The advertisement inviting applications for vacancies
for the Airman cadre will appear in the leading newspapers including 30 regional
newspapers across India. The advertisements are also published in the Employment
News or the Rozgar Samachar. The application should be send in the required
format mentioned in the advertisement, before the last date. The selection procedure
for picking the candidates is quite strict and elaborate.
The five steps involved are
Processing of Application
:
After checking all eligibility wise application forms, one will receive
an Admit Card that will contain all the relevant details like the date, time and
venue of your examination. The subjects tested on will depend on the trade you
have applied for. The following are the subjects for examination.
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Technical Streams
You will be tested in four papers- English, Mathematics,
Science and Intelligence and General Awareness.
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Non-Technical/MTD
Streams
You will be tested for English and Intelligence and General Awareness.
(The examination is based on the CBSE (X / XII) curriculum / syllabus.)
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Education Instructors
The pattern of the paper is in keeping with the basic
minimum educational qualification required. Here, you will also be interviewed
after the examination.
Testing the Abilities
The
selection tests will be held at any of the Airmen Selection Centres across India.
(click here for Contacts of Selection
Centres) One should take the admit card and all the original certificates
to the venue, at the time of the examination. These will be verified before you
proceed for the examination.
Conducting Medical Examination
After you have successfully cleared the Exams, you will be sent for a medical
examination, which shall be conducted by a Medical Officer of the Armed Forces.
After
the medical examination, you are either declared 'Fit' or 'Unfit' or 'Temporarily
Medically Unfit' (TMU).
Preparing Merit List
If you have successfully cleared the examination and are declared medically fit
/ TMU, your name will feature in the All India Merit List. This list will be displayed
at the Airmen Selection Centres, where the tests were conducted. A call letter
will be sent to you, requesting you to report to the Airmen Selection Centre for
enrolment.
Undertaking Enrolment
Apart from the enrolment
formalities, the candidate should take a Trade Aptitude Test, to determine the
right trade for him. Depending upon the score as well as the position in the Merit
List, candidates will be assigned to one of the streams in the Technical or Non-Technical
Trades.
After the candidate have completed your enrolment formalities,
he will be sent to the Administrative Training Institute for 26 weeks for Basic
Combatant Training. Thereafter, the candidate would be send to one of the Training
Institutes for specialisation in the trade that he is assigned.
Source
: Indian Air force Official site
