(Notification) Ordnance Factory Recruitment For Industrial Employees (Semi-Skilled) & Labour Group 'C

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(Notification) ORDNANCE FACTORY RECRUITMENT for Industrial

Employees (Semi-Skilled) & Labour Group 'C

Introduction to Defence Ordnance Factory Board

Ordnance  Factory  Board  is  a  bicentenary  Government  organization  with  41  factories  spread throughout India  with State of Art defence production technology in diverse fields and 22 others establishments for Training, Safety, R&D, Recruitment etc.

Ordnance Factory Recruitment Centre, on behalf of all the Ordnance Factories invites ONLINE applications from eligible citizens of India for filling up vacancies/posts of Semi-Skilled grade Industrial Employees (IEs) Group 'C' in  different  trades and Labour Group 'C' in various Ordnance Factories located across India.

Eligible and interested citizens of India, willing to contribute to National Defence Production and defence preparedness of the country are invited to apply ONLINE through the following OFB link: www.ofb.gov.in

NOTE:  Ex-Trade  Apprentices  of  Ordnance  Factories  and  candidates  who  have  registered  with employment exchange are also required to apply online through the OFB link given above. There is no exception available and all the applicants are required to apply ONLINE necessarily.

Manual application/Hard Copy of applications is not allowed and will not be entertained.

Educational qualification:

NOTE: CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXAMINATION.

The  Candidates  applying  for  the  aforementioned  vacancies  should  ensure  that  they  fulfil  all eligibility conditions for the post/trade applied for. Their admission to all the stages of the selection procedure will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. Mere issue  of  admit  card  to  the  candidate  for  the  written  examination  will  not  imply  that  his/her candidature  has  been  finally  accepted  by  OFRC/OFB.  Verification  of  eligibility  conditions  with reference to original documents will be done only at the time of trade  test  in the respective factories.

NAME OF TRADE/POST

QUALIFICATIONS

Semi Skilled Workman

Matriculation + National Trade Certificate (NTC)/National Apprentice

Certificate  (NAC)  issued  by  National  Council  of  Vocational  Training

(NCVT).

Labour

Matriculation

For Ex-Servicemen Technicians with upgrading qualifications of Class – III equivalent to NAC. (With  due endorsement of the equivalence of Civil Qualification on their certificate)]

OR

Technicians  with  upgrading  qualifications  of  Class  –  II  &  Class  I equivalent to NTC. (With due endorsement of the equivalence of Civil Qualification on their certificate)

NOTE 1:     Degree/Diploma  holders  in  engineering  without  possessing  NAC/NTC  shall  not  be accepted as qualification for direct Recruitment for the posts of semi-Skilled Industrial Employees against this advertisement.

NOTE 2:     Trade-wise relevant NAC/NTC certificates required for Direct recruitment of Industrial employees are enclosed at Annexure-‘B‘.

NOTE 3:     While applying online, PH Candidates should ensure their eligibility for the trades by going through “Annexure-‘D ’- Posts identified suitable for Physically Disabled Category along with the Physical Requirements and Functional Classifications.

 

Age Limit:

18 to 32 year (Minimum Age 18 year for all categories) as on the closing date of online applications. Permissible relaxation of upper age limit for different categories is as given:

S. NO

CATEGORY

AGE RELAXATION AFTER UPPER AGE LIMIT

1.

OBC (Non Creamy Layer)

3 years

2.

SC/ST

5 years

 

 

 

 

 

3.

 

 

 

 

Ex-Trade Apprentice  of

Ordnance Factories

 

UR

up  to  the  Period  of  Apprentice  Training

undergone     By    The    Candidate    Under

Apprenticeship Act 1961

 

OBC (NCL)

3 years  +  upto  the  Period  of  Apprentice

Training   undergone    by    The    Candidate

Under Apprenticeship Act 1961

 

SC/ST

5 years + up to   the Period of Apprentice

Training   Undergone    by    The   Candidate

Under Apprenticeship Act 1961

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ex-Servicemen

 

UR

03 years in addition to the period of service

rendered in the defence services as on the closing date.

 

OBC (NCL)

06 years (3 years + 3 years) in addition to the   period   of   service   rendered   in   the defence services as on the closing date.

 

SC/ST

08 years (3 years + 5 years) in addition to

the period of service rendered in the defence services as on the closing date.

 

 

5.

 

 

Disabled Defence Services

Personnel

UR

Up to the age of 45 years

OBC (NCL)

Up to the age 48 years

SC/ST

Up to the age 50 years

 

 

6.

 

 

Persons with disability

UR

10 years

OBC (NCL)

13 years

SC/ST

15 years

 

 

7.

Candidates Domiciled In J&K ONLY From  01-01-1980 TO 31-

12-1989

UR

5 years

OBC (NCL)

8 years

SC/ST

10 years

 

8.

Upper   Age   limit   for   Central

Govt.        Civilian       Employees

UR

Up to the age 40 years

OBC (NCL)

Up to the age 43 years

 

S. NO

CATEGORY

AGE RELAXATION AFTER UPPER AGE LIMIT

 

(General/     Unreserved)      who

have  rendered  not  less than  3 years   regular   and   continuous service as on Closing date.

SC/ST

Up to the age 45 years

 

 

 

 

9.

 

 

 

Retrenched Central Government

Employee

 

UR

3  years  +  up  to  the  Period  of  previous

service under the Govt. of India

 

OBC (NCL)

06 years (3 year + 3 year) + up to the Period

of previous service under the Govt. of India

 

SC/ST

08 years (3 years + 5  years) + up to the

Period of previous service under the Govt. of India

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.

Whole time Cadet Instructors in

NCC

 

 

 

a)    Who are released from NCC after expiry of their initial/extended tenure

UR

3 years + Period of service rendered in NCC

 

OBC (NCL)

06 years  (3  years  +  3  years)  +  Period  of

service rendered in NCC

 

SC/ST

08 years  (3  years  +  5  years)  +  Period  of

service rendered in NCC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b)    Who are released from NCC before the expiry of their initial/extended tenure

 

 

UR

3 years + Period of service rendered in NCC provided  they  have  served  in  NCC  for  a period of not less than six months prior to their release from NCC

 

 

 

OBC (NCL)

06 years  (3  years  +  3  years)  +  Period  of

service  rendered  in  NCC    provided  they have served in NCC for a period of not less than six months prior to their release from NCC

 

 

 

SC/ST

08 years  (3  years  +  5  years)  +  Period  of

service  rendered  in  NCC    provided  they have served in NCC for a period of not less than six months prior to their release from NCC

 

 

 

11.

 

 

Ex-General Reserve Engineer

Force Personnel (GREF)

UR

3 years + Period of Service in GREF

 

OBC (NCL)

06 years  (3  years  +  3  years)  +  Period  of

Service in GREF

 

SC/ST

08 years  (3  years  +  5  years)  +  Period  of

Service in GREF

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.

 

 

Territorial Army Personnel who have service on the permanent staff of Territorial Army unit or have been embodied for service under T.A. Rule 33 for a continuous period of not less than six month

 

UR

3 years + Entire period of embodied service

including  broken  period  in  the  Territorial

Army

 

OBC (NCL)

06 years (3 years + 3 years) + Entire period

of   embodied    service   including    broken period in the Territorial Army

 

SC/ST

08 years (3 years + 5 years) + Entire period of   embodied    service   including    broken period in the Territorial Army

 

13.

Widows, Divorced woman and

woman judicially separated

 

UR

Up to the age of 35, but no relaxation of

educational   qualification   or   method   of

 

 

S. NO

CATEGORY

AGE RELAXATION AFTER UPPER AGE LIMIT

 

from their husbands and who

are not re-married

 

recruitment

 

OBC (NCL)

Up to the age of 38, but no relaxation of

educational   qualification   or   method   of recruitment

 

SC/ST

Upto the age of 40, but  no  relaxation of educational   qualification   or   method   of recruitment

 

 

14.

 

 

Meritorious Sportspersons

UR

5 years

OBC (NCL)

8 years

SC/ST

10 years

NOTE 1:     The crucial date for determining the eligibility criteria will be the closing date of ONLINE application. In so far as cases of Ex-Serviceman are concerned, deduction of the military service rendered from the age of  Ex-Servicemen is permissible against the reserved or unreserved posts and such exemption cannot be termed as relaxed standards in regard to age.

NOTE 2:     Ex-Servicemen and Physically Handicapped candidates may apply against posts even if

the posts are not reserved/ear-marked for them. However, only age relaxation and fee exemption will be granted and they will be considered without horizontal reservations, subject to the post being identified for PH.

NOTE 3:     Candidates  belonging  to  the  Scheduled  Castes,  the  Scheduled  Tribes  and  the  Other

Backward Classes who are also covered under any other clauses above, viz. those coming under the  category of Ex-servicemen, persons domiciled in the State of J & K, blind, Hearing  Impaired  and  orthopedically  handicapped  etc.  will  be  eligible  for  grant  of cumulative age relaxation under the respective categories.

NOTE 4:     Meritorious sportsperson in categories of sports specified as per extant rules (O.M. No.

15012/3/84-Estt (D) dated 12.11.1987), will be eligible for age relaxation in upper age limit up to a  maximum of 5 years (10 years in case of those belonging to Schedule Castes/Schedule  Tribes  and  8  years  in  case  of  those  belonging  to  Other  Backward Classes). This concession will be available only  to those sportspersons who satisfy all other  eligibility  conditions  relating  to  educational  qualifications  etc.  and  furnish  a certificate in the form and from an authority as prescribed.

Syllabus:

The syllabus for NEST 2017 primarily follows the NCERT/ CBSE science syllabus of class XI–XII. The detailed syllabus for NEST examination is provided in page:11-18 of this document. The syllabus can also be downloaded on the www.nestexam.in website under the ‘Syllabus’ tab. There is, however, no specific syllabus for the general section. This section tests candidate's familiarity with, but not detailed understanding of, major historical milestones in subjects like astronomy, biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, computer science and environmental science. Questions will be designed to test analytic abilities and comprehension of scientific passages. Some of the questions in this section may require knowledge of class X mathematics.

Application Fee:

Candidates are required to pay a fee of Rs.50/- as application fees. While filling the  online  application,  the  candidate  will  be  directed  to  the  payment  gateway  to  remit  the application fees.

·  After entering the relevant details, the candidates may remit the money through credit card, debit card or net banking through the payment gateway provided in the website.

·   CHALLAN MODE: Candidates may pay by cash in any branch of SBI through the SBI challan which  can  be  generated  and  downloaded  from  the  website.  Applicants  who  pay  by  cash (Challan Mode) should take a printout of the system generated challan slip during PART-II of the registration and deposit the fee at an SBI branch counter before the closing date of application. After the candidate remits the cash at SBI branch, she/he has to enter the transaction reference number by logging into ‘APPLICANT LOGIN’ and upload the stamped challan  displaying the transaction number. Please note that the option to upload the challan details will be available only 2 hours after downloading of the challan. Only after this process is completed, registration process of such  candidates who opt to pay by Challan Mode will be considered successfully completed.

Applicants who are unable to pay the amount on the closing date even with valid challan slip

will have the option for online payment mode also which will be open until 23:55 hours of 19th June 2017.  Applicants’ names whose payment details have not been received from the bank (for payment through Challan Mode) will be displayed on the website within two weeks after the  last  day  of  submission  of  online   application  as  fictitious  payment  cases.  All  such applications without the fees will be out rightly rejected.

·  Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances. The paid fees shall also not be carried forward for any other examination or selection.

EXEMPTION FROM PAYMENT OF FEE:  

SC/ST/Ex-Servicemen (eligible for reservation#) / Physically Handicapped   /Women/Ex-Trade  Apprentice  of  Ordnance  Factories  only  are  exempted  from payment of fee.

(#-Ex-servicemen who have already secured employment in civil side under Central Government in Group ‘C’ posts on regular basis after availing of the benefits of reservation given to Ex-servicemen for their re-employment are NOT  eligible for fee concession. However, she/he can avail of the benefit of reservation as Ex-serviceman for  subsequent  employment if she/he immediately, after joining civil employment, gives self-declaration/undertaking to the concerned employer about the date wise details of application for various vacancies for which she/he had applied for before joining the initial civil employment as mentioned in the OM NO. 36034/1/2014-Estt (Res) dated 14.08.2014 issuedby DOP&T.)

How to Apply:

The candidates are advised to examine all the options available and take an informed decision.

9.1    Candidate can apply to one factory only, as per his/her choice. Merit list will be prepared factory wise and select list will be made as per reservation roster applicable to the location of the factory concerned.  Candidate will be eligible to get the benefit of community/caste reservation only in case the particular caste to which the candidate belongs to is included in the list of reserved communities recognized by the State Government of the State in which the factory is located.

9.2    Candidates can apply for ONLY one trade: The candidates are advised to examine all the

options available and take an informed decision.  The candidate can apply to only one trade

of one factory, subject to eligibility as per Annexure B. However, in certain trade/post such as Examiner  (Engg), if a candidate  wishes  to apply for more than one trade (wherever applicable and eligible as  mentioned in Annexure B as “Single Application”), she/he must give their choice of trade in the order of  preference among the options, while filling the online application. In such cases, candidates will be empanelled based on merit-cum-choice subject to suitability. Post allotted to a candidate at first  opportunity  of empanelment in such a situation shall not be reviewed/revised/re-allotted under any circumstances.

9.3    Candidates  are  required  to  apply  online  through  the  website  http://www.ofb.gov.in.

Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned website.

9.4    SALIENT  FEATURES  OF  THE  SYSTEM  OF  THE  ONLINE  APPLICATION  FORM  ARE  GIVEN HEREUNDER:

a)    Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available through a link in the above mentioned website under the tab ‘Apply Online’ & ‘How to Apply’.

b)    The Online applications (Part I and II) can be filled from 29.05.2017 to till 23:55 Hrs on

19.06.2017.

c)    The candidate must ensure that before filling up of the Online Application, she/he must have the following ready:

·    Scanned photograph in 8-bit jpg/jpeg format of size 30 KB to 50 KB with resolution

140 pixel width and 60 pixel height and approx physical size 3.5 X4.5 cm. (Please note  that   applications  with  unclear  photo,  photo  with  cap,  wearing  goggles, disfigured or unidentifiable photo will be cancelled)

·    Scanned signature in 8-bit jpg/jpeg format of size 10-20 KB, 100 pixel width and 120 pixel  height  and  approx.  size  3.5  X  1.5  cm  (Please  note  that  applications  with unclear/illegible signature will be cancelled)

·    Scanned left thumb impression in 8-bit jpg/jpeg format of size 10-20 KB, 100 pixel

width  and  120  pixel  height  and  approx.  size  3.5  X  1.5  cm  (Please  note  that applications with unclear or smudged LTI will be cancelled)

·    Requisite certificates for SC/ST/Physically Handicapped/OBC-Non Creamy Layer/Ex Trade Apprentices/Ex Servicemen, as applicable, in 8-bit jpg/jpeg format size 30 KB to 50 KB with resolution 140 pixel width and 60 pixel height.

·    Details of Roll Number, Name of Board, Percentage, Year of passing of Xth Standard to be entered, as and when asked for.

·    Details  of  Trade,  Roll  Number,  Institute,  Semester  details,  Month  and  Year  of Passing, Total  marks obtained etc of NTC/NAC to be entered, as and when asked for.

·    Valid Photo ID Card with Number- Acceptable Photo IDs are Passport, Voter photo identity card, Driving Licence issued by RTO, PAN Card , Photo Identity card having serial number issued by  Central / State Government, Unique Identification Card "Aadhaar”,  Photo  identity  cards  having  serial  number  issued  by  public  sector Undertakings  of  State/Central  Government,  District   Administrations,  Municipal bodies and Panchayat Administrations.

·    In case candidate requires a scribe, scribe details such as Name, Mobile Number, Email ID, Address, Qualification to be entered and Scanned Photo of scribe to be

uploaded in 8- bit jpg/jpeg format size 30 KB to 50 KB with resolution 140 pixel width and 60 pixel height.

·    For   Ex   Servicemen-Discharge   details   to   be   entered   and   Scanned   Discharge

Certificate  to  be  uploaded  in  8-  bit  jpg/jpeg  format  size  30  KB  to  50  KB  with resolution 140 pixel width and 60 pixel height, as and when asked for.

·    For  Ex  Trade  Apprentices-  Details  of  apprenticeship  training  done  Ordnance Factories with relevant certificate to be uploaded in 8- bit jpg/jpeg format size 30 KB to 50 KB with resolution 140 pixel width and 60 pixel height, as and when asked for.

·    Details of credit card, debit card, net banking etc to be provided for fee payment, as and when asked for.

d)    Candidates will be required to complete the Online Application Form containing two stages viz. Part-I and Part-II, as per the instructions available through drop down menus. Candidates  have  to  completely   fill  up  the  information  in  both  the  stages  to  be considered eligible for appearing in the written examination.

e)    On completing Part I, the candidates will receive an Application Registration Number (ARN) on the same mobile number which they entered. Input of erroneous or incorrect mobile number in Part I will lead to incomplete registration.

f)    On  successful  completion  of  Part  I  and  receipt  of  Application  Registration  Number through SMS, the candidate should login through ‘APPLICANT LOGIN’ in the website and complete all the  information/formalities of PART-II, including fee payment, as per the dropdown menus and guidelines.

g)    The candidates are required to pay a fee of Rs.50/- Rupees Fifty only) [excepting SC/ST/

Female/Physically Handicapped candidates who are exempted from payment of fee] either by payment gateway integrated in the website by using credit card, debit card or net banking or by depositing the money in any branch of SBI by cash (through challan downloaded from this website).

 

·  CHALLAN MODE: Candidates may pay by cash in any branch of SBI through the SBI challan which can be generated and downloaded from the website. Applicants who pay by cash (Challan Mode) should take a printout of the system generated challan slip during PART-II of the registration and deposit the fee at an SBI branch counter before the closing date of application. After the  candidate  remits the cash at SBI branch,  she/he  has  to  enter  the  transaction  reference  number  by  logging  into

‘APPLICANT  LOGIN’  and  upload  the  stamped  challan  displaying  the  transaction

number. Please note that the option to upload the challan details will be available only 2 hours after downloading of the challan. Only after this process is completed, registration process of such  candidates who opt to pay by Challan Mode will be considered successfully completed.

h)    Applicants who  are unable to pay the amount on the  closing date even with valid

Challan Slip will have the option for online payment mode also, which will be open until

23:55 hours of 19th June 2017.

i)     The candidates must ensure that while filling their Application Form, they are providing their valid and  active E-Mail IDs as OFRC may use electronic mode of communication while contacting them at different stages of examination process.

j)     The candidate shall print and retain the application forms with themselves only to be produced   by   her/him   later,   at   the   time   of   document   verification/trade   test. Candidates are NOT required to send hard copy of application forms to the respective Factory/OFRC/OFB.

k)    Candidates are strongly advised to apply online well in time without waiting for the

last date for submission of Online Applications.

9.5    Any duplicate applications with different trades/factories will be summarily rejected. The applicants are advised to submit only single application. However, if due to any unavoidable situation, if she/he submits  another/multiple applications, then she/he must ensure that application with the higher Application Registration Number/last application is complete in all respects like applicants’ details, examination centre, photograph, signature, fee etc. The applicants who are submitting multiple applications should note that only the applications with higher Application Registration Number/last application shall be entertained by OFRC and fee paid against one registration shall not be adjusted against any other registration nor refunded under any circumstances.

Important Dates

  • Start of Online application for 2017: May 29, 2017 
  • Closing of Online application: June 19, 2017 

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Courtesy: Ordnance Factory Recruitment