Railway Jobs are divided into 4 Groups: Group A, Group B, Group C & Group D. Each group of has different eligibility criteria and selection process under RRB Recruitment.
Here is an opportunity for government job seekers as the Central Railways has released a recruitment notifications and invited applications for the posts of Group A B C D and more Vacancies. Interested and eligible Candidates should apply soon as the application process ends.
Railway Recruitment 2019-2020 Jobs:
Recruitment in Indian Railways is undertaken in four group levels namely the Group A and B, who are in the gazetted ranks and the Group C and D who are included in the non-gazetted ranks. Each of these groups has officer cadre employees which can again have technical and non technical groups.
1. Recruitment for Group A:
The highest ranking officers are in the Group A category whose recruitment is directly done by the UPSC by a written exam followed by the interview or group discussion. This recruitment is done by the Combined Engineering Services Examination and Civil Services Examination. Through the civil services exam, the services includes are:
- Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS)
- Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS)
- Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS)
- Railway Protection Force (IPF)
The Combined Engineering Services Exam leads to the recruitment of officers into the followed services.
- Indian Railway Service of Engineers
- Indian Railway Stores Service
- Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
- Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
- Railway service of Signal Engineers
All the officers of Group A are trained in the appropriate section among the six centralized training institutes in the country.
2. Recruitment for Group B:
The Group B officers are promoted from the Group C recruits.
3. Recruitment for Group C:
Good news for job seekers in railway sector. RRB to recruit 60000 + candidates for various posts as Assistant Station Master (ASM), Goods Guard, Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP), Senior Clerk, Traffic Apprentice (TA), ECRC etc. for year 2019.
Railway departments in the zonal levels are responsible for inviting applications in the technical and non technical cadre in the Group C.
- Non Technical: The various Non Technical categories include Clerks, Assistant Station Masters, Ticket Collectors, Trains Clerks, Commercial Apprentice, Traffic Apprentice, etc.
- Technical: The Technical posts in the Group C category are usually in the fields such as Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Signal and Telecommunication, etc.
At regular intervals, the different individual RRBs come out with the vacancies for such posts as and when required.
4. Recruitment for Group D:
The Group D recruitment is done at the divisional level. This can also be carried out by the Headquarters of the Zonal Railway.
Group D POSTS LIST- Track Maintainer, Helpers in Electrical/ Engineering/ Mechanical/ Signal and Telecommunication Departments, Porter, And Other similar Posts as Gateman, Pointsman, Switchman, Peon, Safaiwala, Khalasi, Cabinman, Shunter, Fitter, Keyman, Leverman, Gangman, Vendor, Assistant, Hospital Attendant, Sanitary Cleaner, Welder.