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18-41. Only Candidates born between 02.01.1979 and 01.01.2002 (both dates included) are eligible. In the absence of qualified candidates within the age limit, the upper age limit shall be relaxed up to 50 years.
As in your SSLC book. Ages are counted on 1 January of the recruitment year.
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Special recruitment is open only to the community or group named in the notification.
Educational Qualifications: • Must have studied up to Standard VIII Technical Qualifications: • Proficiency in boat pulling, knots, splices and rigging, handling single cylinder motor boats, anchor work and swimming. The proficiency in the above work shall be assessed in a practical test conducted by the KPSC at the time of selection. Experience Required: Not specified, but preference given to candidates who have undergone seamen training successfully in the Kerala Institute of Nautical Studies, Vizhinjam or similar other training institutions. Physical Standards: Height: Not less than 160 cms (without shoes or boots); Weight: Not less than 48 kgs; Chest: Not less than 78 cms normal and not less than 83 cms on expansion; Visual standard: Distant vision 6/6 (Right and Left eye), Near vision 0.6 (Right and Left eye). Squint or any morbid condition of the eyes or eyelids (e.g. Trachoma) will be deemed as a disqualification. Equivalence / KS&SSR Rules: Rule 10(a)(ii) of part II of KS&SSR is applicable. Candidates claiming equivalent qualification must produce the relevant Government Order at the time of verification.
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.
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.
With relaxations, the upper age cannot go beyond 50.
For a 2025 post with the range 18–36 (born 02.01.1989 – 01.01.2007).
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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