Indian Ordnance Factories (OFB) Recruitment 2013 Notification has been published recently for recruitment of 1578 Chargeman for whi...
Indian Ordnance Factories (OFB) Recruitment 2013 Notification has been published recently for recruitment of 1578 Chargeman for which Engineering Diploma holders can apply. This advertisement was published in leading news papers including Employment News dated 31st August, 2013. As per the notification, the online application form for this recruitment was scheduled to start from 31st August, 2013.
However, the official recruitment website of Indian Ordnance Factories has put up a notice saying that the submission of application form for the Indian Ordnance Factories Recruitment 2013 has been stalled for time being and fresh dates are going to be issued soon for submission of the application forms.
This blog post helps you apply for the OFB recruitment by quoting the relevant information on Eligibility & Application Form by quoting the relevant information from above notification. In a subsequent blog post titled: Indian Ordnance Factory Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Papers & Books I would provide you the prep materials for the written exam.
But first, let us know Indian Ordnance Factories (OFB) as an organization.
What is Indian Ordnance Factories:
Indian Ordnance Factories is a family of 41 Ordnance Factories under the umbrella organisation called Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), with its its corporate headquarter at Ayudh Bhawan, Kolkata and under the Department of Defence Production of Ministry of Defence, Govt of India.
It is engaged in production, testing, logistics, research, development and marketing of a comprehensive product range in the areas of land, air and sea systems. Besides forty-one Factories, OFB consists of nine Training Institutes, three Regional Marketing Centres and four Regional Controllerates of Safety.
With a total manpower strength of over 1.5 lakhs, OFB is the world's largest government operated production organisation and is also the oldest industrial setup run by the Govt of India.
You can know more about Indian Ordnance Factories (i.e. OFB) in this About Us page as well as in Wiki.
Indian Ordnance Factory Vacancy 2013:
There are total vacancy of 1578 Diploma holders to be recruited as Chargeman in the OFB. You can find the Discipline-wise, category-wise break-up of these Indian Ordnance Factories vacancy in the table at left.
Indian Ordnance Factory Chargeman Salary:
Indian Ordnance Factory is offering the chargeman salary in the Pay-Scale of Rs. 9300-34,800/= in Pay Band-2 with grade pay: Rs. 4200/=. With this pay-scale, the salary is around Rs. 30,000/= per month.
OFB Chargeman Selection Process:
Selection process for the chargeman in Indian Ordnance Factory consists of a written test only - there will be no GD/Interview.
You can find more about Indian Ordnance Factory Exam in my subsequent blog post titled: Indian Ordnance Factory Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Papers & Books.
Indian Ordnance Factory Exam Centres:
Indian Ordnance Factory Exam 2013 would be held in following fourteen city/towns:
Ambernath, Aruvankadu (near Ooty), Badmal (Odisha), Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Medak (near Hyderabad) , Muradnagar (near Delhi), Nagpur, Pune, Trichy.
Indian Ordnance Factory Chargeman Eligibility:
Following are the eligibility required, if you want to apply for these chargeman positions in OFB:
Age Eligibility: (as on last date of application - to be announced)
Max. 27 years. Relaxations exists as per Govt rule.
Academic Qualification Eligibility:
For Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Electronics & Automobile disciplines:
3-years Diploma or equivalent in the relevant discipline, approved by AICTE.
For Chemical, Metallurgy, Clothing Tech & Leather Tech.disciplines:
3-years Diploma or equivalent in the relevant discipline, approved by AICTE OR
B. Sc. with General Chemistry as a major subject.
For IT disciplines:
Must pass "A" level competency certificate or equivalent qualification in Computer Science as recognized by Govt of India.
For Non-Tech (Stores) & Non-Tech (OTS) disciplines:
Graduation in Engineering/Technical/Humanities/Science/Commerce/Law from a recognized university.
If you have higher qualifications (Degree/M. Tech/PG), you can apply.
Indian Ordnance Factory Recruitment 2013 Application Form:
You can apply for the chargeman positions in Indian Ordnance Factory only through Online Application Form. There is no offline/manual form. The Application Fee is Rs. 100/= only.
As per the original notification, the Online form was supposed to be made available from 31st August with the last date of submission of form as 21st September. You were supposed to send the print-outs of the submitted online form to Indian Ordnance Factory, so that same is received within 28th September. But however, for reasons best know to OFB, the submission of the form has been deferred.
Please look out for fresh date for submission of form for Indian Ordnance Factory Recruitment 2013 in OFB home page as well as in this recruitment webpage. I would also look-out for further announcement and let you know when I spot the date for submission of form is announced.
As written exam is the only hurdle you have to face before the lucrative OFB chargeman job, please visit my subsequent blog post titled: Indian Ordnance Factory Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Papers & Books.
Bye for now!
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