SCCL Apprentice Recruitment 2026 - Apply Online for 300 Graduate, Diploma Apprentice Posts

SCCL has announced a total of 300 tentative apprenticeship slots for the year 2026-2027, across three candidate categories. Slots are tentative and may be diverted to other branches depending on the number of applications received.

Engineering Graduates, Non-Engineering Graduates, and Diploma holders who have passed their qualifying examination during the last five years – i.e., pass-out years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, or 2026 only – are eligible to apply. Candidates who passed out in any other year will not be considered and will be rejected during scrutiny. Candidates must select the branch matching their qualification, as listed in the Apprenticeship Slots section above (Mining, EEE, ECE, CSE, IT, Mechanical, Civil for Engineering Graduates; BA, B.Sc, B.Com, BBA, BCA, B.Pharmacy for Non-Engineering Graduates; Mining, EEE, Mechanical, Civil for Diploma Holders). Candidates must not have already undergone, or be currently registered for, training under the Apprentices Act, 1961, in SCCL or any other organisation; an undertaking to this effect must be submitted with the application. Preference will be given to candid

The stipend is shared equally: 50% by SCCL and 50% by BOAT (Southern Region)/NATS 2.0, Ministry of Education, Government of India, credited directly into the apprentice's Aadhaar-enabled bank account under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system. Selected candidates must complete e-KYC and ensure their Union Bank of India (UBI) account is Aadhaar-seeded, as SCCL will not be responsible for non-payment of stipend if Aadhaar is not linked to the bank account. Apprentices are not eligible for any other financial or service benefit apart from this monthly stipend during the training period, as per the provisions of the Apprentices Act, 1961.

There is no registration or application fee for applying on the SCCL web portal, or for submitting the application at the Area MVTC counter.

There is no written examination for this apprenticeship. Selection in SCCL will be based on inter-se seniority with reference to the year of passing, and merit within that year. Priority will be given to "SCCL/Retired Employee Children" and "PAF/PDF" candidates as per prevailing practice, and Local, Caste, and EWS reservations will be followed as per SCCL's extant policy, with vacant reserved slots diverted to the open category. The selection process for the first batch will begin only from the first week of September 2026, after scrutiny of applications at the MVTCs. The MVTC where a candidate submits the application will not be treated as the fixed posting area. Candidates must select their area posting preferences as Option-01, Option-02, Option-03, etc., in the application; final posting will be based on vacancies and the preferences chosen. For candidates applying at MVTC Naini, pos

After registering on the NATS 2.0 portal and the SCCL portal, candidates must submit the following self-attested hard copies at their respective Area MVTC: Passport-size photograph (with signature on the photo) – 1 Printout of the duly signed SCCL web portal application – 1 copy Printout of the nats.education.gov.in student registration form – 1 copy Local Certificate (Others category only – Enclosure B or C format) – 1 copy Aadhaar card Xerox copy – 1 copy EPR View & Employee ID Card/PAF Certificate, for Employee Child/PAF candidates – 1 copy Important: If the hard copy of the application is not submitted at the MVTC for scrutiny/verification, it will not appear in the received list, and the candidate will not be considered. Four original certificates (not Xerox copies) must be uploaded in PDF format only (size 50 KB to 250 KB), along with a scanned photo (10 KB to 50 KB, size 3.5 cm x

Suppression of facts by the applicant will lead to disqualification at any stage of the selection process, or termination even after joining. Candidate selection is also subject to requirements stipulated by the Regional Director, Board of Apprenticeship Training (BOAT), Chennai, and the NATS portal. The same e-mail ID and mobile number entered on the NATS portal must be used on the SCCL portal, and must remain unchanged until the selection process is completed. If a candidate changes or forgets their e-mail ID/password, they cannot create a contract on the NATS portal and will not be allowed to proceed with the apprenticeship. Candidate name, father's/mother's name, date of birth, and year of passing entered in the portals must match the SSC/Birth Certificate, Aadhaar card, and Graduate/Diploma Certificate exactly; a mismatch may lead to rejection during scrutiny at the Area MVTC or HRD

Candidates must open a bank account (with e-KYC completed) in one of the following Union Bank of India branches, as required for stipend disbursement via DBT: