RRB Technician Eligibility Criteria 2024: The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has declared the RRB Technician age limit and other eligibility requirements through an official notification. All interested aspirants must stay updated with all the information related to the eligibility criteria before applying for the post.
The candidates must enter the correct details regarding their age, qualification, and other factors in the RRB Technician application form to avoid the cancellation of their candidature. Any graduate who is at least 18 years old can apply for the RRB Technician recruitment process.
In this article, we have discussed complete details on the RRB Technician eligibility criteria, including age limit, qualification, etc., for the reference of the candidates.
RRB Technician Eligibility Criteria 2024 Overview
Aspirants should fulfil all the RRB Technician eligibility criteria before filling out the application form. Failing to meet any specific eligibility requirements will lead to rejection of their application form. The major overview of the eligibility criteria for the RRB Technician recruitment process is shared below.
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RRB Technician Eligibility Criteria 2024 Overview |
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Exam Conducting Body |
Railway Recruitment Board |
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Post Name |
Technician Grade I Signal and Technician Grade III |
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RRB Technician Age Limit (Minimum) |
18 years |
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RRB Technician Educational Qualification |
Bachelor’s Degree |
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Experience |
Desirable |
RRB Technician Age Limit 2024
As per the official notification, the minimum age of the candidates must be 18 years when applying for the RRB Technician recruitment. The age of the candidates for the post will be calculated as of July 1, 2024. The minimum and maximum RRB technician age limits are shared below.
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Post Name |
Prescribed age in the normal course |
Age Applicable to this CEN |
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Technician Grade I Signal |
18-33 years |
18-36 years |
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Technician Grade III |
18-30 years |
18-33 years |
RRB Technician Age Limit Relaxation 2024
Relaxation will be provided on the upper age limit for reserved categories when applying for the RRB Technician recruitment process. Let’s discuss the category-wise RRB Technician age limit relaxation tabulated below.
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Category |
Age Relaxation |
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SC & ST candidates |
5 Years |
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OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) candidates |
3 Years |
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Ex-servicemen with at least six months continuous service after attestation |
UR & EWS – 3 years (after deduction of length of service from age) OBC-NCL – 6 years (after deduction of length of service from age) SC & ST – 8 years (after deduction of length of service from age) |
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Persons With Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) |
PwBD (UR & EWS): 10 Years PwBD (OBC (NCL)): 13 Years PwBD (SC & ST): 15 Years |
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Candidates who are serving Group ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’ Railway Staff with a minimum 3 years of service as well as substitutes with a minimum 3 years service in continuous or in broken spells in Railways |
UR & EWS: 40 Years of age OBC (NCL): 43 Years of age SC & ST: 45 Years of age |
RRB Technician Educational Qualification 2024
Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in the prescribed field or equivalent as the minimum RRB Technician educational qualification. The post-wise educational qualifications for the RRB Technician post are shared below.
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Post |
Qualification |
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RRB Technician Grade I Qualification |
Bachelor of Science In Physics, Electronics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Instrumentation from a recognised University/ Institute OR B.Sc. in a combination of any substream of basic streams of Physics, Electronics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Instrumentation from a recognised University/Institute OR Three years Diploma in Engineering in the above basic streams or in combination of any of above basic streams OR Degree in Engineering in the above basic streams or in combination of any of above basic streams |
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RRB Technician Grade III Qualification |
Matriculation/ SSLC plus ITI from recognised institutions of NCVT/SCVT in the trade of relevant stream OR Matriculation/ SSLC plus Course Completed Act Apprenticeship in the trades of relevant streams. |
RRB Technician Nationality 2024
Besides the age limit and other RRB Technician eligibility criteria, aspirants must possess nationality criteria when applying for the post. A candidate must be either:
(i) a citizen of India, or
(ii) a citizen of Nepal, or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan, or
(iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 01.01.1962 to permanently settle in India, or
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam to settle in India permanently.
(vi) Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be a person in whose favour the Government of India has issued a certificate of eligibility.
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RRB Technician Eligibility Criteria 2024-Medical Standards
Here are the medical standard requirements for the candidates applying for the RRB Technician post shared below.
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Medical Standard |
General Fitness |
Vision Standards |
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A-3 |
Physically fit in all respects |
Distance Vision: 6/9, 6/9 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 2D) Near Vision: Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses, and Must pass test for Colour Vision, Binocular Vision, Night Vision and Mesopic vision |
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B-1 |
Physically fit in all respects |
Distance Vision: 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 4D) Near Vision: Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required, and Must pass test for Colour Vision, Binocular Vision, Night Vision and Mesopic vision. |
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B-2 |
Physically fit in all respects |
Distance Vision: 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 4D) Near Vision: Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required and Must pass the test for binocular vision. |
