SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Office of the Chief Workshop Manager
Carriage & Wagon Works
Personnel Branch 
Chennai- 600 023

.No. CPB/P1/98/Act/TP/Vol.XXI 

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit:https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/
Closing of Online Application: 30.06.2021

Closing of Online Application: 30.06.2021

 ENGAGEMENT OF ACT APPRENTICES UNDER APPRENTICES ACT 1961 NOTIFICATION-01/2021

ONLINE applications are invited from eligible candidates for engagement as Apprentices for
imparting training under the Apprentices Act, 1961 in the designated trades at various
Divisions/Workshops/Units in the jurisdiction of Southern Railway.

Candidates residing in the following locations/areas falling within the Geographical Jurisdiction of Southern Railway alone are eligible to apply. 1. Whole State of Tamil Nadu 2. Whole Union Territory of Puducherry 3. Whole State of Kerala 4. Whole Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands 5. ONLY the two districts of Andhra Pradesh, namely, SPSR Nellore and Chittoor. 6. ONLY one district of Karnataka, namely, Dakshina Kannada

i) Carriage & Wagon Works, Perambur : 
Post: (i) Fitter
A. FRESHER Category:
No. of posts: 30

B) Ex-ITI Category:
No. of posts: 80

c) LOCO WORKS/PERAMBUR 
No.of posts: 142

d) ENGINEERING WORKSHOP/ARAKKONAM
No. of posts: 25

e) CHENNAI DIVISION – RS/AJJ
No. of posts: 15

f) CHENNAI DIVISION – RS/AVD
No. of posts: 44

g) CHENNAI DIVISION – RS/TBM
No. of posts: 15

h) CHENNAI DIVISION – DSL/TNP
No. of posts: 07

i) CHENNAI DIVISION – C&W/Mech
No. of posts: 35

j) CHENNAI DIVISION – RS/RPM
No. of posts: 02
 (ii) Machinist
a. ENGINEERING WORKSHOP/ARAKKONAM : 
No. of posts: 12

b. CHENNAI DIVISION – RS/AJJ
No. of posts: 2

c. CHENNAI DIVISION – C&W/Mech
No. of post: 01

4% of Apprentices to be trained are reserved for person with disability.

Low Vision can apply

Definition of Disabilities: 

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 an appropriate assistive device

Disability Certificates:
A physically handicapped person who wants to avail the benefits of reservation would
have to submit disability certificate issued by the Central or State Government. 

Academic Qualification:

Fitter: Should have passed 10th Class (with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks) under 10, +2 System of
education or its equivalent.

Machinist: Should have passed 10th Class (with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks) under 10 +2 System of
education and ITI course in the relevant trade in Government recognized ITI.

Note i) Minimum 50% marks in SSLC not applicable for SC/ST/PwBD candidates.

 ii) Course Completed Act Apprentices, Engineering Graduates and Diploma holders are NOT eligible to apply. 

AGE LIMIT: The candidates should have completed 15 years of age and should NOT have
completed 22/24 years for Freshers/Ex-ITI, MLT respectively. 

 The Upper age is relaxable by 3 years for OBC, 5 years for SC/ST candidates and 10
Years for Person with Benchmark Disability (PwBD). 

All communication from the Administration will be sent by SMS or e-mail only and
selected/Eligible candidates list will be uploaded in the Southern Railway Website.

 Candidates should maintain the same mobile number & e-mail ID till the selection is completed and
Administration will not be responsible for non-receipt of communication due to change in
mobile number or e-mail ID.