62,390 Constable jobs are available now in eight police organizations: BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP, SSB, NIA, SSF and Assam Rifles. If you want to apply or know anyone who would want to, Download the SSC Constable Recruitment 2015 Notification and find the Application Form from here.
SSC has thrown open flood gate of opportunities for those of you who would like to join in police forces – it has published the notification for SSC CAPF Constable Exam 2015. Through this exam, SSC is going to recruit 62,390 constables in eight police organizations: BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP, SSB, NIA, SSF and Assam Rifles. The minimum qualification requirement for this CAPF constable job is matriculation and if you are interested, you can submit the application form till 23rd February, 2015.
This blog post helps you apply for the exam with ease. Another follow-up article: SSC CAPF Constable Exam 2015 Syllabus, Pattern, Sample Papers & Prep Books would help you prepare for the exam by providing you the study materials.
First: the Selection Process:
The selection for the post of constables in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) consists of following stages:
1.0 Physical Standards Test (PST)
2.0 Physical Endurance Test (PET)
3.0 Written Exam (both online and offline).
4.0 Detailed Medical Examination (DME) followed by Review Medical Examination (RME).
You would be allowed to appear in the written exam only if you qualify the PST & PET. The exam is going to be held on 4th October, 2015. After the exam, a merit list would be prepared state-wise without making Force allocation. The Force allocation (i.e. whether you would be offered job in BSF or CISF etc.) would be done by the Ministry of Home Affairs / CRPF. CRPF is the coordinating member of these police forces for this recruitment.
Number of Constable Vacancy:
As said, there are a total of 62,390 vacancies for constables.
You can find the department-wise (i.e. force-wise) vacancy in the table below:
Salary:
Salary being offered for these CAPF Constable Job is in the pay-scale of Pay Band – I: Rs 5200-20200 + Grade Pay Rs 2000/-.
Eligibility for Constable job in CAPF:
Age: (as on 01.08.2015)
Minimum 18 years, Maximum: 23 years.
(Date of Birth not earlier than 02.08.1992 and not later than 01.08.1997).
Educational Qualification (as on 01.08.2015)
Matriculation or Class-10 pass from a recognized board/university.
In addition to above eligibilities, you would need to have following Physical standards:
a) Height: For Males : 170 cms, For Females : 157 cms.
b) Chest: For males only – Unexpanded : 80 cms, Expanded : Min expansion 5 cms.
c) Weight: For males and Females : Proportionate to height and age as per medical standards.
There are some relaxations, based on which region you below from which is given in page: 10/11 of the notification.
Also, you would need to qualify following Physical Efficiency Test (PET):
Race: Male: 5 Kms in 24 minutes; For Female: 1.6 Kms in 8 ½ minutes
Race: For candidates of Ladakh Region: Male: 1 Mile in 6 ½ minutes; Female: 800 meters in 4 minutes.
Format of SSC Constable Exam 2015:
The written test consists of a single Objective type paper containing 100 questions of 100 marks. The duration is two Hours. The four test sections in the paper are:
1.0 General Intelligence and Reasoning.
2.0 General Knowledge and General Awareness.
3.0 Elementary Mathematics.
4.0 English/Hindi.
Each section has 25 questions. The exam would be held both online and offline. You can find more about the exam in my blog post on Prep materials for SSC CAPF Constable Exam 2015.
You can find the list of places where the exam would be held in Section: “7. Centres For Examination” in Page 8 of the notification.
SSC CAPF Constable Exam 2015 Application Form:
Application Form is available both Online and Offline.
But however, you can apply offline only if you belong to the states of J&K and North-East and from Left Wing Extremism affected areas and border districts. Details of these districts are given in Annexure XIII & XIV in page: 40 & 41 of the notification. Candidates from these areas can apply both Online and Offline.
If you do not belong to above areas, there is no other way for you but to apply only through online application form for SSC CAPF Constable Exam 2015.
How to apply for this recruitment is given clearly in section: 12. How to apply in page-17 of the notification. Also, how to submit the online Application form is given in this Guideline page.
If you have gone through the same carefully please
Admit Card / Call letter for SSC CAPF Constable Exam 2015:
First phase of the selection process is PST/PET.
For those who apply through online form, the Admit card for PST/PET would be available only online.
However those who apply offline, the admit card would be available online as well as same would be dispatched by post. To download the Admit Card please use this CRPF website from 15-4-2015 to 15-5-2015.
Hope above write-up on how to apply for this job opportunity in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) helps you. What next? To prepare for the exam, visit the Prep materials for SSC CAPF Constable Exam 2015.
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