Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) has been released the TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018 notice along with the Application Form on July 04, 2018. The online window for application will remain active till August 01, 2018 at www.tnpscexams.in. The recruitment is conducting to recruit 148 candidates for the post of Forest Apprentice. The interested, as well as eligible candidates, will able to apply. Those who will apply in time with the requisite amount of fee, the commission will issue the admit card for TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018 exam. The recruitment exam will hold form September 23 to 30, 2018. In order to be recruited on the post of Forest Apprentice, the candidates have to undergo the Written Test, followed by Physical and Oral Test. Get here more details about TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018 like the process of application, syllabus, exam dates etc.
TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018
As the application process has started, the candidates should apply before the due dates. Otherwise, they can miss the recruitment. In order to track the event, the candidates must have the schedule for the recruitment. Kindly note down the schedule from here.
| TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018 | Important Dates |
|---|---|
| Releasing of Notification | 04 Jul 2018 |
| Commencement of Online Application | 04 Jul 2018 |
| Last date to submit online application | 01 Aug 2018 |
| Last date for payment of Examination Fee | 03 Aug 2018 |
| Availability of admit card for exam | To be announced |
| Conduction of written Examination | 23 to 30 Sep 2018 |
| Result for Written Test | To be announced |
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Eligibility Criteria for TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018
Nationality: An Indian citizen is eligible to apply.
Age Limit: Those candidates who fall under the age bar of 18 to 30 years are eligible to apply. There is the provision of age relaxation in upper age limit as well.
Age Relaxation: The candidates other than general category, they will get age relaxation as per the notification.
- The candidates belonging to SC / ST/ MBC / Denotified Communities/ BC/ BC(Muslim) and Widows of all castes will get upper age relaxation up to 05 years.
- In this context, Ex-Servicemen gets age relaxation up to 07 years.
- The PWD candidates will get 10 years as upper age relaxation.
Education Qualification: The candidates who will apply for Forest Apprentice must possess Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry or equivalent form the known university. Or if he/she doesn’t have a degree in Forestry then they must have a degree in any of the following
- Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Computer Applications / Computer Science
- Engineering (All Engineering subjects including Agricultural Engineering)
- Environmental Science
- Geology
- Horticulture
- Marine Biology
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Statistics
- Wildlife biology
- Zoology
Physical Measurement: Apart from the educational qualification, the candidates must fit the physical measurement set by the recruitment authority. Let’s check what are those.
| Category | Minimum Height | Chest Measurement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| on full expiration | on full inspiration | Difference | ||
| Male | 163 cms | 84 cms | 89 cms | 5 cms |
| Female | 150 cms | 79 cms | 84 cms | 5 cms |
The relaxation of Height and Chest measurement is as follows.
Knowledge of Language: The aspirants must possess the knowledge of Tamil. This is the mandatory requirement for recruitment.
Application Form for TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018
Once you are done with the eligibility criteria, the candidates can apply if they are eligible. The application form is available on the official website of TNPSC. The commission has released the online application form. The aspirants can apply from the below link.
Apply Online: Click here to apply online for TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018.
Application Fee
The aspirants have to pay the Registration fee as well as Examination fee. One thing should be noted here all category candidates have to pay registration fee mandatorily. But reserved category candidate gets the concession in examination fee.
| Registration Fee | Examination Fee | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All Category candidates | Rs. 150/- | Unreserved Category | Rs. 150/- |
| The candidates who have already registered, the validity of the OTR is five years. | SC / ST / PWD/ Widows of all Communities are need not pay the examination fee. | ||
How to Apply for TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018?
The aspiranst must follow the steps to complete the whole process smoothly.
- Flist click on the above link, which wll redirect to the One Time Registrattion Sytem. If you are a new user then you must register yourself, otherwise just login with the credentails and apply directly for recruitment.
- After getting the unique ID and Passowrd plaese proceed to apply.
- Now select the post for which you wish to apply, after that upload the photograph and signature and all important documnets.
- After filling details in the aplixation form the candidates can choose any one of the following modes for submitting the application fee : Net Banking/ Debit Card / Credit Card/ Remittance through Bank Chalan or thourh post office.
After complting the application form do not forget to take the print out of it. It will help out in the enitre recruitmnet process.
Admit Card for TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018
As soon as application process overs TNPSC will start issuing the admit card for the written test. TNPSC will issue the admit card t those who will fill the application form accurately in time. The commission will release the admit card at www.tnpsc.gov.in or www.tnpscexams.net or www.tnpscexams.in. The candidates have to provide the unique Id and password to fetch the admit card. However commission will not send the admit card by post or by any other method, the only available mode will be online. So to download the admit card please be the regular visitor of this page, as soon as TNPSC releases the admit card we will update the page here.
Examination Scheme for TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018
The aspirants should have the knowledge of the examination scheme. TNPSC set the paper of Forest Apprentice as follows:
Scheme of Main Written Exam
Nature of Paper: Objective
Language of Paper:
- Tamil & English ( for Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, and Zoology, General Studies, Aptitude and Mantel Ability ).
- Only English (for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Computer Applications, Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Forestry, Geology, Horticulture, Marine Biology and Wildlife Biology)
This is the pattern for the written examination. After qualifying the written test, the candidates have to qualify the Physical test as well. The scheme of Physical Test is as follows
Scheme of Physical Test
The male candidate have to walk over 25 kms in four hours. While female candiadtes ahve to complte the walk of 16 kms in 04 hours.
Note: The venue of the Physical Test in Chennai. Physical Test is the qualifying in nature.
Scheme of Interview
As soon as the physical test gets over, TNPSC will call the qualifiers of Physical Test for the interview round. The interview will carry 120 marks.
Syllabus of TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018 Exam
After getting the exam pattern, the syllabus is the second most important thing for the exam perspective. We are providing here the syllabus of the Forest Apprentice given in the official notification. TNPSC has provided the syllabus as per the degree of candidates. It provided the syllabus for all the degree courses, which treated eligible for the recruitment.
Click here to download the full syllabus of Forest Apprentice.
Result of TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018 Exam
After completion of the recruitment exam, the commission will release the result on the official website, www.tnpscexams.in. Those who will appear for the exam will able to check there result. to check the result the aspirants have to provide the login credentials such as unique ID and password. The qualifiers of the written exam have to appear for the interview round, conducted by the TNPSC. In order to appear in the interview, the candidates have to secure the minimum marks which is set for selection.
If any candidate has not appeared in the for any of the paper than they will not be eligible even if they have cleared the benchmark for selection. Such candidates will not be treated as eligible for the further recruitment process. For the detailed knowledge of selection read the next section which contains all the conditions prescribed by the commission.
Selection Procedure of TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018
If you are applying for the Forest Apprentice, then you must be aware of the selection procedure. That will be helpful for you in deciding the strategy for the exam. So Commission has divided the entire recruitment into three parts
- Written Test
- Physical Test
- Oral Test/ Interview
First of all the eligible candidates have to appear for the Written Test which is objective in nature. Those who will secure the minimum qualifying marks will be called for the physical test. At last qualifiers of the Written and Physical test will be called for the interview. At last, the commission will prepare the merit list on the basis of marks obtained in written test and oral test.
For more information about the TN Forest Apprentice Recruitment 2018 download the advertisement from here.
Official Website: www.tnpscexams.in
