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Western Railway WR has released Various Trade Apprentices 2024. Those candidates who are interested in this Railway RRC WR Mumbai Apprentices 2024-2025 can apply online from 23 September 2024 to 22 October 2024.

Age as on 22/10/2024

• Minimum Age : 15 Years.
• Maximum Age : 24 Years.

Dates

• Application Begin : 23/09/2024
• Last Date for Apply Online : 22/10/2024 upto 05:00 PM only.
• Pay Exam Fee Last Date: 22/10/2024

Fee

• General /OBC/EWS : 100/-
• SC / ST / PH : 0/-
• Female All Category : 0/-

IMPORTANT :-  Please read all the instructions in this notification carefully and ensure that you are eligible to
apply before filling the application form Online. Detailed instructions for filling up ONLINE
applications are available on the RRC – WR website- https://www.rrc-wr.com
 Applicants are advised in their own interest to submit Online Application much before the closing
date to avoid possibility of any failure to submit application due to heavy load/jam on website.
 In case the Applicant does not have a VALID personal e-mail ID he/she should create his / her own
e- mail ID before applying online application and must maintain that e-mail ID till the end of
engagement process.
 This is a Centralized Notification for engagement of Act Apprentices under the Apprentices Act
1961 being conducted by Western Railway and Railway Recruitment Cell, Western Railway
(RRC-WR) has been nominated as nodal agency for obtaining ONLINE applications from
Applicants.
 Applicants can submit their applications ONLINE only on RRC’s website https://www.rrcwr.com. The candidature of the Applicants will be considered only on the basis of the
information filled in the ONLINE application. Document Verification will be held in the
concerned Divisions & Workshops.
 In case of Direct Recruitment from Open Market to Posts / Categories in Level – 1 (Rs. 18,000/-
– Rs. 56,900/-), Course Completed Act Apprentices (CCAA) trained in Railway Establishments
and possessing National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) will be given preference in filling up
20% vacancies on qualifying the requisite norms notified by RRB/RRC.
1. Western Railway invites ONLINE applications from interested Applicants for engagement as Act
Apprentices against the 5066 slots notified for training in the designated Trades under Apprentice Act
1961 at various Divisions, Workshops within the jurisdiction of Western Railways for the year 2024-25.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:- (A) AGE CRITERIA as on 22/10/2024 (Closing date):- 2.1 The Applicants should have completed 15 years of age and should not have completed
24 years of age as on 22/10/2024. 2.2 SC/ST/OBC- Relaxation in Upper age limit by 05 years in case of SC/ST applicants and 03 years
in case of OBC Applicants.
2.3 Persons with Disability (PWD):- Upper age limit is relaxed by 10 years.
2.4 Ex-servicemen-Upper age limit is relaxed upto 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-service men status for
the purpose of their engagement.

MEDICAL FITNESS & PHYSICAL STANDARDS :-
5.1 Selected candidates called For DV will have to submit Medical Certificates in the prescribed
Proforma enclosed at Annexure G. The Medical Certificate should be signed by Government
Authorities Dr (Gaz) not below the rank of Assistant Surgeon of Central/State Hospital.
5.2 For differently abled Applicants/persons with Disability (PWD) the maximum Disability is
detailed category wise & Trade wise as under:
a. Locomotor Disability (LD) :-
TRADES MAXIMUM DISABILITY
Fitter / Turner Lower limb partially damaged from one side can be
accommodated
Welder A person without leg and without three finger of
one hand can be accommodated
Electrician Partially lower limb students can be accommodated.
Machinist Only small finger damaged can join
Painter (General) / Carpenter One upper & lower limb partially damaged.
Electronics Mechanic Without legs or leg.
Mechanic (Motor Vehicle) / Mechanic
(Diesel)
Upper limb partially damaged (Little finger and Ring
Finger) can be accommodated for both hands.
Lower limb partially damaged only one side can
be accommodated
Programming & Systems
Administration Assistant
Both lower limbs
Plumber A person without one or two finger of foot
& hand can be accommodated.
Refrigerator AC Mechanic i) Only one lower limb partially working can be
accommodated.
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ii) Small finger of each hand damaged can be
accommodated.
Draftsman (Civil) Partially without both legs or without one leg &
upper left limb damaged.

MODE OF SELECTION:- 6.1 Selection of the eligible Applicants for imparting training under the Apprentice Act, 1961 will be based on the merit list which would be prepared taking the average of the percentage of marks obtained by the Applicants in both Matriculation [with minimum 50% (aggregate) marks] and ITI examination giving equal weightage to both.
6.2 In case of two Applicants ·having the same marks the Applicants having older ageshall bepreferred. In
case the dates of birth are also same, then the Applicants who passed matriculation exam earlier shall
be considered first. There will be no written test or viva. 6.3 Applicants need not send any copies of application/ certificates / documents to RRC/WR by post but
have to upload the same online.
6.4 Calculation of marks: 6.5 For the purpose of calculation of percentage of SSC / Matriculation marks, Total Marks of all Subjects
mentioned in the Marksheet. (Not best of five but total of all subjects including optional subject
/additional subject/ alternate subject, etc). CGPA obtained by the applicants should be converted to
actual marks and duly entered by the applicant in the online application. Please note that the final
score should be calculated by adding the marks of all subjects not of any group of subjects.
6.6 For the purpose of calculation of percentage of ITI marks, average marks mentioned in consolidated
statement of marks for all semesters of the trade applied i.e. Marks mentioned in the Provisional
National Trade Certificate issued by NCVT ISCVT, which is to be duly entered by the applicant in the
online application will only be reckoned.
a. The applicant should note that in case any discrepancy in the Marks/CGPA
entered in the online application and the Original Marksheet/ Certificate, is found
at the time of Document Verification, the candidature of the Applicants will be
rejected summarily. 6.7 The Trade-wise/ Community-wise Merit List will be issued by the concerned Division/Units for their
Notified slots. Applicants will be called by the concerned Division/Units as per the Merit in the
relevant trade considering the Divisions/ Workshop opted by the candidate. In case of any shortfall in
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any particular trade in any given Division/Workshop, Western Railway reserves the right to Redistribute the candidates to other Divisions/Workshops.
6.8 Final selection of Applicants would be subject to verification of original testimonials and Medical
Fitness Certificate as per Annexure G.
6.9 Candidates in the Stand- by list will be issued Call Letters only on receipt of details of absentees,
medically unfit and rejected candidates from the Merit list allotted to the concerned
Divisions/Workshop. The Call letters will be issued strictly in the order of Merit.
6.10 Applicants are advised to be in readiness at short notice to report to the allotted Divns & Workshops
for Document / Certificate Verification