Railway Recruitment Board 2012 Notification Forms & Eligibility
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has issued recruitment notification 2012 this Saturday for a huge vacancy of 6829 posts of Apprentice, Goods Guard, Typist, Assistant Station Master etc through Centralised Employment Notice No.: 03/2012. As per the notification, last date to apply for these positions is 11th June and the RRB Prelims exam 2012 would be held on 28th October, 2012. This RRB notification came out in Employment News of 12th May.
This blog post apprises you about the important information contained in the above notification to help you apply for the same. In a subsequent blog post titled: RRB Exam Pattern, Papers & Books I would provide you the prep materials to prepare for this exam.
I had also posted exhaustive information on RRB previously and give below following two such articles which may give you a better understanding about RRB – what is it and how the recruitment is done:
RRB Exams Posts Salaries Eligibilities: Gives you an overview of different posts for which RRB recruits, along with their eligibility criteria.
Railway Recruitment Board Exams: Gives you a broad over view on what is RRB, list of RRBs in India along with their website and where to find recruitment notification of these RRB.
RRB Recruitment 2012 Vacancy:
As par the notification, there are 6829 RRB vacancies, Post-wise, category-wise RRB vacancy 2012 is given in the table at right:
Salary for the RRB positions:
Indian Railway is offering salary in following pay-scales for the positions mentioned against:
Commercial Apprentice (Pay Scale): Rs. 9300-34800 GP 4200
Traffic Apprentice (Pay Scale): 9300-34800 GP 4200
ECRC (Pay Scale): Rs. 5200-20200 GP 2800
Goods Guard (Pay Scale): Rs. 5200-20200 GP 2800
Jr. Accounts Assistant cum Typist (Pay Scale): Rs. 5200-20200 GP 2800
Sr. Clerk cum Typist (Pay Scale): Rs. 5200-20200 GP 2800
Assistant Station Master (Pay Scale): Rs. 5200-20200 GP 2800
Traffic Assistant (Pay Scale): Rs. 5200-20200 GP 2000
RRB Eligibility:
Eligibilities for appearing/applying in RRB Exam 2012 is given below:
Eligibility for Railway Commercial Apprentice:
Age Eligibility (as on 01/07/2012): Min 18 yrs, Max: 33 yrs.
Academic Qualification Eligibility: 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.
Eligibility for Railway Traffic Apprentice:
Age Eligibility (as on 01/07/2012): Min 18 yrs, Max: 33 yrs.
Academic Qualification Eligibility: 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.
Eligibility for Railway ECRC:
Age Eligibility (as on 01/07/2012): Min 18 yrs, Max: 33 yrs.
Academic Qualification Eligibility: Degree from recognized University or its equivalent.
Eligibility for Railway Goods Guard:
Age Eligibility (as on 01/07/2012): Min 18 yrs, Max: 33 yrs.
Academic Qualification Eligibility: Degree from recognized University or its equivalent.
Eligibility for Railway Jr. Accounts Assistant cum Typist:
Age Eligibility (as on 01/07/2012): Min 18 yrs, Max: 33 yrs.
Academic Qualification Eligibility: Degree from recognized University or its equivalent. Preference being given to persons with I & II Divisions, Honours & Master Degree. Typing proficiency in English/Hindi on Computer/Typewriter is essential.
Eligibility for Railway Sr. Clerk cum Typist:
Eligibility for Railway Sr. Clerk cum Typist:
Age Eligibility (as on 01/07/2012): Min 18 yrs, Max: 33 yrs.
Academic Qualification Eligibility: Degree from recognized University or its equivalent. Typing proficiency in English/Hindi on Computer/Typewriter is essential.
Eligibility for Railway Assistant Station Master:
Eligibility for Railway Assistant Station Master:
Age Eligibility (as on 01/07/2012): Min 18 yrs, Max: 33 yrs.
Academic Qualification Eligibility: 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 additional desirable qualification.
Eligibility for Traffic Assistant:
Above eligibilities for different railway posts have been given just to give you some ideas and you should refer to the eligibility given for the specific posts as given in the notification for more detail.Eligibility for Traffic Assistant:
Age Eligibility (as on 01/07/2012): Min 18 yrs, Max: 33 yrs.
Academic Qualification Eligibility: 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 additional desirable qualification.
Selection Process for RRB Recruitment 2012:
Selections to the above positions would consist of a two-stage written test - Preliminary & Mains.The written test would comprise of 100 to 120 questions to be answered in 90 minutes. RRB exam 2012 would consist of test sections -
General Awareness, Arithmetic, General Intelligence and reasoning.
In addition, qualifying Skill Test(Typing Test ) will also be conducted for the post of Jr. Accounts Assistant cum Typist/Sr. Clerk Cum Typist & Aptitude test will be conducted for the post of Assistant Station Master and Traffic Assistant.
You can find more details about this in my blog post titled: RRB Exam Pattern, Papers & Books.
In addition, qualifying Skill Test(Typing Test ) will also be conducted for the post of Jr. Accounts Assistant cum Typist/Sr. Clerk Cum Typist & Aptitude test will be conducted for the post of Assistant Station Master and Traffic Assistant.
You can find more details about this in my blog post titled: RRB Exam Pattern, Papers & Books.
Important Dates for RRB Recruitment 2012:
Date of notification and form availability: 12th May, 2012.
Last date for receipt of completed form:
11th June, 2012
Date of RRB Prelims written exam 2012: 28th October, 2012.
Date of RRB Prelims written exam 2012: 28th October, 2012.
RRB Recruitment 2012 Application form:
How to fill the RRB-2012 application form and apply is given in the section “4. How To Apply": in Page-4 &
section “1. General Instructions” in Page-3 of the notification.
Hope with above information you can apply confidently for RRB Recruitment 2012. Please visit me again for the blog post titled: RRB Exam Pattern, Papers & Books to find the prep materials to prepare for this exam.
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