Posts available and Eligibility
Cat No |
Name of the Post |
Pay Band and GP |
Medical Std |
Educational Qualification |
1 |
Commercial |
9300-34800 |
C 1 |
Degree from recognized University or its equivalent. Diploma in Rail Transport and Management from the Institute of Rail Transport will be an additional desirable qualification. |
2 |
Traffic |
9300-34800 |
A 2 |
Degree from recognized University or its equivalent. Diploma in Rail Transport and Management from the Institute of Rail Transport will be an additional desirable qualification. |
3 |
ECRC |
5200-20200 |
C 1 |
Degree from recognized University or its equivalent. |
4 |
Goods |
5200-20200 |
A 2 |
Degree from recognized University or its equivalent. |
5 |
Jr. Accounts |
5200-20200 |
C 1 |
Degree from recognized University or its equivalent. Preference to persons with I & II Divisions, Honours |
6 |
Sr. Clerk cum Typist |
5200-20200 |
C 1 |
Degree from recognized University or its equivalent. |
7 |
Assistant Station Master (ASM) |
5200-20200 |
A 2 |
Degree from recognized University or equivalent. Diploma in Rail Transport & Management, Transport Economics, Multimodal Transport(Containerization) awarded by Institute of Rail Transport, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi will be desirable qualification. |
8 |
Traffic |
5200-20200 |
A 2 |
Degree from recognized |
Age on 01.07.12 should be 18 - 33
Last date : 11.06.2012
For candidates residing in Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Lahaul & Spiti districts and Pangi sub-division of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshwadeep islands and for candidates residing abroad, the closing date for receipt of applications by posts will be 26.06.2012 up to 17.30 Hrs.
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RRB Exam
- Dates of all examinations and results are published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar, local dailies and in the website of the Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs).
- Call letters for written examinations are sent to candidates by ordinary post.
- The candidates whose applications are rejected are also intimated through post along with the cause of rejection.
- The details of provisionally eligible as well as ineligible candidates for a particular post are also put on the website of the Railway Recruitment Board concerned at least one week prior to the written examination for that post.
Selection
- The function of the RRBs is to recommend names of suitable candidates to the Chief Personnel Officer of the Zonal Railway concerned / Production Unit who in turn issues the offer of appointment letter subject to the availability of vacancies and candidates being found medically fit and satisfying all eligibility criteria.
Salary
- Emoluments on initial appointment will be minimum pay in the pay band plus grade pay plus other allowances admissible at that time. During training period only stipend will be paid as applicable.
SC/ST Candidates
- Free Second Class Railway Pass as and when admissible will be issued to the candidates belonging to SC/ST communities when they are called for written examination /document verification provided they submit valid caste certificate.
General conditions
- Selected male candidates who are finally appointed are liable for active service in Railway Engineer’s Unit of Territorial Army.
Ladies
- Female candidates are also eligible. However, it may be noted that some categories involve duties, which are arduous in nature and call for working in shifts at odd hours, at road side station also away from headquarters.
Serving employees
- For the serving Group ‘C’ and Group ‘D’ Railway Staff and casual labour /substitutes, the relaxation in upper age limits will be upto 40 years for Unreserved candidates, 45 years for SC/ST candidates and 43 years for OBC candidates, provided they have put in a minimum of 3 years service (continuous or in broken) spells.
Fees
- No examination fees for SC / ST / Ex-Servicemen / Physically Handicapped / Women / Minorities / Economically backward classes candidates having annual family income less than Rs. 50000/-.
- For Unreserved Male / OBC Male candidates (who is not coming within the purview of minority/Economically backward communities) Examination fee of Rs. 60/- for each application.
- Candidates should send separate application for each RRBs.
- The examination fee is non-refundable.
- It should be paid in the form of a crossed Demand Draft valid for a period of Six months to be drawn at the main branch of any of the Nationalized Banks, or in the form of Crossed Indian Postal Order drawn in favour of “Assistant Secretary, or Deputy Secretary or Secretary or Member Secretary or Chairman of Railway Recruitment Board concerned.
- The candidates should write the Centralised Employment Notice No., Name of the post applied for, Category Number of the post and their name and postal address on the reverse side of the Bank Draft/Front side at the space provided in the Indian Postal Order.
Instructions to fill out application form
- Application Form should be in a good quality A4 size bond paper (80 GSM) using one side only.
- Application should be sent by ordinary post to reach concerned RRB before last date.
- A candidate shall be free to apply to more than one RRB but he / she will be doing so at his / her own risk as the examination will be held by all RRBs on the same date.
- The application form should be filled up by the candidate in his/her own handwriting, with blue or black ballpoint pen (not in pencil, fountain pen or gel pen) dated , signed and put his/her left hand thumb impressions at the prescribed places.
- The signatures must be in running hand and not in block capital or disjointed letters. Candidates should note that only the Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/High School Examination Certificate .
- Only international numerical i.e. 1, 2, 3 etc. should be used.
- The application form should be filled up in English or in Hindi only.
- Applications signed in capital letters/spaced out letters will be treated as invalid.
- The candidate’s Name, Address with Pin Code, Date of Birth, Father’s Name and nearest Railway Station should be written legibly in English in bold capital letters, even if the candidate fills up the application form in Hindi.
- The candidates should sign in the space provided in the box below the photograph. One identical extra colour photograph should be enclosed with the application, indicating candidate’s name and category number on the reverse of the photograph.
- In item No.9 of application form, the candidates should indicate any clear visible mark of identification on their body like a mole on the nose, cut-mark on the forehead in the left side or a scar mark below the left arm, etc
- The candidate should copy the paragraph at item No. 12 of the Information Sheet in English/Hindi in their own running handwriting (not in capital/spaced out letters).
- The candidates should put their Left Hand Thumb impression at the designated places in the Application Form and in the Information Sheet
Envelope
- One envelope should contain one application only.
- The envelope containing the application should be clearly super-scribed “Application for the Post/s of _________________________Category No./s __________ Centralised Employment Notice No. of RRB/ , Community (SC/ST/OBC/PWD/Ex-SM)”.
ENCLOSURES:
- The following enclosures as applicable to each individual candidate should be firmly stitched along with the application in the given order.
- Application form in the prescribed format.
- Information sheet in the prescribed format.
- A valid Indian Postal Order or the Bank Draft for the amount as prescribed in the Centralised Employment Notice. Wherever required.
- One copy of identical passport size colour photograph firmly stitched to the application (apart from one copy pasted on the form).
- Self-Attested Photostat copy of caste certificate form competent authority in the case of SC/ST candidates.
- Disability Certificate in prescribed format by persons with disabilities.
- Declaration for visually handicapped candidates.
- Self attested copy of discharge certificate of Ex-serviceman.
- Income certificate in prescribed form for waiver of exam fee for Economically backward candidates.
- Self - declaration of Minority community for waiver the examination fees.
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Comments
You can be posted in a
You can be posted in a station in Secundarabad Division after training. Promotion channel will be Sr. CC/ Head CC.
sir, I have applied for the
sir,
I have applied for the post of goods guard(CEN 03/2012) in rrb thiruvananthapuram. Till date I have not got any information. How to know that my application is accepted/rejected.
Status of application will be
Status of application will be known only after RRB posts status on its site, normally before 1 week of exam.
sir, I'm doing my final year
sir,
I'm doing my final year in computer science of engineering,I m in my final year please tell me what are the exams to be written so that I can get into railways and what are the books required to prepare for the examination...Please guide me and help me out.
Please send me the answers to my mail id please..
with regards
Jamunaji, You need to
Jamunaji, You need to complete your Degree first to apply for Railway job. With Degree in Computer Science you may not find suitable job in Railways. You can apply for general Graduate categories like Station Master , ECRC etc. if you want. See preparation books here: https://indianrailwayemployee.com/flipkart_books
Hi Sir, My name sathish, I
Hi Sir,
My name sathish, I forgot to write my name and category number on the reverse of the photograph,
( One identical extra colour photograph should be enclosed with the application) can you please tell me my application status weather they are going to reject or considering.
Please reply sir.
RRB may reject the form. But
RRB may reject the form. But normally such minor mistakes will be ignored.
when exam of cen1/2012 for
when exam of cen1/2012 for ta ca &asm
Not yet decided by RRB.
Not yet decided by RRB.
Hi, Thanks for such imp.
Hi,
Thanks for such imp. suggestion.
Please let me know that which book is suitable for written exams.
I mean there are lots of book on the link given by you & all of them are for some special purpose.
Please tell us that which one is good for the preliminary exam(written)
Thanks!
Himanshu.
hello sir/mam i have given
hello sir/mam
i have given Jr. Engineer Exam if i clear this exam then how much time to take RRB for joining?
It can take 6 months to 18
It can take 6 months to 18 months depending on various factors like RRB, CPO office , DPO office, medical etc......
Hello Sir, Good evening. Sir
Hello Sir,
Good evening. Sir i applied for RRB sec for ASM in the month of June. the date mentioned as 28.10.12,is that final ? because in some sites details are not showing correctly...will u pls confirm this ,,,and the center will be secunderabad or HYD.i need to submit the reservation forms...so im kindly requesting you to pls confirma the EXAM DATE AND TIMINGS ALSO......
Thanking you sir,
Siri
sir plz can u possiblyb tell
sir plz can u possiblyb tell me the regarding info abt cet no 03/2012 as i applied for asm in rrb bhopal....til yet no news recieved...
plz inform me abt the exam date time.. and date of receivng rolll no
I have a certificate of
I have a certificate of diploma in rail transport and management. How it will help?
Will any numbers add in the total or they call first for document verification?
Is there any benefit for those candidate who's father is working in railways?
(CEN 03/2012)
No marks are added for the
No marks are added for the diploma. If marks of two candidate are same preference will be given to the one who has diploma. No preference for son of railway employees are given in RRB exams.
IS CEN 03/2012 POSTPOND TO
IS CEN 03/2012 POSTPOND TO ANY OTHER DATE??
Please provide the latest information about CEN 03/2012??
Thanks
Yes the exam is on postponded
Yes the exam is on postponded to Dec 2nd
please correct information
please correct information about rrb secunderabad asm exam date sir......
you are confirm my exam date
you are confirm my exam date & timming (ahmedabad&bangolare)
yes,it is on 28/10/2012
yes,it is on 28/10/2012
hi friends please send to me
hi friends please send to me RRB SECUNDERABAD A S M.EXAM ON 28/10/2012.
SO PLEASE SEND TO ME SILLBUS
THANKING YOU
IS CEN 03/2012 POSTPOND TO
IS CEN 03/2012 POSTPOND TO ANY OTHER DATE??
Please provide the latest information about CEN 03/2012??
Thanks
Dear friend, The exam date
Dear friend,
The exam date is 2nd dec irrespective of the RRB. All the best
can anyone confirm for sure
can anyone confirm for sure the postponement of Cen 3/2012 Written Exam was to be held on 28/10/2012?
becouse only rrb ahmedabad has mentioned about it on its notice for Cen 1/2012
no other rrb has mentioned it or put any notice as per my knowledge.
if anyone has seen any other notice by any rrb please share the details of the notice or the web link of it
thanks
what is the meaning for A-2
what is the meaning for A-2 medical standard for ASM...
See here for MEdical
See here for MEdical Standards : https://indianrailwayemployee.com/content/medical-examination-candidates…
Medical classification from A1(highest) to C2(lowest) is based on standards given in IR MEdical MAnual. For A1 and A2 toughest medical standards and vision capacity are needed.
sir, when is the exam date
sir, when is the exam date for rrb bilaspur notice no.03/2012
Dear Shitu, The exam date is
Dear Shitu,
The exam date is 2nd December 2012 for the graduate categories. It is applicable for all RRB.
HELLO SIR PLZ SEND
HELLO SIR
PLZ SEND RRB SEC SAM EXAM DATE..
once v write exam on 2nd dec
once v write exam on 2nd dec & clear what wil b the min time for joining date
it will take a time of 12- 24
it will take a time of 12- 24 months. RRB process are too slow. You have 2nd stage main exam once u clear the first stage, then you will be having cetrificate verification. Once u through with all these process, u will be receiving the appointment letter from the CPO of the zone. Then again you will be having a medical test and cetrificate verification from the respective zone too. If god favours and if you have patience you will get sucess. All the best
salary package for traffic
salary package for traffic apprentice post is around 27000... so as soon as we get appointed do we get the same package or do we get less at starting.
See here:
See here: https://indianrailwayemployee.com/content/gross-and-net-salary-some-popu…
sir, can anyone tel me the
sir, can anyone tel me the working timings and days of traffic apprentice job.
See here:
See here: https://indianrailwayemployee.com/content/job-profile-traffic-apprentice…
sir once v write examination
sir once v write examination , the minimum time to get the job might take around 6 months. is there any possibilities to get the job around 2 months. tel me any way through which v get early as possible
Once you write the exam it
Once you write the exam it will take normally 12-24 months to start the training.
Nobody can do anything to speed it up, unless Railway simplify the procedures.
Sir, I too applied for the
Sir, I too applied for the vacancy posts as per the Employment Notice 03/2012 on the Graduation basis. But I did not receive my hall ticket or rejection letter. Please tell me what to do.
Waiting for your reply,
Varahagiri Venkata Sudhakar
91-9966352523
Sir, I have applied for
Sir,
I have applied for ASM under GDCE in july 2012 & now i am posted as trackman in NF RLY. Would you please tell me when the examination will commence.
GDCE date will be decided by
GDCE date will be decided by the RRB concerned only.
Dear sir/madam, i am
Dear sir/madam,
i am persuing 7th sem BE(elctronics),i would like know to if there will be any appropriate posts in railways after my graduation.since i am from electronics and communication domain,are there any jobs specific to this domain???.What are the eligibility criteria that are to be cleared by me.Also i would like know benefits that i may avail since i am an SC candidate..My study course will end up in 2013 april,so which is the best time for me to apply for the jobs..
thank u..
You can apply for Section
You can apply for Section Engineer or Engineering Services Exam for Gazetted Engineer posts. Only after publication of result you can apply.
Sir I have applied for Junior
Sir
I have applied for Junior engineer signal post after writing the exam if result of exam get delayed for more than one year
then i can reappear for next year RRB notification for same post
please guide me
Yes, you can apply.
Yes, you can apply.
Thank You Sir
Thank You Sir
sir, I applied for rrb
sir,
I applied for rrb -ECRC,ASM, TRAFFIC APPRENTICE, COMMERCIAL APPRENTICE under notification 03/2012.I got the admit card for main (2nd stage) written examination.I would like to know the pattern ofexamination and also the syllabus of the exam.plz help me.
thank u.
sir, i was qualified in 1st
sir,
i was qualified in 1st stage of ASM graduate ntpc exam , sir please tell me the 2nd stage exam syllabus or pattern of ASM EXAM
Dear Sir, i have given the
Dear Sir,
i have given the exam of ca ta goods guards asm in RRB Ahmedabad on 18/08/2013.
I just want to know apprx. what would be the merit of this exam for general category?
I am awaiting for your reply.
Regards,
Prashant Singh
Sir, i have been selected in
Sir, i have been selected in main exam and called for ASM psychology test and typing test. Now I have 2 doubts,
1) will they provide system for typing test? They were asking to bring typewriter machine by our own. But I'm familiar with the system only