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What are the educational requirement for getting the post of Custom Officer at Airport? How can one apply for it? Is is done through any entrance? And, what is the pay scale of Custom Officer at Airport?

Airport Customs officer falls under group A for class one officers in Indian Administrative Service.
Selection of eligible candidates to this post is carried out through civil services examination(CSAT). Graduate in any stream from a recognised educational instruction is the basic qualification required to attend the exam.

Spirits who have completed their bachelor degree from a recognised Institute are eligible to apply for the post.
The qualifying degree must be obtained in any stream with minimum 55% marks.
Those who have completed 21 years of age are only eligible to apply for the post of Customs officer.

Airport Customs officer falls under group A or class one officers in Indian Administrative Service. Selection of eligible candidates to this post is carried out through civil services exam (CSAT). Graduation in any stream from a recognised educational institution is the basic qualification required to attend exam. Those who pass CSAT can get into the role of Customs officer under Indian customs and Central Excise service.

To become Custom Officer at Airport you have to appear and qualify in Civil Service Examination.

The examination is conducted by UPSC.

It is conducted in three stages and you will become eligible for selection after qualifying in all the stages.

For more information about the examination visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

The pay scale is Rs 37,000- 67,400.

Pay Scales of Various Designations in Central Excise are given below:

Group ‘A’ Salary. Grade pay

Chief Commissioner. PB-4(37400-61000) 12000

Commissioner. PB-4(37400-61000) 10000

Additional Commissioner. PB-4(37400-61000) 8700

Joint Commissioner. PB-3(15600-39100) 7600

Deputy Commissioner. PB-3(15600-39100) 6600

Assistant Commissioner. PB-3(15600-39100) 5400

Chief Accounts Officer. PB-3(15600-39100) 5400

Assistant Director (Comm.) PB-3(15600-39100) 5400

To become a Custom Officer at Airport you need to follow the following steps :-

1)Earn a Bachelor's Degree in any stream from a recognized institute.

2)The qualifying degree must be obtained in any stream with minimum 55% marks.

3)Applicant must have completed 21 years of age to apply for the post of Customs Officer.

4)Upper age limit of the applicant is 30 years.

5)There is a age relaxation for the candidates who belongs to backward category.

Custom Officer at Airport are recruited through Civil Services Exam that is conducted by UPSC every year. To be eligible for appearing in this exam, you must have completed graduation (or in final year of graduation).

To apply for Civil Services Exam, candidate needs to apply from UPSC Online portal i.e. https://www.upsconline.nic.in/

To crack Civil Services Exam, you need to qualify three stages i.e.

• Preliminary Exam (CSAT exam)
• Mains Exam
• Personal Interview

After the initiation of 7th Pay Comission, pay scale of Customs Officer is around INR 42000 to INR 52000

Civil Service Examination is conducted by UPSC.

The examination is conducted for recruitment as an I.A.S, I.P.S, I.F.S, Custom etc.

The eligibility to appear for the examination is that :-

Candidate must have passed bachelor degree from a recognised university.

Candidate's age must be between 21-32 years.

The examination is conducted in three stages.

So, you can start preparation for examination as per syllabus to appear and qualify.

For more information visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

To become airport custom officers:

Selection of eligible candidates to this post is carried out through civil services examination (CSAT). Graduation in any stream from a recognised educational institution is the basic qualification required to attend the exam. Those who pass CSAT can get into the role of Customs officer under Indian customs and Central Excise service.

Civil Service Examination is conducted by UPSC.

The examination is conducted in three stages :-

Preliminary.

Mains.

Interview.

The eligibility to appear is that candidate must have passed bachelor degree from a recognised university.

So, you will have to qualify in all stages for final selection.

How can I become a Custom Officer at Airport

Does TCS require 50% in each individual subject or the aggregate of all subjects in 10th Class?

I've scored 58.9% in my Xth Standard in aggregate, but 47.5 marks in a (single) subject in my Xth Standard.

Marks in all the other subjects are more than 50.

Making it aggregate 58.9%.

Do I fulfil the eligibility criteria?