CENTRAL RAILWAY
RAILWAY RECRUITMENT CELL,
Chief Project Manager (Conv)’s
Office Building, Wadibunder,
P. D’Mello Road,
Mumbai - 400 010

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://www.rrccr.com/Upload/Act_Appt_2018_19.pdf

LAST DATE FORRECEIPT oF APPLICATION: 25/07/2018

Engagement of Apprentices under the Apprentices Act 1961, over Central Railway.

ONLINE applications are invited from interested candidates for engagement of Act Apprentices for imparting training under the Apprentices Act 1961 in the designated trades at Workshops/Units in the jurisdiction of Central Railway against 2573 slots. Applications complete in all respects should be submitted only ONLINE till 17:00 hrs. of the closing date.

Candidates should note and take cognizance of the fact that this is a Centralized Notification for engagement of Act Apprentices under the Apprentices Act 1961 for Central Railway Units and Railway Recruitment Cell, Central Railway (RRC/CR) has been nominated as nodal agency for obtaining ONLINE applications
from candidates and preparation of their merit list. Candidates can submit their applications ONLINE only on RRC’s website www.rrccr.com 

Apprentices will be engaged in the following trades: 

1. Fitter 
No. of posts: 04
Training Period: One year

Units: 1. MUMBAI CLUSTER - CARRIAGE & WAGON (COACHING) WADI BUNDER,  SR.DEE(TRS) KURLA 
2. NAGPUR CLUSTER - CARRIAGE & WAGON DEPOTQualification: ITI
pass in trade to be eligible for Fitter
2. Electrician 
No. of post: 01 for Visually Impaired
Unit: MUMBAI CLUSTER, SR.DEE(TRS) KURLA 

The candidates should have completed 15 years of age and should not have completed 24 years of age as on 01-07-2018. 

Age relaxation: For Persons with Disability, upper age limit is relaxed by 10 years. 

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 possess National Trade Certificate 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.
Application fee: No fee is required to be paid by SC/ST/PWD/Women candidates. 

For the purpose of visually handicap (VH) candidates, definition of VH disabilities are as under:
a) Blindness
“Blindness” refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following condition, namely:
i) Total absence of sight, or 
ii) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/2000 (snellen) in the better eye with correcting lens;
iii) Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse.
b) Low vision (VH)
a) “Person with low vision” means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive corrections but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.  

Person with Disability (PWD) who wants to avail the benefit of reservation must produce a disability certificate issued by a competent authority (i.e. Medical Board duly constituted by the Central or State Government including one specialist in the particular field for assessing disability). Disability certificate should be strictly as per the annexure-III / IV / V / VI attached.

HOW TO APPLY: 

Candidates are required to apply ONLINE by visiting www.rrccr.com Detailed instructions for filling up ONLINE
applications will be available on the website.

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

Candidates have to choose only one cluster and within that cluster he can give units in order of preference. 

Candidates are required to upload their colour photograph (size 3.5 cm x 3.5 cm taken not later than three months from the date of application in colour, JPG/JPEG format, 100 DPI, size of the file should be between 20 kb-70 kb) 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.

Candidates are also required to upload their signature (size 3.5 cm x 3.5 cm, JPG/JPEG format, 100 DPI, size of the file should be between 20 kb - 30kb).

DOCUMENTS TO BE UPLOADED 

Candidates are required to upload the legible scanned copy of following documents: SSC (Standard 10th) or its equivalent mark sheet. 

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, as mentioned in Para 8.5 above

Disability certificate, in case of PWD candidate. 

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. No additional document will be accepted during document verification.
Certificates in languages other than English or Hindi should be accompanied by an attested translation in English/Hindi. 

The ONLINE application, complete in all respect, can be submitted through ONLINE process to RRC up to 25/07/2018 till 17.00 hrs. No physical copy of the application is required to be sent to RRC. Even if it is received, no cognizance will be given to it. 

TRAINING PERIOD & STIPEND
18.1 Act Apprentices will be paid stipend at the minimum rate as per the provision of Rule 11(1) of Apprenticeship Rules, 1992 (Revised stipend rate as per notification No. G.S.R.680(E) dated
22/9/2014).
i. During the first year of Training 70% of minimum wage of semiskilled workers notified by the respective State or Union Territory.
ii. During the second year of Training 80% of minimum wage of semiskilled workers notified by the respective State or Union Territory.
iii. During the third and fourth year of Training 90% of minimum wage of semiskilled workers notified by the respective State or Union Territory. 

No Hostel accommodation will be provided and selected candidates will have to make their own arrangement during their training as per Apprentice Act 1961 and they will be released on completion of the training. 

For any problems in the Online submission and printing of Application, call on 9136299182 & 9136299183 from 10:00 a.m. to 17:00 p.m. (except Sundays and Holidays) or email at 
act.apprentice2018@gmail.com