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| CBT component | Questions | Marks | Official subject scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section I — Professional Knowledge | 100 | 100 | Relevant advertised trade/discipline |
| Section II — General Ability | 50 | 50 | General Knowledge, Logical Reasoning, Numerical Ability and English |
| Total | 150 | 150 | 120 minutes, one sitting |
Scoring: +1 per correct answer; zero negative marks for incorrect answers; no marks for unattempted questions. The paper is bilingual (Hindi/English), with the English version governing where the Hindi text contains a typo. IREL may withdraw defective questions during evaluation.
Crucial qualifying rule — each section separately: UR/EWS require at least 50/100 in Section I AND 25/50 in Section II. SC/ST/OBC-NCL require 45/100 AND 22.5/50, subject to advertised reservation/UR-standard conditions and any applicable IREL rounding instructions if published later. These numeric requirements are derived exactly as percentages of each section, not published merit cut-offs or guaranteed selection scores. A candidate with 115 total marks could still miss eligibility by falling below the required mark in one section. 45% of 50 = 22.5 mathematically; IREL has not explained any rounding convention in this advertisement.
The notification does not give separate General Knowledge versus Reasoning versus Quantitative versus English question counts, nor issue a chapter-weight table for Professional Knowledge. Do not claim an invented 15/15/10/10 split or an 'official detailed Fitter syllabus' where none is attached.
Official CBT exam centres (tentative): Mumbai/Nagpur; Bhubaneswar/Berhampur; Thiruvananthapuram ('Trivandrum')/Kochi; Bhopal/Indore; Chennai/Nagercoil; Visakhapatnam ('Vishakhapatnam')/Vijayawada. Two centre preferences may be entered; the company may allocate or change a centre. A CBT city is not the permanent posting location. No final centre allotment, date, reporting time or CBT admit-card release is printed (PDF pp. 7–8).
| Trade | Section I (100 questions) | Section II (50 questions) | Official trade chapter list? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitter | Fitter professional knowledge | General Knowledge, Reasoning, Numerical Ability, English | No detailed chapter list issued |
| Electrician | Electrician professional knowledge | Same four General Ability categories | No detailed chapter list issued |
| Instrumentation | Instrumentation professional knowledge | Same four General Ability categories | No detailed chapter list issued |
| AOCP | Attendant Operator Chemical Plant professional knowledge | Same four General Ability categories | No detailed chapter list issued |
The 150-question structure does not mean 150 questions from an identical syllabus for all trades. Section I changes with the specific qualification; Section II's general categories are common. PDF Section 9 describes subject groups only. No authorised separate trade-topic marks distribution is supplied, so all optional preparation subjects below are merely editorial revision guidance.
These suggested subject areas are broadly connected to each trade's professional curriculum; the employer may ask other valid content within the advertised professional-knowledge scope. Candidates using the 12th Science AOCP alternative must prepare for the AOCP professional paper, not a generic 12th Science-only paper.
After CBT: Only candidates who qualify the prescribed Section-I and Section-II standards are considered for the qualifying Skill/Trade Test. IREL states a 1:5 call ratio, five CBT-qualified candidates per vacancy in merit order. This is a shortlisting ratio, not a promise that all eligible applicants will be called. The company may raise minimum screening standards to control numbers.
Skill Test: Trade Test or Computer Proficiency Test as applicable, according to the competent authority. Qualifying only; failing it excludes the candidate irrespective of CBT marks. No skill-test marks are added to final merit. The notice does not publish trade-wise practical exercises, skill-test duration or numerical qualifying score: do not invent them.
Merit is unit-wise, trade-wise and category-wise, based on CBT marks among skill-qualified candidates. Original-document verification takes place before offer letters: prescribed ITI/NAC or valid alternative proof, relevant experience certificates, identity/age, category claims, a valid Electrician licence when applicable, and NOC/relieving evidence for existing government/PSU personnel. Selection remains subject to IREL medical fitness, character/antecedent and experience verification. Unit-wise wait lists may be valid for one year, but their publication dates, individual ranks and actual cut-offs are not announced.
The 50/45% minimum is a CBT eligibility threshold, not the eventual unit-specific merit cutoff. UR-only Instrumentation slots and some one-seat units are decisive context: category-specific age/marks relaxations cannot be mechanically applied against UR seats without a corresponding notified category reservation.
The notice lists 12 tentative exam cities in six states; two city preferences are requested. There are 6 posting units across five states; the location you choose for the job and your CBT city preference have distinct purposes. Candidates cannot change submitted centre preferences, but IREL may reallocate a centre. IREL will communicate subsequent test arrangements by email/site. Do not cite a future exam date or a download-ready hall ticket merely because the location list exists.
Application portal caveat (20 October 2026): Although the PDF originally schedules registration from 19 October, the official IREL Careers entry states that the application link will be made live on a revised date because of a technical issue. The PDF still prints 9 November, 18:00, but applicants must check the employer for a revised live opening date and any corrigendum; no amended deadline was established in the materials reviewed.
Official basis: IREL advertisement CO/HRM/36/2026, pp. 2–13. Official employer careers and updates. Jobs directory · Examination directory · Syllabus directory · ITI recruitment filter. The detailed appendix is an announcement for this recruitment, not a notification of a later CBT date or released answer key.
Only CBT qualifiers are considered for a further qualifying Skill Test: a Trade Test or Computer Proficiency Test where applicable. IREL says approximately 1:5 on CBT-merit ordering (five candidates per notified unit/trade vacancy), not a free-entry examination for every applicant. If the required skill test is failed, the applicant leaves the competition regardless of CBT score. Its result is go/no-go and the employer adds no skill-test marks to final rank. Final selection is based on CBT scores among skill-qualified candidates, using separately prepared trade + unit + category merit lists (Section 9, pp. 6–7).
| Advertised trade | Total vacancies | Approximate 1:5 reference at total trade level | Why NOT a guaranteed skill-test attendance number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitter | 93 | 465 | Actual lists arise separately by six units and categories, and depend on eligible CBT qualifiers |
| Electrician | 12 | 60 | Four units; reservation-specific shortlist |
| Instrumentation | 6 | 30 | Three units; all six positions UR in matrix |
| AOCP | 20 | 100 | Four units; AOCP has two permissible external academic routes |
Those 465/60/30/100 counts are hypothetical arithmetic (vacancies ×5), NOT employer-announced calls, capacity guarantees, or actual merit lists. They illustrate the scale of the published 1:5 ratio only; avoid interpreting them as applicant predictions.
IREL has NOT released a numerical skill cutoff, individual instrument/tool exercises, examination-day task checklist, number of attempts, duration or topic-wise skill syllabus under CO/HRM/36/2026. There is also no final Trade Test schedule. Candidates should revisit their actual ITI/NAC professional competencies and safe industrial practice, but the company has not certified those editorial examples as a paper/skill blueprint.
Candidates shortlisted for Skill Test must submit or upload Aadhaar identity, age proof (birth or SSC/Matriculation), relevant educational/technical qualification and documentary proof of post-qualification trade experience, such as appointment orders, pay slips and experience certificates. The notice states that missing requisite documents can bar appearance in Skill Test and later stages (p. 11). Govt/PSU/autonomous body employees need proper-channel application or NOC at skill test and adequate relieving proof to join.
Final unit/trade/category selection list on CBT marks only; original-document scrutiny; pre-employment medical fitness; antecedents and experience verification; subject to successful one-year ₹34,200/month training and possible later W-3 appointment. Unit-wise waitlists may be held for one year; no names, ranks, result, final cutoff or offer dates have been published in this source.
Official basis: IREL advertisement CO/HRM/36/2026, pp. 2–13. Official employer careers and updates. Jobs directory · Examination directory · Syllabus directory · ITI recruitment filter. The detailed appendix is an announcement for this recruitment, not a notification of a later CBT date or released answer key.
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