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Punjab State Power Corporation Limited

Regd. Office: PSEB Head Office, The Mall Patiala
Corporate I.D.No.U40109PB2010SGC033813, website: www.pspcl.in

Notification No: 01/TTI-487/57/Apprenticelineman/2022-23 Dated: 24.02.2023

Notification for selection of candidates for Apprenticeship in Lineman Trade for the session
2022-23
Important Dates
Start date of receiving online applications 27.02.2023
Closing date of online registration and fees 27.03.2023

Punjab State power Corporation Ltd. (PSPCL), a power generating and distributing organization
of Government of Punjab is inviting application from the candidates who have completed ITI in
WIREMAN/ELECTRICIAN trade for Apprenticeship in Lineman trade against the seats as per the
Table-A below:
1. Category-wise breakup of seats:
TABLE ‘A’
CATEGORY WISE BREAKUP OF SEATS FOR APPRENTICESHIP IN LINEMAN TRADE
Sr. No. Category No. of seats
1 GENERAL 904
2 SCHEDULED CASTE (SC) 371
3 BACKWARD CLASS (BC) 148
4 PWD-Person with Disability 77 (59+18 carry forward
(Partially Deaf/Hearing Handicapped only) from previous session
2021-22)
Total 1500
Note 1:
(i) Only Punjab resident/domicile candidates and will be considered.
(ii) All category candidates are required to produce Punjab Domicile issued on or after
01.01.2023.
(iii) PSPCL reserves the right to increase or decrease the no. of seats as indicated above
or cancel the entire/partial selection against the said notification or make any
changes in the conditions of this notification at any stage without giving any
reason/notice.
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(iv) Candidates are advised to read the category-wise breakup very carefully before filling
up the online application. Candidate shall apply only in that category to which he/she
belongs and He/she should possess reservation certificates in accordance with GoP
instructions. Category once filled will be considered as final and no benefit of other
category will be admissible later on. It is further informed that candidature of such
candidate who have applied under wrong category will be ‘Rejected’ without giving
any further notice.
(v) As per section 3-A and 3-B of Apprentices Act, 1961, Reservation of training places
for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and for backward Classes in
designated trades have been made.
(vi) As per the latest amendment made by the Ministry of Law and justice (Legislative
Department) in 'THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY ACT 2016', which have
been further adopted by Govt. of Punjab vide memo no. 1/1/2017/3DC-1543557/1
dated 06.08.2019, reservation for Person with disability has been increased from 3%
to 4%.
(vii) No separate 33% reservation shall be given to women candidates for
Apprenticeship in Lineman Trade.
(viii) Reservation Certificates shall be as per instructions mentioned in Table ‘B’ below: -

Table 'B'
Category Certificate
Certificate as per the instructions of the concerned
SC/BC department of Govt. of Punjab.
Note: Head of Dept. or Head of Offices are competent to
(Scheduled Caste/
issue Scheduled Caste certificates to those applicants
Backward Class)
whose parents are serving or residing in Chandigarh/Mohali
on the basis of their parent’s service record.
The PWD certificate for partially deaf/ hearing handicapped
with permanent disability shall be issued by Civil Surgeon of
Govt. of Punjab.
Partially Deaf/Hearing Handicapped candidates are only
PWD
eligible for applying for Apprenticeship in Lineman trade
(Person with disability) AS PER IDENTIFICATION LIST FOR PSPCL CIRCULATED BY
GOVT. OF PUNJAB DEPTT. OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND
DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN (SOCIAL
SECURITY BRANCH) VIDE ITS NOTIFICATION 3/39/2014-
3DS/972-980 DATED 10.07.14.
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 Candidates must produce reservation related certificate (as per their category
mentioned in online application form) at the time of document checking.

2) Essential Qualification:
Candidate must have done ITI in WIREMAN or ELECTRICIAN Trade (Certificate should be
duly issued by NCVT/SCVT).
Note: Candidates whose results have been officially and publically declared till the last
date of online registration shall only be eligible to apply.

3) Stipend:
As per Apprentices Act, 1961 and Apprenticeship Rule, 1992 as amended from time to
time. Current stipend is Rs. 7700/per month.

4) Knowledge of Punjabi:
Qualification of Punjabi is essential for all the applicants. For this purpose, all the
candidates must have passed Punjabi of at least Matriculation or its equivalent level up
to last date of submission of online application (education qualification must be from
recognized institution).

5) Age Limit:
As per Apprentices Act, 1961 and Apprenticeship Rules, 1992 as amended from time to
time. The minimum age as on 01.02.2023 for eligibility for this apprenticeship training is
18 years.

6) SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:
Candidates possessing qualifications defined as per Sr. No. 2 above will have to undergo
online test, for which, scheme of online examination is as below:-
Sr. No. Topic No. of questions
Questions related to the wireman/electrician
1 70 Questions
trade.
2 Knowledge of Punjabi Grammar 20 Questions
3 General Knowledge 10 Questions
Total 100 Questions
 Online Exam will be bilingual (English/Punjabi). Thus, during online examination
candidates will have the option to choose language (English/Punjabi) of examination
and the question paper will consist of 100 objective type questions. However, the 20
no. questions regarding the knowledge of Punjabi Grammar will only be in Punjabi.
 The syllabus of online exam will as per the trade syllabus of CTS courses of
Electrician and Wireman as available on the website of Directorate General of
Training (www.dgt.gov.in/cts_details).
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7) Minimum qualifying marks:

For all category candidates : 20%
i) There will be 100 multiple choice objective type questions with one mark for each
correct answer. There will be no negative marking.
ii) If two or more candidates secure same marks, then their relative merit shall be
determined by their age, person with higher age candidates placed higher in merit list.

8) About Normalization:
Normalization means adjusting values measured on different scales to a notionally
common scale
Need for Normalization in Exam
Exam could be spread across multiple shifts which will have different question paper for
each shift. The normalization is to be done by considering the difficulty level of each
set, since the questions may be different in different sets and difficulty level of a
particular set may be different from other sets.

Hence the normalization of scores needs to be carried out for all the candidates who
had written the exam, across shifts,

Normalization Method
The following has to be calculated for every shift for all the candidates who have written
the exam:
a. Average score for each Shift
Xav = total marks scored by candidates in a shift divided by no. of candidates in
the shift.
b. Standard Deviation of score for each Shift. Standard Deviation is a measure
that is used to quantify the amount of variation of a set of data values:
N = Number of candidates
X = Raw score of candidates
L = Total Raw score for all candidates in a shift
Xav = Average which is total marks divided by no. of candidates.
x = Raw Score of Candidate - Simple Average (X-Xav)
Standard Deviation (S) = (∑ x²)/N
8.1 Normalization Formula
Normalized Score for each candidate (Xn) = Xn = (S2 / S1) * (X - Xav) + Yav
Is the SD of the shift with the Highest Average Score taken as Base for normalization
S2 (Criteria for choosing the base for normalization is generally taken as the shift with
‘Highest Average’ of raw scores)
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S1 Standard Deviation for the corresponding shift (to be scaled to S2)

X Raw score of a candidate
Xav Simple average of the Shift
Average corresponding to shift with highest Average (taken as Base for
Yav
normalization)
 Criteria forchoosing the base for normalization is generally taken as the shift with
‘Highest Average’ of raw scores. Only exception is made if this shift (with highest
average) has far less number of candidates as compared to other shifts. In that case
we take the next shift with ‘highest Average’ as base for normalization.
 70% of the average attendance is the limit. Any value below this should not be
considered for the base.

9) About the Test:

9.1 The online test is tentatively scheduled to be held at any Centre in Punjab which will be
intimated while sending the admit card through PSPCL website (www.pspcl.in).The
information regarding the online test/date of test will be made available on our
website www.pspcl.in or https://docs.pspcl.in/vieworders.html?ofc=ttiaplm from time
to time. The test Centre will be allotted by PSPCL while sending the admit card and no
change of test Centre will be permissible. The exact date, time and venue of the online
test and information regarding dispatch of e-Admit Cards to the candidates, with
instructions of the test will be made available prior to the date of the test by email and
on website of PSPCL.
9.2 After conductance of the online test, the question paper-cum-answer key will be
displayed on PSPCL's website (www.pspcl.in) and notice will be issued, wherein, if a
candidate have any objection on the answers displayed on website, then he/she can file
objection regarding the same as per guidelines in the notice. On the basis of objections
received, the question/answer keys will be reviewed by the expert committee of test
conducting agency and final merit shall be prepared accordingly. Normalization formula
will also be applicable on the final merit list prepared after reviewing of the objections.
The decision taken by expert committee of test conducting agency shall be final.
9.3 Fees once paid will not be refunded.

10) Final Merit:

10.1 The final merit shall be prepared based on the marks secured in the online test
conducted.
10.2 It is informed that online exam conducted for apprenticeship could be spread across
multiple shifts which will have different question paper for each shift. As such
normalization (as per para 8 above) will be done in order to neutralize the effect of
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difference in difficulty level of each set of papers in different shifts. The final merit list
will be prepared on the basis of marks worked out after normalization in case exam is
conducted in multiple shifts. Thus, raw marks may vary with normalized marks in the
final merit list.
10.3 In case online exam is conducted in a single shift, result/final merit list shall be prepared
on the basis of actual marks secured by the candidate in online examination.

11) Document checking process:

On the basis of result/final merit list, candidates who qualify in online examination shall
be called for document checking. Verification of original documents/certificates would
be conducted by document checking committee, for which the date shall be notified
later through registered e-mail IDs (as mentioned by the candidate in his/her online
application form) and on PSPCL's website (www.pspcl.in) only. Thus, candidates are
advised to mention their email IDs very carefully.

Note:
i) It is further clarified that mere calling of any candidate for document checking doesn't
entitle him/her for selection to the said apprenticeship.
ii) Candidate shall be notified about the date of document checking through Registered E-
mail ID (as mentioned by the candidate in his/her online application form) and on
PSPCL's website (www.pspcl.in) only. In case candidate does not appear on the 1st
scheduled date, then 2nd & final chance would be given to such candidate and in case
he/she again fails to appear for document checking even on 2nd & final chance, then no
further chance would be given & his/her candidature shall be cancelled/forfeited without
any further notice.
iii) Candidate has to himself/herself appear for the process of document checking. Nobody
on candidate's behalf can appear in the document checking.

12) Offer of Joining:

12.1 The offer of joining for the number of seats to be filled will be given to the successful
candidates qualified for merit in the online test provided that the candidate has been
found eligible after checking of his/her documents and have successfully completed the
process of document checking relating to qualifications and eligibility criteria such as
age, academic qualification, passing of Punjabi language and certificates in respect of
reservation etc.
12.2 Selected candidates have to register on the portal (www.apprenticeshipindia.gov.in)
before joining the allotted station as apprentice lineman in PSPCL.
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12.3 Candidates who have already done ITI apprenticeship earlier in any other department or
in PSPCL will not be eligible for this apprenticeship.
12.4 It should be clearly understood by the candidate that during the entire period of
apprenticeship, his place of posting will not be changed under any circumstances.
Note:
The candidature of a candidate will be rejected without any notice if any certificate or
document provided as found to be fake or forged or does not meet the eligibility criteria.

13) Period of Apprenticeship:

The selected candidates shall undergo apprenticeship training under PSPCL for 1 year (as
per Apprentices Act, 1961 and Apprenticeship Rules, 1992 as amended from time to
time). Apprenticeship is merely a 1 year training and it does not assure any kind of
JOB/appointment under PSPCL.

14) Online application fee: -

Fees Details (Non-Refundable):
Sr. Application Applicable
Category Total
No. fees GST @ 18%
A B C D E (C+D)
64 420
1 General 356
SC Category 237 43 280
2
BC Category 64 420
3 356
4 Person with Disability 237 43 280

Note :
(i) PSPCL shall match the details in the online payment fee receipt with the details given
by the candidate and the final acceptance of the application shall be only if the details
available in the Bank are matching with the details filled by the candidate in the
online application. Any mismatch found will lead to the cancellation of application.

15) ACTION AGAINST MISCONDUCT:

15.1 Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any particulars
that are false, tampered, fabricated or should not suppress any material information
while filling up the online application.

15.2 At any stage of selection, if a candidate is or has been found guilty of

 Using unfair means during the examination.
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 Impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person.

 Misbehaving in the examination hall or taking away/destroying damaging any
equipment or any other things in the examination hall.
 Resorting to any irregular/unfair means in connection with his/her candidature
during selection process.
 Obtaining support for his/her candidature by any means.
 Apart from above, any other unfair means relating to Conduct of Examination or
any other relevant matter.
Such candidates in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to criminal prosecution
may also be liable to be disqualified from the examination hall.
15.3 Mobile phone/Cell Phone/Hand bag/Purse/Ornaments/Electronics/Non-Electronics
instrument/Goods/Articles etc. except Pen & Pencil are strictly not allowed and are
banned in the examination complex.
15.4 Candidates are advised to bring only Admit Card, Photo Identity Card. Frisking will be
done at entry point and during the exam. PSPCL or Examination Centre will not be
responsible for keeping custody of any of the above prohibited items& the candidate
shall be solely responsible for its safe custody outside the examination complex.
Candidates should, therefore, read these instructions carefully and follow them
strictly. If any of the candidates is found/possessing any of the above prohibited items
inside the examination hall he/she shall be straightaway debarred from examination
on the spot, apart from action as per law may also be initiated against him/her.

16) TERMS AND CONDITIONS: -

16.1 On successful registration of online application, candidates are advised not to attempt for
re-registration since multiple registration number and password may create problem for
candidates in future. In case of multiple registrations, the candidature is liable for
cancellation/rejection without any notice/intimation to the candidate.
16.2 Admit card for online test, containing the details of the Centre/venue for the examination
etc. will be sent to the candidates at their registered e-mail ID. The candidates are
required to take a print out of their admit card. Candidate can also download their admit
card from the PSPCL website using their registration number and the password.
Candidates will not be allowed to enter the examination hall without valid admit card.
16.3 Candidates in their own interest are advised, not to wait till the last date & time and
register their application well within the time. PSPCL shall not be held responsible, if the
candidates are not able to submit their application due to last time rush.
16.4 PSPCL does not assume any responsibility for the candidates not being able to submit
their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other
reason whatsoever.
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16.5 Candidates are also advised to keep copy of application form and e-admit card with them
for reference and record.
16.6 Please note that the above procedure is the only valid procedure for applying. No other
mode of application shall be accepted.
16.7 Candidate should note that his/her candidature is purely “PROVISIONAL” subject to
eligibility verification during document checking. Mere issue of admit card/passing of
online examination will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by
the PSPCL. Before submitting the application, the candidate must ensure that he/she
fulfills all the eligibility criteria as laid down in this notification or amendments if any
issued subsequently.
16.8 Candidates should only submit their application online and they are not required to send
hard copy of online application form or any certificate to PSPCL separately.
16.9 The decision of the PSPCL about the mode of selection and eligibility conditions shall be
final and binding. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
16.10 No TA/DA will be paid for the journeys performed for the online test/document
checking/counseling etc.
16.11 Candidates are requested to mention their category in online application form.
16.12 All information including qualifications, category, age etc. declared by the candidate in
their application is presumed to be correct subject to its verification later on in respect of
those eligible candidates who may be called for document checking before their
selection. There is no mechanism to verify the information/data during the online
application. If, at any stage (during document checking or even before joining), any
information of the candidate is found to be wrong forged/fictitious/bogus, the
candidature of such candidate will be cancelled ab initio and action will be taken against
him/her according to law.
16.13 The selected candidates will be governed by PSPCL Rules & Regulations amended from
time to time.
16.14 In case the candidate fails to deposit the requisite fee, his/her application shall stand
automatically cancelled/ rejected and shall not be considered for further processing.
16.15 In case, candidate is unable to get the admit card, he/she must contact personally at the
facilitation counter to be opened before the online test and will be notified before the
said examination.
16.16 Candidates must bring print out of Admit Card for verification on the day of online
examination at the venue of the Examination Centre along with at least one original valid
photo identity proof. Valid photo identification card (e.g. driving license, Voter card,
Aadhar Card and Passport issued by Govt. authorities). The candidates without admit
card/Registration slip will not be allowed to appear in the online examination.
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16.17 The venue, date and time of document checking/counseling of the candidates in merit
will be available on the website www.pspcl.in or
https://docs.pspcl.in/vieworders.html?ofc=ttiaplm.
16.18 In case of any ambiguity/dispute or interpretation, decision of the PSPCL shall be final and
binding on the candidate. Legal jurisdiction shall be subject to Local Courts at Patiala only.

17 REGISTRATION LINK: -
Link for submission of online application is https://reg.pspclexam.in.

18 HELPLINE NUMBER: -
In case of any difficulty or query related to online application process against above
notification, please contact on toll free phone no. 8368-009680 or 8368-743315 between
Monday to Friday (during 10.00 am to 06.00 pm) or e-mail: [email protected] by
quoting online registration/reference number.

Date : 24.02.2023

Place : Patiala -sd-

Chief Engineer/HRD,
PSPCL, Patiala.