and or his family resides

• The candidates who want to avail the benefit of reservation of Ex. servicemen and Armed Forces personnel, must upload Discharge certificate and in case of children of Ex. Servicemen and children of Armed Forces serving certificate respectively (as the case may be) of his/ her parents at the time of online application for Railway Trade Apprentice.

Minimum Education 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 possess National Trade Certificate (ITI) in the notified trade issued by the National Council for Vocational Training or Provisional Certificate issued by National Council for Vocational Training/ State Council for Vocational Training. Copies of mark sheet & pass certificates of matriculation (10th std), provisional certificate/ National trade certificate (NTC) certificate issued by NCVT/ SCVT in the case of ITI and ITI Final Mark-Sheet must be uploaded. Mere completion of course is not sufficient. Candidates should have already passed the prescribed qualification on the date of issue of notification (Railway Trade Apprentice).

How to Apply

• Candidates are required to apply in Below Link (Railway Trade Apprentice Links). detailed instructions for filling up ONLINE applications will be available on this website (Railway Trade Apprentice).
• filling ONLINE applications and fill up the personal details/ BIODATA etc. carefully. 

NOTE-I: Candidates should be in possession of Aadhaar Card. At the time of registration, candidates have to fill 12 digits Aadhaar Card number. The candidates not having Aadhaar number and have enrolled for Aadhaar but have not received Aadhaar Card can enter 28 digits Aadhaar Enrolment ID printed on the Aadhaar Enrolment slip.

This provision is applicable to the candidates of all states and Union Territories except the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya and Assam. Applicants from these states can enter in the online application form, their voter ID number, valid passport number, driving license number or any other valid Government identity card at the time of online application. Candidates have to produce original Aadhaar card or document mentioned above, at the time of document verification.

NOTE-II: Candidates should ensure their name, father’s name, date of birth should exactly match as recorded in Matriculation or equivalent certificate. Any deviation found during Document Verification will lead to cancellation of candidature and also debarment.

NOTE-III: 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.

• Candidates have to choose only one unit.
• Candidates trying to submit more than one application with different particulars like Name/ Father’s name/ Community/ Photo (face)/ educational and/ or technical qualification etc. or with different Email ID/ Mobile Number are informed that all such applications will be summarily rejected.
• 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.

Scanned Photograph/ Soft Copy of Photograph

Candidates are required to upload their colour photograph as per specifications mentioned on the website with clear front view of the candidate without cap and sunglasses. Candidates may note that RRC may, at any stage, reject the applications for uploading old/unclear photograph or for any significant variations between photograph uploaded in the Application Form and the actual physical appearance of the candidate. Candidates are advised to keep two additional copies of the same photograph ready with them for bringing at the time of Document Verification.

Scanned Signature/ Soft Copy of Signature

Candidates are also required to upload their signature as per specifications mentioned on the website (Railway Trade Apprentice Website)

Documents to be Uploaded

Candidates are required to upload the legible scanned copy of following documents:

• SSLC (Standard 10th) or its equivalent mark sheet and Class-10 Pass Cerificate.
• Certificate for proof of date of birth (Standard 10th or its equivalent certificate or mark sheet indicating date of birth or school leaving certificate indicating date of birth).
• Consolidated mark sheet for all semesters of the trade in which applied / Provisional National Trade Certificate indicating marks.
• National Trade Certificate issued by NCVT or Provisional National Trade Certificate issued by NCVT/ SCVT.
• Caste certificate for SC/ ST/ OBC candidates, wherever applicable,
• Disability certificate, in case of PWD candidate.
• Discharge certificate / Serving certificate, in case of candidates applied against Ex-Servicemen quota. Production of original documents, as stated above, on the day of document verification is mandatory without which they will not be allowed to appear in the document verification. Certificates in languages other than English or Hindi should be accompanied by an attested translation in English/ Hindi.

Training Period & Stipend for Railway Trade Apprentice

• The candidates finally engaged will be provided Stipends at the prescribed rate as per the provision.
• No Hostel accommodation will be provided and selected candidates will have to make their own arrangement during their training as per Apprentice Act 1961 (Indian Railway Trade Apprentice Recruitment) and they will be released on completion of the training

Important Instructions

• The decision of the Railway administration in all matters relating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of the applications and mode of selection shall be final.
• No correspondences for engagement will be entertained.
• Candidature of the candidate shall be cancelled if he/she fails to produce the required original testimonials for verification or any other discrepancy noticed.
• Before applying, the candidates should ensure that he/she fulfills the eligibility and other criteria. If erroneously engaged, such candidates shall be summarily dismissed without notice at any stage.
• Candidates need not send any application printouts or certificates or copies to RRC by post. The candidature of the candidates will be considered only on the strength of the information furnished in the ONLINE application for North East Frontier Railway Trade Apprentice