Port Officer — SECOND NCA NOTIFICATION

484/2013

2013-11-30

Kerala Port Department

Port Officer

LC/AI – 1 (One)

Direct Recruitment - (From candidates belonging to LC/AI Community Only]

Age 30-49. Only candidates born between 02-01-64 and 01-01-83 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for the post. [Including relaxation in para 2 (i) of the General Conditions] [For conditions regarding other age relaxation please see part (II) of the General conditions except para 2 (i) ]

1) A foreign going Master's Certificate granted by the Government of India or its equivalent with command experience for one year OR Must have served as Officer not below the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Indian Navy in the Executive Branch and must possess the certificate of Service as Master (Foreign Going) and not being in the active list there of. Preferential :- Experience in piloting and /or dredging operation for one year or more. 2 Must be certified to possess the Visual Standard Specified below: (i) Distant Vision: Right eye Left eye V-6/6 V- 6/6 (ii) Near Vision: Reads 0.6 Reads 0.6 (iii) Each eye must have a full field of Vision (iv) Squint or any morbid condition of the eyes or of the lids (trachoma like) of either eye shall be deemed to be a disqualification but not colour blindness.

Note: Applications submitted by candidates other than from LC/AI Community will be rejected. Individual Communications regarding the rejection of their applications will not be issued. Note :- Candidates should produce a Medical certificate (Original) in the following format obtained from a Medical Officer not below the rank of an Assistant surgeon when the Commission intimates. Note :- Details regarding standards of Vision should be clearly stated in the certificate as given above and vague statements Such as Vision Normal , 'Good,' Average', etc will not be accepted. Specification for each eye should be stated separately. If the Specification are not as indicated above, the Officer issuing the certificate should certify whether the candidates has got better standards of Vision or worse standards of Vision, as the case may be. Otherwise the certificate will not be accepted. Probation:- Every person appointed to the post shall from the date on which he joins duty, be on probation for a total period of two years on duty within a continuous period of three years. Test:- Every person appointed to the post shall pass the following tests within the period of probation. (i) Account Test for executive officers of the Kerala State, and (ii) Kerala Port Department Test (Higher Grade)