INTEGRAL COACH FACTORY, CHENNAI -600038

(Website: https://pb.icf.gov.in)
Office of the Principal
Chief Personnel Officer
No. PB/RR/39/App Dated: 31.05.2023.

ENGAGEMENT OF APPRENTICES UNDER APPRENTICES ACT 1961

NOTIFICATION NO. APP/01/2023-24

ONLINE applications are invited from eligible candidates for engagement as

Act Apprentices for imparting training under the Apprentices Act-1961 &
RBE.No.120/2015 dated 06.10.2015 in the designated trades at Integral Coach
Factory, duly giving preference to candidates from Tamil Nadu. Applications
completed in all respects should be submitted online till 30/06/2023 by visiting
ICF web portal https://pb.icf.gov.in.

Opening Date of Online Application Date and time of Closing of Online

Application
31/05/2023 30/06/2023 till 17.30 Hrs.
Apprentices will be engaged in the following trades. The slots available in
various trades with communal break up are tabulated below for the information of
candidates. Vacancies indicated below are tentative and are subject to change and
the administration reserves the right to modify them.

FRESHERS Ex-ITI
UR OBC SC ST PwBD TOTAL UR OBC SC ST PwBD TOTAL

CARPENTER 18 11 6 3 2 40 22 14 8 4 2 50
ELECTRICIAN 9 5 3 2 1 20 47 28 15 8 4 102

FITTER 25 15 8 4 2 54 52 31 17 8 5 113

MACHINIST 14 8 5 2 1 30 19 11 6 3 2 41

PAINTER 17 10 6 3 2 38 23 13 7 4 2 49

WELDER 29 17 9 5 2 62 76 45 25 12 7 165

MLT-Radiology 2 1 1 - - 4 - - - - - -

MLT-Pathology 2 1 1 - - 4 - - - - - -

PASAA - - - - - - 4 3 2 1 - 10

TOTAL 116 68 39 19 10 252 243 145 80 40 22 530

Abbreviations used : SC - Scheduled Caste, ST - Scheduled Tribe, OBC - Other Backward
Classes, UR – Unreserved, PwBD- Persons with Benchmark Disabilities,
PASAA - Programming and System Administration Assistant.
MLT – Medical Lab Technician
Candidates belonging to ‘SC’, ‘ST’, and ‘OBC’ should necessarily enclose the requisite
certificate. Otherwise they will be considered as ‘UR’ only, with age limit pertaining
to UR.
Note:

(i) Candidates with qualifications viz. Engineering Degree / Diploma and

Course Completed Act Apprentices are not eligible to apply.

(ii) This notification is purely for giving Apprenticeship training and not for
employment.

(iii) In case of any clarification, candidates may contact 044-26147708

during office hours only i.e. from 09:30 to 17:30 hrs on week days and
from 09:30 to 12:25 hrs on Saturdays.

2. ELIGIBILITY OF PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILTIES:

Vacancies are reserved for persons with disability under the following
physical standards as per extant provisions. Training in the relevant trade will be
subject to permissible disability in the trade as noted below:

S.No. Trade Categories of disabled who could apply for Engagement

1 Carpenter HH,LV,OH – One upper & Lower limb partially damaged can
be accommodated.
2 Electrician HH,LV,OH – Partially lower limb students can be
accommodated.
3 Fitter HH,LV,OH – Lower limb partially damaged from one side can
join.
4 Machinist HH,LV,OH – Only small finger damaged can join
5 Painter HH,LV,OH – One upper & Lower limb partially damaged
6 Welder HH, OH – A person without leg and without three finger of
one hand can be accommodated.

Abbreviations: LV–Low vision, OH-Orthopedically Handicapped, HH–Hard of

Hearing.

2.1 Definition of Disabilities:

(i) (a) Blindness: Blindness refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of
the following conditions, namely

(i) Total absence of sight; or

(ii) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye
with correcting lenses.
(iii) Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or
worse.

(b) Low vision: “Person with low vision” means a person with impairment of visual
functioning even after treatment or standard refractive corrective but who uses or
is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with
appropriate assistive device.

(ii) Hearing Impairment: “Hearing impairment” means loss of 60 decibels or more

in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies. Hearing impairment
would also include persons who are deaf and dumb.
(iii) (a) Locomotor disability: “Locomotor disability” means disability of the bones,
joints or muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or
any form of cerebral palsy.

(b) Cerebral Palsy: “Cerebral Palsy” means a group of non-progressive conditions of

a person characterized by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain
insult or injuries occurring in the pre-natal, peri-natal or infant period of
development.

(c) All the cases of orthopedically handicapped persons would be covered under the
category of “locomotor disability or cerebral palsy”.

Only such persons would be eligible for reservation in services/posts who

suffers from not less than 40% of relevant disability.

2.2 Disability certificates:

A physically handicapped person who wants to avail the benefits of

reservation would have to submit disability certificate issued by the central/state
government.

2.3 Sources of engagement of Act Apprentices (As per Railway Board’s letter
No.E(MPP) 2001/6/7 dated 22.07.2002).

1. Nearest Employment Exchanges.

2. SC/ST Organisations.
3. ITIs wherever existing and
4. Wards of Railway employees.
The applicants who have registered with a local employment exchange
falling within the State of Tamilnadu alone are eligible to apply. The date of
registration with local employment exchange should not be beyond the last date of
receipt of the application.

However, this condition does not apply to wards of Railway employee who
at the time of document verification have to submit a copy of Identity
Card/‘SERVICE CERTIFICATE’ of the Railway Employee which should be attested
by the Gazetted Officer of the concerned unit in which the Railway employee is/was
working.

3. ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:

3.1 Age : 15 to 24 years.

Age of the candidate will be reckoned as on 30/06/2023.
The upper age limit is relaxable by 3 years for OBC candidates, 5 years for
SC/ST candidates and 10 years for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD),
candidates.
3.2 Minimum Educational Qualification& Training Period

Period of
Ex-ITI Qualification
Training
Should have passed Std X (with a minimum of 50%
Fitter, marks) with Science & Maths under 10+2 system or its
Electrician equivalent and also possess National Trade Certificate in the
1 year
& notified trade issued by the National Council for Vocational
Machinist Training or State Council for Vocational Training of one year
and above.
Should have passed Std X (with a minimum of 50%
Carpenter,
marks) under 10+2 system or its equivalent and also
Painter
possess National Trade Certificate in the notified trade 1 year
&
issued by the National Council for Vocational Training or
Welder
State Council for Vocational Training of one year and above.
Should have passed Std X (with a minimum of 50%
Programming marks) and also possess National Trade certificate in the
and System trade of Computer Operator and Programming Asst. 1 year
Admin. Asst. issued by the National Council for Vocational Training or
State Council for Vocational Training of one year and above.
Period of
Freshers Qualification
Training
Fitter, Should have passed Std X (with minimum 50% aggregate
Electrician & marks) with Science & Maths under 10+2 system or its 2 years
Machinist equivalent.
Carpenter & Should have passed Std X (with minimum 50% aggregate
2 years
Painter marks) under 10+2 system or its equivalent.
Should have passed Std X (with minimum 50% aggregate 1 year 3
Welder
marks) under 10+2 system or its equivalent. months
MLT
Should have passed Std XII examination under 10 + 2 1 year 3
(Radiology &
system with Physics, Chemistry & Biology. months
Pathology)

Note: (i) Candidates selected for training will not be allowed to withdraw from
training except for reasons, which are beyond their control. Before commencement
of the training, the candidates have to execute a contract of Apprenticeship.

(ii) Those who willfully absent themselves are liable to refund the whole cost
of their training as well as the amount paid as stipend as determined by the
Central Apprenticeship Adviser.

3.3 Rate of stipend:

1. Freshers – School pass-outs (class 10th) ₹ 6000/- (per month)

2. Freshers – School pass-outs (class 12th) ₹ 7000/- (per month)
3. Ex-ITI – National or State certificate holder ₹ 7000/- (per month)
Note: During the second year of apprenticeship training, there shall be an increase
of 10 percent in the prescribed minimum stipend amount and further 15 percent
increase in the prescribed minimum stipend amount during the third year of
apprenticeship training.
In the case of National or State Certificate holder, the period of training
already undergone by him or her shall be taken into account for the purpose of
determining the minimum payable rate of stipend.

4. HOW TO APPLY

4.1 APPLY ONLINE:

Facility for submission of online application will be available from

31/05/2023 to 30/06/2023 till 17:30 hrs on ICF website
https://pb.icf.gov.in

(i) Application will be accepted only through online mode.

(ii) Candidates who wish to apply need to log on to the ICF web portal
https://pb.icf.gov.in

(iii) Candidates should read the notification thoroughly and fill in the online
application form correctly & submit. Before filling the application form,
candidates should keep ready all the relevant documents/certificates and
image of recent passport size photograph (not more than 200 KB) in jpg/jpeg
format to fill the required data and to upload the photograph.

(iv) System generated registration number is the candidate’s individual

Registration ID. The password to generate acknowledgement is the date of
birth.

For login purpose, candidates should use the online registration number
generated, with password as date of birth in “ddmmyyyy” format.

(v) A processing fee of ₹100/- + service charges as applicable (non-refundable)

is to be paid through online mode. No application fee is required to be paid
by SC/ST/PwBD/Women candidates.

(vi) No request of refund of fee once remitted by the candidate will be

entertained by ICF under any circumstances.

(vii) Before clicking the submit button, the candidate is advised to check whether
the details fed in are correct.

(viii) Processing Fee Payment instruction (For candidates other than

SC/ST/PwBD/Women): After successful payment of processing fee of
Rs.100/- through online, a unique Transaction ID starting with ‘DU’ will be
sent by payment gateway system to the registered mobile number.
Candidates should preserve this Transaction ID for future references of
payment detail.

(ix) Candidates are NOT required to send/submit any documents including

system generated application form to ICF through Post/e-mail/FAX/By
hand.
(x) After final submission, candidates can generate the acknowledgement form
from the system. The candidates are advised to take a printout of the
acknowledgement generated by the system which is required to be
submitted at the time of Document Verification.

4.2 Mode of Communication: All communication from ICF administration will

be sent by SMS or e-mail only and the select/eligible list will be uploaded in
ICF web portal https://pb.icf.gov.in. All SMS communications from ICF
Administration will be from PBICF and will only be made to the mobile
number mentioned in the application. All e-mails will be sent by the
administration only from [email protected]. Candidates should
maintain the same mobile number & e-mail id till the selection is completed
& ICF administration will not be responsible for non-receipt of
communication due to change in his/her mobile number or e-mail id.
Candidates are advised to visit https://pb.icf.gov.in website for further
updates.

5. MODE OF ENGAGEMENT: The merit list will be based on marks obtained in

Std X.

5.1 Consideration when marks are equal: In the case of two candidates having
the same marks, the candidate having older age shall be preferred. In case
the dates of birth are also same, then the candidate who passed Std X
examination earlier shall be considered first.

5.2 Allotment of Trade: Fresher candidates are allowed to exercise their option
for trades. Based on the order of merit and availability of vacancy in the
respective trade, they will be allotted trade. Once trade is allotted, request
for change of trade will not be entertained. Candidates selected against
benchmark disabilities, relevant trade permissible to them alone will be
allotted.
In respect of Ex-ITI quota, they will be trained in the trade in which
they are in possession of ITI certificate.

5.3 Standard of Physical Fitness/Medical Examination: The candidate should

be physically fit as per the conditions applicable under the Apprentices Act,
1961 & Apprentices rules. Selected candidates should produce a Medical
Certificate at the time of document verification in the prescribed form signed
by Government authorized doctor (Gaz.) not below the rank of Asst. Surgeon
of Central/ State Hospital in terms of Railway Board’s letter No.
E(MPP)/2009/6/14 dated 04.12.2018.

5.4 Engagement and contract: The selected ITI/Non-ITI (fresher’s) candidates

have to execute a contract of apprenticeship under the Apprentices Act-1961
and if such candidate is minor his/her guardian can execute the prescribed
contract as per the guidelines of Regional Director of Apprenticeship
Training, Guindy, Chennai.

5.5 Transfer Certificate: Original Transfer Certificate for completion of

qualifying examination (Std. XII/ X/ ITI) must be produced during
verification of certificates.
5.6 Declaration: The candidates are required to submit a declaration to the
effect that he/she is aware that he/she does not have any right of
employment in ICF/Railways in future.

6. OTHER CONDITIONS:

(i) It should be noted that the selection and training are strictly in compliance
with the provisions of Apprentice Act, 1961 and NO EMPLOYMENT IS
GUARANTEED TO THE APPRENTICES ON COMPLETION OF THEIR
TRAINING.
(ii) The selected candidates should abide by the rules and regulations framed by
the Administration from time to time.
(iii) If any declaration furnished by the candidate is found to be false, he/she will
be disqualified/terminated at any stage of the training period without any
notice.
(iv) Accommodation must be at their own cost. ICF administration will not
provide any food/accommodation for the candidates.

ASST. PERSONNEL OFFICER/Gaz

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