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What are the qualifications required for getting a railways job? Can you please give me the complete details on this? What should be done after completion of 12th standard to get a job in Railways in future? Please guide me on this as I am looking for a career in Railways.

Eligibility for RRB exam:-

Candidates must have passed bachelor's degree from a recognized board.

Job profiles of Railway:-

Assistant Driver
Health Inspector Grade
Data Entry Operators
Wheel Unit Operators
Electrical Signal Maintainer

For all these jobs age limit should be 18 years to 30 years.

Apprentice Permanent Way Inspector
Apprentice Signal Inspector
Trainee Junior Draftsman

For all these jobs age limit should be 18 years to 33 years.

Staff Nurse

Age limit should be 20 to 40 years

Health Inspector

Age limit should be 18 to 32 years.

For SC/ST candidates age relaxation is 5 years and for OBC candidates age relaxation is 3 years and for PWD candidates age relaxation is 10 years.

The minimum qualification required to apply for any post is completion of 10th class or equivalent.

There are many Jobs available in railways depending upon your qualification.

The candidates who completed 10th or 12th or higher studies can apply for different types of post depending upon the qualification

Some of the Railways jobs are:-

Ticket Collector

Station Master

Railways Drivers

Technicians.

You can apply for any of the post in railway department depending upon your qualification.

To get recruitment in Indian Railway the entrance examination is conducted by Railway Recruitment Board ( RRB ).

The qualification required to appear in examination varies with posts. So, there is different qualification for each post.

The common required qualification to appear in examination is bachelor degree in any discipline.

But, for recruitment as TTE 12th std qualification is sufficient while for Loco Pilot ITI qualification is sufficient.

So, you must require to have the qualification as according to job. To get detail visit at official link of RRB which is www.rrb.gov.in.

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What are the qualifications required for getting a railways job? Can you please give me the complete details on this? What should be done after completion of 12th standard to get a job in Railways in future? Please guide me on this as I am looking for a career in Railways.

Candidate to apply for job in railway there are three recruitment exams are conducted and are as follows:-

1). NTPC Exam(Non Technical Popular Category Exam).

2). RTCG Exam(Railway Technical Cadre Exam).

3). RPF(Railway Police Force) Exam.(for sub inspector and constable).

1). Details Regarding NTPC Exam:-

>> Qualification required for NTPC exam is 12 th from govt. recognized board.

>> Age limit to apply for the exam is 18 to 27 years.

Syllabus for Written NTPC Exam:- Based on four subjects:-

:- General Intelligence.

:- Mathematics.

:- General English.

:- General Knowledge.

Job Options After NTPC Exam:-

>> Traffic Apprentice.

>> Goods Guard.

>> Assistant Station Master.

>> Inquiry Clerk.

>> Reservation Clerk.

>> Commercial Apprentice.

2). Details Regarding RTCG Exam:-

>> Minimum qualification required to apply is Bachelors in Technical trades like Civil, Mechanical, Telecom, Signaling etc.

>> Age limit to apply for exam is 18 to 27 years.

Selection Procedure:- There are three steps in selection procedure:-

1). Preliminary exam.

2). Main Exam.

3). Interview.

>> Written exam is based on General English, General Arthematics, Quantitative skills, General Knowledge, Analytical Skills, Subject questions related to your qualification trade.

3). Details Regarding RPF Exam:-

>> Minimum qualification required to apply is 12th from recognized board.

>> Age limit to apply is 20 to 25 years.

>> Minimum height required to apply for male candidate is 164cm, For female candidate is 157cm.

Selection Procedure:- Three steps of selection procedure:-

1). Physical Fitness test.

2). Preliminary Efficiency test.

3). Written exam.

>> Written exam is based on subjects like History, Hindi,Mathematics,Science, General English, Essay writing etc.

Good luck.