Notice for Walk-in-Interview for the post of Computer Operator and Programming

Assistant (COPA)

No. IRCTC/ SZ/ HRD/Apprentice Date: 22/08/2022

IRCTC/South Zone invite applications for engagement as apprentice trainees in Apprenticeship

Act in the trade/discipline Computer Operator and Programming Assistant (COPA) for a period
of one year as a measures of skill building initiative for the nation as detailed below
Upper age
Name and Mode of Place of
Essential Qualification limit as on
Number of Post Application Posting
01.04.2022
Computer Apply Educational Age limit : 16 Anywhere
Operator and through the Qualification: Passed to 25 years in Tamil
Programming portal: Matriculation Examination Nadu
Assistant https://www. with minimum 50% marks (Relaxation
(COPA) apprenticesh in aggregate from to SC/ST-5
ipindia.gov. recognized Board yrs., OBC-3
09 vacancies in yrs., Ex-
Technical Qualifications: Service Man-
Reservation as ITI certificate affiliated to 10 yrs.,
per Govt. of NCVT/SCVT is Differently
India guidelines compulsory in COPA trade abled-10 yrs
to be followed/
applicable

Selection Process:
 Selection will be based on the merit list prepared on the basis of percentage of marks
obtained in matriculation examination. There will be no written test or viva.
 Final selection of applicants would be subject to verification of original testimonials.

Important Dates:
Commencement of Online applications by Candidates 11.08.2022
Last date of online application 30.08.2022

Essential Qualifications:-

The Applicants should have already passed the prescribed qualification on 01.04.2022 as
under:-

Educational Qualifications: Candidate must have passed Matriculation Examination with

minimum 50% marks in aggregate from recognized Board.

Technical Qualifications: ITI certificate affiliated to NCVT/SCVT is compulsory in COPA

trade

Trades under which apprentices are to be engaged: Computer Operator and Programming
Assistant (COPA).
Reservation:
i. There will be a reservation to the extent of 4% for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and
10% for Ex-Servicemen. Person with Disability (PwD) who wants to avail the benefit
of reservation must produce a disability certificate issued by a Competent Authority
(i.e. Medical Board duly constituted by the Central or State Government including on
specialist in the particular field for assessing disability).
ii. The Applicants who want to avail the benefit of reservation of Ex-servicemen and
Armed Forces Personnel and in case of children of Ex-servicemen and children of
Armed Forces personnel, they must submit Discharge certificate or Armed Forces
Serving Certificate respectively (as the case may be) of his/her parents at the time of
verification.
iii. For SC slots, when the prescribed number of persons belonging to the SC is not
available, it will be filled by ST Applicants. For ST Applicants are not available, the
will be filled by SC Applicants. If the prescribed training slots for SC/ST Applicants
cannot be filled even in the above given manner, then the training slots so lying unfilled
will be filled by the persons not belonging to the scheduled castes or the scheduled
tribes i.e. Unreserved Applicants. Similarly, the seats remaining unfilled by OBC
applicants will be filled by Applicants of reserved category.
iv. The Applicants, who want to avail the benefit of reservation of SC/ST, must submit
his/her Caste certificate in the prescribed format at the time of verification.
v. OBC Applicants are required to submit OBC Caste Certificate with Non-Creamy layer
certificate valid for the year 2022-2023. Certificates should indicate Caste, Date of
Issue etc. and bear the Seal of the Issuing Authority.
Note:- PwD – Persons with Disability, the percentage of disability should not be less than
40%.

Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS):

Candidates who are not covered under the scheme of reservation for SC/ST/OBC-NCL and
whose family has gross annual income below Rs. 8.00 Lakhs (Rupees Eight Lakhs Only) are
to be identified as EWS for benefit of reservation for EWS. The income shall also include
income from all sources i.e. salary, agriculture, business and profession etc. for the financial
year prior to the year of Application.
The benefit of reservation under EWS can be availed upon production of an income and asset
certificate issued by Competent Authority. The income asset certificate issued by any one of
the following authorities only be accepted as candidate’s claim as belonging to EWS:-
a. District Magistrate/Addl District Magistrate/Collector/Deputy Commissioner/1st class
Stipendiary magistrate/Sub-Divisional Magistrate/Taluka Magistrate/Executive
Magistrate/Extra Assistant Commissioner.
b. Chief Presidency Magistrate/Addl Chief Presidency Magistrate/Presidency Magistrate.
c. Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar.
d. Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/or his family normally
reside.
The candidates applying against the vacancies reserved for EWS must possess Income and
asset Certificate as on closing date of registration of application for this notification.
Mode of Selection:
i. Selection will be based on the merit list prepared on the basis of percentage of marks
obtained in matriculation examination. In case of grading system of marking than
average of highest and lowest marks will be taken.
ii. In case of two applicants are having the same marks the applicants having older age
shall be preferred. 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.
iii. Final selection of applicants would be subject to verification of original testimonials.
iv. Candidates in the Stand-by list will be offered to join only on receipt of details of
absentees and rejected candidates from the Merit list.
v. The offers will be issued strictly in the order of Merit.
vi. The tentative schedule will be advised through mail. Applicants are advised to be in
readiness at short notice to report to concerned office for Document/Certificate
Verification.

Training Period & Stipend:

Training Period:- One Year

Stipend:-
Selected candidates engaged as Apprentices will be paid a stipend during the training at the
following prescribed rate as per extant rules:-
Sl. Prescribed minimum
Category
No. amount of stipend
1 School pass-outs (class 5 – class 9 )
th th
Rs 5000/- per month
2 School pass-outs (class 10th) Rs 6000/- per month
th
3 School pass-outs (class 12 ) Rs 7000/- per month
4 National or State Certificate holder Rs 7000/- per month
Technician (vocational) apprentice or Vocational
5 Certificate holder or Sandwich Course (Students from Rs 7000/- per month
Diploma Institutions)
Technician apprentice or diploma holder in any stream
6 Rs 8000/- per month
or Sandwich Course (Students from Degree Institutions)
Graduates apprentices or degree apprentices or degree in
7 Rs 9000/- per month
any stream

General Instructions:
1. Applicants should ensure their name, father’s name, date of birth should exactly match
as recorded in Matriculation or equivalent certificate. Any deviation found during
Document Verification will lead to cancellation of candidature and also debarment.
2. Applicants have to produce details of registration made on
https://www.apprenticeshipindia.gov.in portal.
3. Applicants are required to report for Document/Certificate Verification with their
Originals.
4. Applicants are required to submit their EWS Certificate, if he/she is claiming against
EWS Quota.
Documents to be Submitted:-
Applicants are required to submit the legible self-attested scanned copy of following
documents;
i. 10th Standard Mark Sheet and ITI standard mark sheet.
ii. Certificate for proof of date of birth (Standard 10 or its equivalent certificate or mark
sheet indicating date of birth or School Leaving Certificate indicating date of birth).
iii. Consolidated ITI mark sheet of all semesters of the trade in which applied/Provisional
National Trade Certificate indicating marks.
iv. National Trade Certificate issued by NCVT/SCVT or Provisional National Trade
Certificate issued by NCVT/SCVT.
v. Caste certificate for SC/ST/OBC Applicants.
vi. Disability certificate, in case of PwBD Applicants.
vii. Discharge Certificate/Serving Certificate, in case of applicants applied against Ex-
Servicemen quota.
viii. Applicants are required to submit hard copy of their colour photograph (size 3.5 cm x
4.5) taken not later than three months from the date of application, along with a soft
copy in JPG/JPEG format, 100 DPI, size of the file should be between 20 kb – 70kb)
with clear front view of the Applicants without cap and sunglasses. Applicants may
note that IRCTC may, at any stage, reject the applications for submitting old/unclear
photograph or for any significant variations between photograph submitted in the
application form and the actual physical appearance of the applicants. Applicants are
advised to keep two additional copies of the same photograph ready with them and
carry the same at the time of Document/Certificate Verification.
Note:- Candidates are advised to submit original documents along with 2 self-attested
photocopies on the day of Document verification

Important Instructions:
i. The decision of IRCTC in all matters relating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of
the applications and mode of selection etc. shall be final.
ii. No correspondence for engagement will be entertained.
iii. Canvasing in any form will disqualify the candidature and noo correspondence will be
entertained in the matter.
iv. Candidature of the Applicants shall be cancelled if he/she fails to produce the required
original testimonials for verification or any other discrepancy noticed.
v. No daily allowance/conveyance allowance or travelling allowance will be paid to the
applicants called for document verification
vi. After selection for engagement, request of applicants to change the trade will not be
entertained.
vii. Applicants will be trained only for the Trade in which they have been selected.
viii. Applicants selected for training will not b allowed to with draw from training except
for reasons, which are beyond their control.

Important Advisory:
Applicants will be selected purely as per merit. IRCTC has not appointed any agents for action
on its behalf. Applicants are warned not to fall under the lure against any such claims being
made by Persons/Agencies.
Impersonation/Suppression of Facts – Warning:
Any applicants found using unfair means of any kind in the document verification, sending
someone else in his/her place to appear in the document verification and attempt to impersonate
will be disqualified.
Applicants found submitting forged/fake certificates/documents of any kind for securing
eligibility and/or obtaining privileges shall lead to rejection of their candidature.
Applicants shall not bring in or attempt to bring in any political or other influence to further
his/her interest in respect of the engagement. Candidature of such applicants are liable to be
rejected.
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