SSC JE

SSC JE

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The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will conduct like every year national level written examination for recruitment of Junior Engineers for Civil, Electrical and Mechanical fields. An official notification for the same will be published in employment news/rozgar samachar on August 20, 2016.

SSC will invite application forms for Junior Engineer for eligible candidates only online. All candidates who are eligible and interested can fill their forms till the last date 16 September, 2016. SSC shall conduct national level examinations for JE posts on 11 December, 2016.

Candidates who will be declared qualified in the written exam for Junior Engineer (JE) will be called for a personal interview. All candidates who are degree or diploma holders in civil, mechanical or electrical engineering are eligible to fill forms for SSC-JE vacancies 2016.

Total number of vacancies: 1,000 approximately.

Pay scale of SSC Junior Engineer: Rs 9,300-34,800 and grade pay Rs 4,200.

For important details of upcoming SSC-JE recruitment examination 2016, refer to the table below:

Department	Post	Age limit
Central Commission (Water)	Junior Engineer (Civil)	Up to 32 years
Central Commission (Water)	Junior Engineer (Mechanical)	Up to 32 years
Central Public Works Department (CPWD)	Junior Engineer (Civil)	Not exceeding 32 years
Central Public Works Department (CPWD)	Junior Engineer (Electrical)	Not exceeding 32 years
Postal Department	Junior Engineer (Civil)	18 to 27 years
Postal Department	Junior Engineer (Electrical)	18 to 27 years
MES	Junior Engineer (Civil)	Not exceeding 30 years
MES	Junior Engineer (Electrical and Mechanical)	Not exceeding 30 years
MES	Junior Engineer (Quantity surveying and contract)	18 to 27 years

Eligibility

Age limit: As on 1 August, 2016 according to what is mentioned in the table above. A relaxation in age limit is provided for SC/ST, OBC and other reserved categories.

Minimum educational qualification required: Degree or diploma in civil, electrical or mechanical engineering.

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All interested and eligible candidates can fill the application form online on the official SSC websites: http://ssconline.nic.in and http://ssconline2.gov.in

How to pay the application fee?

Online: Candidates can pay the required fee online via net banking, debit card, credit card, atm card etc.

Offline: Fee can be paid offline by generating a challan after completing Part-I of online registration. The challan can be then deposited at SBI branches.

Prescribed fee

Rs 100 for each application form for general and OBC categories. Fee is exempted for all women candidates and also for SC/ST, physically handicapped and ex-servicemen.

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Earlier the examination was conducted in two stages.

Written test A (500 marks)

Interview B (100 marks)

As per amendment made in Para 9 regarding scheme of examination, the exams will now consist of a written test only (Paper I and Paper II), as the government of India has discontinued interviews for Junior Engineers vide a notice published in employment news dated 11.07.2015.

The notification can be seen at the following link: http://ssc.nic.in/SSC_WEBSITE_LATEST/notice/notice_pdf/JE%202015%20Corrigendum_09112015.pdf

Question paper pattern for SSC JE written examination is as follows:

Paper	Subject	Marks
Paper I is objective type and MCQ based. Duration and timings: 2 hours, 10 am to 12 noon.	General intelligence and reasoning	50
	General awareness	50
	Part A – General engineering (civil and structural) or Part B – General engineering (electrical) or Part C – General engineering (mechanical)	100
Paper II is conventional type. Duration and timings: 2 hours, 2 pm to 4 pm.	Part A – General engineering (civil and structural) or Part B – General engineering (electrical) or Part C – General engineering (mechanical)	300
Negative marking	0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.

Candidates are required to attempt only one part of general engineering in both papers I & II for which they have filled the application form, i.e. in paper I & II for general engineering attempt only one of the parts A (civil and structural), B (electrical) or C (mechanical), failing which he/she would be awarded zero marks.

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Date schedule

Online registration for application form submission will start from 20th August, 2016.

Last date of application form submission for Part-I is up to 5 pm on 16th September, 2016 and for Part-II up to 5 pm on 19th September, 2016.

Examination date of SSC JE 2016 is 11th December, 2016.

Official notification for the same can be downloaded at:  http://ssc.nic.in/notice/examnotice/final_Notice_JE_2015.pdf and http://ssc.nic.in/notice/exam_notice.html

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