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Can I apply? Kerala PSC eligibility checker

Find your post, then check it against the requirements printed in its notification: age with the Kerala PSC relaxations, qualification and anything else the post asks for. Add your date of birth to see which open posts you fit.

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Step 1

Your post

Draftsman Gr.II
Cat. 485/2020Kerala Water AuthorityClosed 3 Feb 2021
Age limit as printed
19-36. Only candidates born between 01.01.2001 and 02.01.1984 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post. Other Backward Communities and Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes are eligible for usual age relaxation. In no case the maximum age limit shall exceed 50 years.
Step 2

Check your eligibility

Your details

As in your SSLC book. Ages are counted on 1 January of the recruitment year.

Community

OBC includes Ezhava, Muslim, Latin Catholic / Anglo-Indian, Viswakarma and other backward communities.

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Your result

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What this post asks for

  • Needs your details:
    Age: 19–36 yearsBorn on or after 1 Jan 2001 and on or before 2 Jan 1984.
  • Needs your details:
    Qualification: Diploma / ITI or aboveChoose your highest qualification. The subject must match too.
Qualification as printed

Educational Qualifications: • SMT (Sree Moolam Technical Institute) Overseer Course (Two Years Course). • Draftsman Course, College of Engineering, Guindy. • Group certificate under KGTE/MGTE. • A Pass in eight Subjects Under KGTE/MGTE viz. 1.Surveying and Leveling(Higher), 2.Applied Mechanics(Higher), 3.Building Materials and Constructions(Higher), 4.Hydraulics and Irrigation(Higher), 5.Building Drawing and Estimating(Higher), 6.Earth work and Road making(Higher), 7.Geometrical Drawing(Lower) or Practical Plane and Solid Geometry (Lower), 8.Mensuration(Lower). • Certificate Course of College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram (2 Years Course). • Draftsman (Civil) or Draftsman (Mechanical) Diploma obtained after 18 months course (followed by 6 months practical training) at the Industrial Training Centre conducted by the Government of India, Ministry of Labour at Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Chalakudy, Kannur or elsewhere. • Pass in Kerala Government Certificate Examination in Civil or Mechanical Engineering. • National Apprenticeship Certificate in the Trade of Draftsman (Civil) or Draftsman Mechanical awarded after completion of full term apprenticeship for a minimum period of 3 years. • Pass in Overseers Course conducted by the Government. • Surveying and Leveling KGTE or MGTE with any three of the following Subjects: (1) Building Drawing and Estimating (Higher), (2) Building Materials and Constructions(Higher), (3) Earth Work and Road making (Higher), (4) Hydraulics and Irrigation (Higher), (5) Applied Mechanics(Higher). • Diploma in Civil Engineering(Two Years Course) of the Women's Polytechnics of the state. Equivalence / KS&SSR Rules: Rule 10(a)ii of part II of KS & SSR is applicable.

A guide, not a decision of the Kerala PSC. Confirm everything in the official notification before you apply on Thulasi. Age limit looks wrong? Report it.

How the age check works

Kerala PSC gives the age limit as a range of birth dates, for example “18–36: only candidates born between 02.01.1989 and 01.01.2007 (both dates included)”. Ages are counted on 1 January of the recruitment year, so an upper age of 36 in 2025 means you must be born on or after 2 January 1989. Relaxations move that earliest date back.

OBC+3 yearsEzhava, Muslim, LC/AI, Viswakarma and other backward communities
SC / ST+5 yearsScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Differently abled+15 yearsAdded on top of the community relaxation
Ex-servicemenup to +5The length of military service

With relaxations, the upper age cannot go beyond 50.

Worked examples

For a 2025 post with the range 18–36 (born 02.01.1989 – 01.01.2007).

  • EligibleGeneral, born 15 Jun 1995Inside 02.01.1989 – 01.01.2007, age 29 on 1 Jan 2025
  • EligibleOBC, born 10 Mar 1987Two years too old for the general range, but OBC +3 moves the earliest date to 02.01.1986
  • Not eligibleSC, born 20 Aug 1983SC +5 moves the earliest date to 02.01.1984, still after the birth date (age 41)

What the checker does not decide

Some notifications say relaxations do not apply, and the checker then uses the range as printed. By-transfer posts, special recruitments, NCA notifications and rules for widows are flagged with “Check the notification” instead of a verdict. The qualification guide compares levels only, not subjects. Always confirm in the official notification before you apply.

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