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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 Grade-II
Cat. 485/2020Kerala Water AuthorityClosed 3 Feb 2021
Age limit as printed
19-36. Candidates must be born between 02.01.1984 and 01.01.2001 (both dates included). Usual age relaxation is applicable for SC/ST and other backward communities.
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 2 Jan 1984 and on or before 1 Jan 2001.
  • Needs your details:
    Qualification: Diploma / ITI or aboveChoose your highest qualification. The subject must match too.
Qualification as printed

Educational Qualifications: • Pass in any one of the following examinations (A to K) Technical Qualifications: • Two years Overseer Course from S.M.T (Sree Moolam Technical Institute) • Draftsman Course from Guindy Engineering College • KGTE or MGTE Group Certificate (must include Building Drawing, Building Construction, Survey & Irrigation) • KGTE/MGTE in 8 subjects: Surveying & Levelling (Higher), Applied Mechanics (Higher), Building Materials & Construction (Higher), Hydraulics & Irrigation (Higher), Building Drawing & Estimating (Higher), Earth Works & Road Making (Higher), Geometrical Drawing (Lower) or Practical Plane & Solid Geometry (Lower), Mensuration (Lower) • Two years Certificate Course from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram • 18 months Industrial Training Course and 6 months Practical Training in Draftsman (Civil) or (Mechanical) from Government of India Labour Department • Kerala Government Certificate Examination in Civil or Mechanical Engineering • National Apprenticeship Certificate in Draftsman (Civil) or (Mechanical) after at least 3 years of full-time apprenticeship • Overseers Course conducted by the Government • KGTE/MGTE in Surveying & Levelling (Higher) and any three of: Building Drawing & Estimating (Higher), Building Materials & Construction (Higher), Earth Works & Road Making (Higher), Applied Mechanics (Higher), Hydraulics & Irrigation (Higher) • Diploma in Civil Engineering after two years course from Women's Polytechnics in the State Experience Required: Not applicable Physical Standards: Not specified Equivalence / KS&SSR Rules: KS&SSR Part II Rule 10(a)(ii) 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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