Assistant Engineer /Head Draftsman (Civil) — GENERAL RECRUITMENT – STATE WIDE CATEGORY NO: 085/2023

085/2023

2023-06-15

Harbour Engineering Department

Assistant Engineer /Head Draftsman (Civil)

01 (One) The above vacancy is now in existence. The ranked list of selected candidates published by the Commission in response to this notification shall remain in force for a minimum period of one year, provided that the said list will continue to be in force till the publication of a new list after the expiry of the minimum period of one year, or till the expiry of three years whichever is earlier. Candidates will be advised from the said list against the vacancy noted above and that may be reported to the Commission during the period of currency of the list.

Direct Recruitment (Candidates from the Staff in the Subordinate Service of Harbour Engineering Department having not less than 6(Six) years of service and who possess the qualifications prescribed for Direct Recruitment to the category of Assistant Engineer / Head Draftsman (Civil) . [GO(P) No:08/1995/F&PD dtd. 04.02.1995]

The upper age limit for open market candidates shall not be applicable in the case of candidates belonging to the category of Draftsman Grade I/ Overseer Grade I/Draftsman Grade II/ Overseer Grade II or clerks in the Harbour Engineering Subordinate Service .

B.Sc / B.Tech Degree in Engineering (Civil) of the Kerala University or any other qualification recognised as equivalent thereto. OR Associate Membership Diploma of the Institution of Engineers (India) in Civil Engineering or any other Diploma recognised as equivalent thereto. OR Pass in Sections A and B of the Associate Membership Examination of the Institution of Engineers (India) in Civil Engineering

Note 1 : If at any time qualified candidates are not available from among the staff in the Subordinate Service of the Harbour Engineering Department, the vacancies reserved for appointment from such candidates shall also be filled up by candidates from the open market by Direct Recruitment. Note 2 : Rules of Reservation and rotation will not be applicable for Direct Recruitment to the selection from Departmental candidates. Note:- i) Rule 10 a (ii) of part II of KS&SSR is applicable. ii)In addition to the qualifications prescribed in the notification, the qualifications recognized by executive orders or standing orders of Government as equivalent to a qualification specified for a post, in the Special Rules or found acceptable by the Commission in cases where acceptance of equivalent qualifications is provided for in the rules and such of those qualifications which pre-suppose the acquisition of the lower qualification prescribed for the post, shall also be sufficient for the post. The copy of the Government orders declaring equivalent / higher qualifications shall be produced as and when required by the Commission iii)Candidate should produce a Service Certificate in original obtained from the Head of Office/Department to prove the length of their service, in the respective category in the Department as and when called for by the Commission. Service Certificate should be in the form given in the Annexure. 8. Tests : Every person appointed to the post shall within the period of probation pass the Account Test for Executive Officers of the Kerala State and Kerala Public Works Departmental Tests,if he has not already passed the tests. 9. Probation : Every person appointed to the post shall from the date on which he joins the duty, be on probation for a total period of two years on duty within a continuous period of three years. 10. Mode of Submitting applications:- (a) Candidates must register as per 'ONE TIME REGISTRATION' with the Official Website of Kerala Public Service Commission www.keralapsc.gov.in before applying for the post. Candidates who have registered can apply by log in on to their profile using their User-ID and password. Candidates must click on the 'Apply Now' button of the respective posts in the Notification Link to apply for the post. The photograph uploaded should be one taken after 31.12.2013. Candidates who create profile after 01.01.2022 should upload photograph taken within six months. Name of the candidate and the date of photograph taken should be printed legibly at the bottom portion. The photograph once uploaded meeting all requirements shall be valid for 10 years from the date of uploading. There is no change in other instructions regarding the uploading of photographs. No application fee is required. Candidates are responsible for the correctness of the personal information and secrecy of password. Before the final submission of the application on the profile candidates must ensure correctness of the information in their profile. They must quote the User-ID for further communication with the Commission. Application submitted is provisional and cannot be deleted or altered after submission. Candidates are advised to keep a printout or soft copy of the online application for future reference. Candidates can take the print out of the application by clicking on the link `My applications' in their profile. All correspondence with the Commission, regarding the application should be accompanied with the print out of the application. The application will be summarily rejected if non-compliance with the notification is found in due course of processing. Original Documents to prove qualification, experience, age, Community etc. have to be produced as and when called for. The profile correction made by the candidates themselves or through the office of the KPSC on request after the last date fixed for the receipt of applications will not be reflected in the application. Such correction will come into effect only on the date on which correction have been made. (b) If Written/OMR/Online Test is conducted as part of this selection, candidates shall submit a confirmation for writing the examination through their One Time Registration profile. Such candidates alone can generate and download the Admission Tickets in the last 15 days till the date of Test. The applications of candidates who do not submit confirmation within the stipulated period, will be rejected absolutely. The periods regarding the submission of confirmation and the availability of Admission Tickets will be published in the Examination Calendar itself. Information in this regard will be given to the candidates in their respective profiles and in the mobile phone number registered in it. (c) “Candidates who have AADHAR Card should add AADHAR as ID Proof in their profile.” 11. Special Instructions to candidates :- (a) Candidates are required to acquaint themselves with the instructions given in the notification as Part II, General Conditions before submitting application for the post. Applications which are not submitted in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in the General Conditions are liable to be rejected. (b) Appropriate disciplinary action as per Rule 22 of the Kerala Public Service Commission Rules of Procedure shall be initiated against those candidates who submit applications with bogus claims of qualification regarding education, experience etc. and are liable to be disqualified for being considered for a particular post or debarment from applying to the Commission either permanently or for any period or the invalidation of their answer scripts or products in a written/practical test or the initiation of criminal or other proceedings against them or their removal or dismissal from office or the ordering of any other disciplinary action against them if they have already been appointed, or any one or more of the above.