NWR Act Apprentice Qualification Candidates must have passed the Class 10 examination or its equivalent (under the 10+2 examination system) with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate (no rounding off) from a recognised Board, and must also possess a National Trade Certificate (NTC) in the notified trade, issued by the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) or State Council for Vocational Training (SCVT). Candidates should have the requisite educational/technical qualification from a recognised Board/Government University/Institute as on the date of submission of the application; those awaiting results of their final exams should not apply. NWR Act Apprentice Reservation Details Candidates claiming SC/ST reservation must produce a caste certificate in the Central Government format at the time of Document Verification. OBC candidates must produce a caste certificate and a Non-Creamy Layer Certificate issued on or after 1 April 2026, in the Central Government format, along with an OBC declaration. EWS candidates must produce an EWS certificate in the prescribed format. Ex-servicemen and Armed Forces Personnel (or their children) must produce a discharge certificate, or an Armed Forces serving certificate in the case of children of serving personnel, at the time of Document Verification. Ex-servicemen candidates are placed in their appropriate category (UR/SC/ST/OBC); if UR vacancies under the Ex-servicemen quota are unavailable, Ex-servicemen belonging to communities where vacancies are available will be considered. 🔔 Never Miss a Govt Job Again! ⚡ Get Custom Govt Job Alerts by Your Qualification (10TH | 12TH | Diploma | ITI | Graduate, Etc) Join Now

Category Application Fee (Non-refundable) All candidates except those listed below ₹100 SC/ST, Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), Women Nil Fee payment is made online through the payment gateway integrated with the online application, using debit card, credit card, Internet Banking, or similar modes, after the application form is completed and verified for correctness; no change/edit is allowed after fee payment. Any transaction charges for online payment are borne by the candidate. On successful payment, an e-receipt is generated, which should be printed and retained.

Selection is based on a merit list prepared for all candidates who apply against the notification, calculated as the simple average of the percentage of marks in Matriculation (minimum 50% aggregate) and the percentage of marks in ITI, in the trade in which apprenticeship is sought. For Matriculation percentage, marks obtained by the candidate in all subjects are considered - not the marks of any single subject or group of subjects. For ITI percentage, marks mentioned in the provisional/final certificate are considered. In case two candidates have the same marks, the older candidate is preferred; if the date of birth is also the same, the candidate who passed the Matriculation exam earlier is considered first. The final merit list is prepared division/unit-wise, trade-wise, and community-wise, equal to the number of slots, in descending order of the percentage of marks obtained. Candidates finally enlisted are subject to verification of original testimonials and production of a medical certificate (as per the notification's Annexure-IV). Candidates should note that no centralised merit list is formed - each unit's merit list is prepared separately based on candidates who applied for that specific unit. Medical Fitness Selected candidates must produce a medical certificate in the prescribed format at the time of Document Verification, signed by a Government-authorised Gazetted Doctor not below the rank of Assistant Surgeon of a Central/State Hospital. Standards of fitness for Persons with Disability are also specified in the notification, covering Locomotor Disability/Cerebral Palsy (not less than 40% relevant disability), Hearing Impairment (loss of 60 decibels or more in the better ear, including Deaf, Dumb, or Deaf & Dumb candidates), and other benchmark disability categories as defined in the notification.