RRB Technician Recruitment 2024, Exam Date

RRB Technician Recruitment 2024: The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) invites online applications for 9144 Grade 1 Signal and Grade 3 Posts from the official website. This is a golden opportunity for candidates with a minimum age limit of 18 years and with minimum qualification of matriculation. RRB Technician Exam 2024 will be conducted in October-December 2024. The exact exam dates will be announced soon on the official website. Read complete details from the RRB Technician Notification in this article and apply now.

RRB Technician Recruitment 2024

Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has published the detailed Notification for RRB Technician Recruitment 2024 on the official website for 9144 Grade 1 Signal and Grade 3 Posts. RRB Technicians help repair, maintain, and operate various technical equipment and systems related to the functioning of the railways. Candidates need to qualify for all the stages of selection for the post of Technician. Check complete information regarding the RRB Technician notification, application process, eligibility, and more in this post below.

RRB Technician Notification 2024

RRB Technician Recruitment 2024 Notification PDF has been released for all the RRB zones on the official website for 9144 vacancies. Candidates can check apply online dates, Eligibility criteria, salary, syllabus, and exam pattern in the official notification. Download the RRB Technician Notification PDF from the link below.

Check RRB Technician Recruitment 2024 Notification PDF

RRB Technician Recruitment 2024: Overview

The Railway Recruitment Board has announced 9144 vacancies for Technician Grade I Signal and Technician Grade III posts under this recruitment. Candidates can apply online for RRB Technician until 8 April 2024. Here is an overview of RRB Technician Recruitment 2024 in the table below.

RRB Technician Recruitment 2024: Important Dates

All important dates regarding the RRB Technician Recruitment 2024 have been released in the detailed notification on the official website. For all other important dates regarding the application dates, exam dates, admit cards, etc. refer to the table below.

RRB Technician Exam Date 2024

It is anticipated that the Railway Recruitment Board can schedule stage 1 i.e. Computer-Based Test of RRB Technician Recruitment 2024 for 9144 vacancies in October – December 2024. The exact exam dates are not announced yet on the official website. After CBT the candidates will be eligible for the next stages i.e. Document Verification and Medical Examination. Bookmark this page for the latest updates regarding the RRB Technician Exam Date 2024.

RRB Technician 2024 Vacancy

The Railway Recruitment Board has announced a total of 9144 vacancies on the official website for Technician Grade I Signal and Technician Grade III posts. There are 1092 vacancies for Technician Grade 1 Signal and 8052 vacancies for Technician Grade 3. With these vacancies, this recruitment provides a one-time opportunity for candidates to secure a government job in the Indian Railways.

RRB Technician Zone Wise Vacancy 2024

The Technician Grade 1 Signal and Technician Grade 3 vacancies for various categories and regional RRBs are different. The region-wise vacancies for all RRBs including Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Gorakhpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Patna, Prayagraj, Ranchi, etc. are given in this table below.

RRB Technician 2024 Eligibility Criteria

The required eligibility criteria for RRB Technician Recruitment 2024 as mentioned in the notification are given below. RRB Technician Eligibility criteria 2024 is based on the Age Limit as well as the Educational Qualification of the candidates. The minimum educational qualification and age limit required to apply for RRB Technician Recruitment 2024 are shown below.

RRB Technician 2024 Age Limit (01/07/2024)

The RRB Technician 2024 Age Limit will be reckoned as of 01 July 2024. The upper age limit is revised by RRB recently. For applying to RRB Technician Grade I Signal, candidates should be between 18 to 36 years of age while for RRB Technician Grade III, the maximum age limit is 33 years only. Candidates can check the Age Limit and Age Relaxation in the following tables.

• Age Relaxation: – SC/ ST /OBC/ Candidates Relaxation as per Government Rules and Regulations.

RRB Technician Age Relaxation

The age relaxation provided to different social and economic categories is different according to the latest RRB Technician notification. The SC and ST will be allowed age relaxation in the upper age limit of up to 5 years whereas OBC NCL up to 3 years. Age relaxation for Ex-servicemen and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) from different categories is given in the table below. For detailed information on age relaxation for working candidates, check the official notification attached above.

Note: As per the RRB ALP Recruitment 2024 the age limit is revised and the upper age limit is 33 years.

RRB Technician 2024 Educational Qualification

It is advised to check the complete educational qualification details given below for the Railway Technician 2024 exam before proceeding to apply for this exam.

RRB Technician Medical Fitness

Candidates must meet the medical standards set by the Railway Recruitment Board i.e. B1. They should be physically and mentally fit to perform the duties associated with the Technician post.

RRB Technician 2024 Application Form

Candidates can apply online for the RRB Technician Recruitment 2024 through the official website. The applications were accepted through online registration by logging in at indianrailways.gov.in. Candidates cannot apply for the posts of Technician from the link mentioned as the application has been closed on 8th April 2024.

RRB Technician Apply Online Form Link – Click to Apply Online (Link Inactive)

RRB Technician Application Fees 2024

You can only apply online for this recruitment from the official website. Check RRB Technician application fee details here.

• Payment Mode: Online
• NOTE – Only the candidates appearing for CBT will get a refund of their examination fee. For Gen/OBC/EWS Candidates Rs. 400/ and SC/ST/ Female/ESM Candidates: Rs. 250/-

How to apply online for RRB Technician 2024?

Candidates can follow the easy step-by-step process for applying for RRB Technician Recruitment 2024.

• Visit any one of the RRB official websites or click on the direct link to apply online given above.
• Hover over the Apply button to find the Create An Account Link.
• Candidates should note that if they had applied earlier for RRB Recruitment vide Advt. No. CEN 01/2024, they can use the same login details to apply this time as well.
• Fill in all the personal details including Name, DOB, Parents’ Names, ID proof, and Contact Details, and create your password.
• Once you have created your account successfully, check all details carefully and proceed to fill in the online application for RRB Technician 2024.
• Submit the required application fee.
• Upon successful submission of the online form, retain a copy of your online application form for further reference.
• Candidates are required to fill out separate forms and submit separate application fees for each level they wish to apply for.
• However, for different RRBs candidates need to mention their preference for which RRB(s) they are interested in applying. Candidates will be considered in final merit for only those posts and Railway Zones that they have opted for.

RRB Technician 2024 Selection Process

The selection for the post of RRB Technician Grade I Signal and Technician Grade III will be based on a Computer-Based Test (CBT), Document Verification, and Medical Examination. The selection process for RRB Technician is mentioned below in detail.

1. Computer-Based Test or CBT: Candidates will have to appear for an online computer-based test to qualify for RRB Technician recruitment. The exam pattern for the CBT is discussed in detail in the next section. The final merit will be based on the CBT only.
2. Document Verification: Those shortlisted in the CBT will have to get their documents verified by their respective regional RRBs to proceed to the next step of the selection process. Candidates must possess the required qualification like age limit and educational qualification which will be verified during DV.
3. Medical Examination: Upon successful document verification, candidates will be called for a medical examination where they will be tested against the medical standard required according to the RRB Technician Notification 2024.

RRB Technician 2024 Exam Pattern

The RRB Technician exam pattern 2024 is different for Technician Grade 1 Signal and Technician Grade 3 posts. Although the Computer-Based Test for both of these posts will consist of 100 questions worth 100 marks to be solved by the candidates in 90 minutes, the subject-wise distribution for the two posts is different. There will be a negative marking of 1/3rd for every wrong answer. Also, because of the large number of candidates, the RRB Technician Exam will be conducted in multiple shifts which will lead to normalization of marks in this exam.

Exam Pattern for CBT For Technician Gr 1 Signal

The online CBT for RRB Technician Grade 1 Signal Exam 2024 will consist of five different subjects i.e. General Awareness, General Intelligence and Reasoning, Basics of Computers and Applications, Mathematics, and Basic Science and Engineering. The subject-wise distribution of questions and their corresponding marks for the RRB Technician Grade 1 Signal CBT is as follows:

• Normalization of marks will be done for the multiple shifts of the exam.
• There will be a 1/3rd Negative marking in CBT.

Exam Pattern for CBT for Technician Grade III

The RRB Technician Grade 3 Exam Pattern is similar to the RRB Technician Grade 1 Signal as the CBT here also consists of 100 Questions of 100 marks to be attempted in 90 minutes only. However, the RRB Technician Grade III syllabus includes only Mathematics, General Intelligence, General Science & General Awareness. The subject-wise distribution of marks for the RRB Technician Grade 3 CBT Exam is mentioned in the table below:

• The merit list will be calculated based on marks obtained by candidates in CBT.
• There will be a 1/3rd Negative marking in CBT.

RRB Technician Grade 3 Syllabus 2024

A total of 4 subjects are covered under the RRB Technician Grade 3 syllabus namely Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Science, and General Awareness. Candidates who are preparing for the RRB Technician 2024 exam can cover this syllabus for better results.

Candidates can check RRB Technician Grade 3 syllabus in the above table and if you want to know about RRB Technician Grade 1 syllabus then you can visit the mentioned link for better understanding.

Railway Technician Syllabus 2024 – Click to Check

RRB Technician 2024 Salary

Candidates can check RRB Technician Grade 1 Signal and Grade 3 salary in this section for the Railway Technician 2024 Recruitment. The RRB Technician Grade 1 Signal is a Level 5 post that will pay the selected candidates a basic pay of Rs. 29,200 during training. After the training period, the usual salary and allowances will be paid as per the 7th pay commission. Similarly, RRB Technician Grade 3 will receive an initial basic pay of Rs. 19,900 as per Pay Level 2.