Officer – in - Charge — SECOND NCA NOTIFICATION

671/2021 – 672/2021

2021-12-30

Port Department

Officer – in - Charge

Cat.No. 671/2021: Scheduled Caste - 1 (One) Cat.No. 672/2021: Ezhava/Thiyya/Billava - 1 (One)

Direct Recruitment (From among the respective reservation group and communities only)

Ezhava / Thiyya / Billava: 30-49. Only candidates born between 02.01.1972 and 01.01.1991 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for the post. Scheduled Caste: 30-50.Only candidates born between 02.01.1971 and 01.01.1991 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for the post. [For other conditions regarding age relaxation please see Para 2 of Part II General Conditions except para 2(i)]

a. Certificate of Competency as Home Trade Master, issued by the Ministry of Transport with experience as Mate for not less than two years. OR b. Certificate of Competency as Home Trade Mate, issued under the Merchant Shipping Act 1958 with experience as Mate for not less than three years. OR c. Certificate of Competency as Second Class Master, issued under Inland Steam Vessels Act 1917, with three years experience as Third Officer or Junior Officer or its equivalent in Dredgers. Explanation:- The qualification of experience prescribed shall not apply in the case of Scheduled Caste candidates for direct recruitment. The candidate so recruited shall acquire the experience qualification after recruitment.

Note 1: In the case of difference in original Caste/Community claimed in the application and that entered in SSLC book, the candidate shall produce a gazette notification in this regard, along with Non-Creamy layer certificate/Community certificate at the time of certificate verification. Note for Qualifications: 1. Rule 10(a)(ii) of Part II KS & SSR is applicable. 2. The appointment of those holding certificate of Competency as Mate or as second Class Master under Inland Steam Vessels Act will be subject to the condition that proper dispensation is granted by Mercantile Marine Department wherever necessary. 3. Applications of candidates who have claimed qualifications equivalent to those prescribed in the Gazette notification for the post will be considered only if they produce the relevant Government order to prove equivalency, at the time of Certificate verification 4. The experience should be one acquired after the acquisition of the basic qualification. 5. Candidates who claim experience qualification should obtain experience certificate in the format given in Annexure itself and enter details regarding experience (certificate number, date, name of post, period, issuing authority etc) and upload scanned image of the same in their profile. In the case of candidates who possess the required experience but have not obtained the experience certificate due to the prevailing pandemic situation they should upload a declaration in the format given below to make submission of application possible. However, they should produce the experience certificate as and when called for the same by the Commission. 6. The Experience certificate should be in the specified format. 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 within the period of probation, pass the Account Test for Executive Officers of the Kerala State and the Kerala PWD Test unless he has previously passed the two tests.