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Trade Test for promotion in Artisan categories — Master Circular

No.PC-III/93/CRC/10 · 1992-01-09
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Circular numberNo.PC-III/93/CRC/10
Date1992-01-09
TypeRates Master Circular
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Trade Test for promotion in Artisan categories — Master Circular 4.4 The Trade Test accepting officers are advised to scrutinise the results of the Trade Test

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भारत सरकार Government of India
रेल मंत्रालय Ministry of Railways
(aa बोर्ड Railway Board)

कारीगर कोटि में पदोन्नति के लिए व्यवसायिक परीक्षा

- मास्टर परिपत्र

Master Circular
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Trade Test for promotion in Technician Categories

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA/BHARAT SARKAR
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS/RAIL MANTRALAYA

(RAILWAY BOARD)
Master Circular No, 43
(updated July, 2019)
anne +H,

0.E(NG)I/2019/PM 1/6 Master Circular/TT New Delhi, dated July 24, 2019
The General Managers (P),
All Indian Railways &
Production Units.

Sub: Trade Test for promotion in Artisan categories — Master Circular.

The Master Circular No.43 on “Trade Test” was issued vide Railway Board’s letter
No. E(NG)I/91/PM 1/6 dated 09.01.1992, based on instructions on the subject, issued till
then. The Master Circular has been updated incorporating the provision of the instructions
issued from 1992 till date as below for information and guidance,

2. A Trade Test is given to employees belonging to artisan category on the Railways at
the time of promotion to skilled (redesignated as Technicians) Grade II & III and also
promotion to ESM/MSM in S&T Department. Promotion from Khalasi to Khalasi Helper
should be on the basis of suitable Aptitude test evolved locally, except for promotion from
Khalasi to Khalasi Helper in the following erstwhile semi-skilled trades which will continue

on the basis of the trade test presented:-

i) Baller/Feeder (Printing Press)
li) Ferro-Printer (Non-artisans)
iii) | Paper-counter (Printing Press)
(Board’s letter No.PC-III/93/CRC/10 dated 29.04.1999)

2.1 Promotion from Technician Gr.II to Gr.I, while other conditions remain the same,
would be on the basis of ACRs. Assessment should be done by a Departmental Committee
of three officers of whom two will be technical officers not lower than Senior Scale and a
Personnel Officer who can be one rank lower but nevertheless an equal member of the

Departmental Committee.

2.2 Trade Test should comprise both oral and practical and may include written test
wherever considered necessary.

2.3 Qualifying Marks in the Trade Test would be as follows: -

= [Total Marks [Qualifying Marks _
[Oral | 40 | 15

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Note: A SC/ST candidate will be required to secure 30 marks out of 60 in the practical test
and 11 marks out of 40 in the oral test, as against 36 marks out of 60 in the practical
test and 15 marks out of 40 in the oral test prescribed for other community candidates,
to qualify in a Trade Test in the categories other than safety categories
(E(SCT)70/CM/15/6 dated 31.08.1971).

2.4 The syllabus and rules of Trade Tests for each category are contained in the Trade
Test Manual available on the Railways.

2.5 (i) Employees equal to the number of vacancies should be called for trade test. If
sufficient number of suitable candidates is not available, further candidates to meet the short
fall may be called up in continuation and so on, but the whole process should be sg a
within six months. If this period is exceeded, it will be treated as a fresh trade test. Those
who failed in the earlier test should be eligible to appear in trade test held after expiry of six

months period. The period of six months is to be reckoned from the date of announcement
of the results.

2.5, (ii) In case of promotion to the posts of ESMs/MSMs Grade-II and I in the S&T
Department, employees equal to twice the number of vacancies may be issued notices for
consideration for trade test so that an equal number remains in readiness for appearing in
the subsequent trade test held in continuation, in case some candidates are not found
suitable in the trade test, necessitating other candidates in order of seniority being called at a
short notice. Fresh notice need not be issued for the standby candidates. The same

procedure may be followed in other cases also where vacancies are required to be filled
expeditiously.

2.6 Ifan employee fails in

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