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
Testing the
Abilities
Conducting Medical
Examination
Preparing Merit
List
Undertaking
Enrolment
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.
Technical Streams
You will be tested in four papers- English, Mathematics, Science and Intelligence
and General Awareness.
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.)
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.
