Entry Level Qualification 

10

Career Fields 

Government & Defense Services

For Specially Abled 

Career Entrance Exam 

UPSC CDS, UPSC NDA

About Career 

1. Indian Navy’s officers and sailors protect India’s ocean borders and water territories to prevent and defeat any territorial aggression of other nations during war times. They work in close coordination with Indian Army and Indian Air Force to defeat any attack to Indian territories, including land and sea. They also pursue India’s political and military interests such as helping another nation to protect itself from enemy attacks.

2. Ocean borders are called maritime borders, which denote limits of territorial waters. India’s ocean borders and water territories lie in the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean.  

3. During peace time, that is, when there is no war, Indian Navy guards India’s maritime borders with other forces such as Indian Coast Guard and work as a deterrent to any threat of maritime aggression from other countries. Strength of Indian Navy is critically important to ensure the nation’s security objectives.

Career Entry Pathway 

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies- Entry as a Matric Recruit / Musician Entry

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After you pass Class 10, you can directly appear for the written test and physical fitness test. If you are selected, you can join as a Matric Recruit and after training, you will be placed as a Seaman II (Chef) / Ordinary Seaman (Steward) / Hygienist. If you are proficient in music, you can join as a Seaman II (Musician). For this, you have to appear for a Music performance test in addition to the written test and physical fitness test.

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies - Class 11-12 with Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry/Biology/Computer along with any other subject as per scheme of studies - SSR Entry or Artificer Apprentice Entry

This is Senior Secondary Recruit (SSR) and Artificer Apprentice (AA) Recruit pathway. For this, you will have to complete class 11-12 with Physics and Mathematics and one of the subjects from - Chemistry/Biology/Computer along with any other subject as per scheme of studies. If you score at least 60% marks in aggregate, then you can join as an Artificer Apprentice. However, if you score less than 60%, you can join as a Senior Secondary Recruit. If you join as an Artificer Apprentice, you will have to undergo a 9-week training. As a Senior Secondary Recruit, you will have to undergo 22-week training. On successful completion of training, you will be placed as a Seaman II if you are coming from the SSR route. If you are coming from the AA route, you will be placed as an Apprentice.

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies - Sports Entry into Indian Navy or do Class 11-12 with Mathematics and Physics and any one subject from Chemistry/Biology/Computer - Enter as a Senior Secondary Recruit (Sports)

Candidates with a secondary / higher secondary level of education with competencies in various sports (participation in international/national/ state level / inter-university championships is mandatory) can be considered for entry as a Sailor – either as a Senior Secondary (SSR) recruit or as a Matric Recruit (MR) depending upon their educational qualifications. If you have obtained a minimum of 6th position in a senior national level championship or 3rd position a junior national level championship or the 3rd position in an inter-university championship, then you can get a direct entry as a Petty Officer.

Required Qualification & Competencies 

 To join the Indian Navy as a Sailor, you can:

Option 1: Pass Class 10 with any combination of subjects and join as a Matric Recruit (MR) as a 'Y' group Sailor.

Option 2: Pass Class 10 and then pass Class 11-12 with Mathematics, Physics and any one of the following - Chemistry/Biology/Computer along with any other subject as per scheme of studies. If you pass with a score below 60% in aggregate, then you can join as a Senior Secondary Recruit (SSR). SSR Recruits fall under the category of 'Y' group Sailors. But if you score a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate, you can join as an Artificer Apprentice (AA). SSR Recruits fall under the category of 'X' group Sailors.

Option 3: If you have proficiency in music (Instrumental music), you can join as a Matric Entry Musician ('Y' group of sailors).

Option 4: Candidates with secondary / higher secondary level of education with competencies in various sports (participation in international / national / state level / inter-university championships is mandatory) can be considered for entry as a Sailor – either as a Senior Secondary (SSR) recruit or as a Matric Recruit ('Y' group of sailors)depending upon their educational qualifications. If you have obtained a minimum of 6^th position in a senior national level championship or 3^rd position a junior national level championship or a 3^rd position in an inter-university championship, then you can get a direct entry as a Petty Officer.

Competencies Required 

Interests

1. Realistic: You should have interests for Realistic Occupations. Realistic occupations involve more practical and hands-on activities than paperwork or office work. Realistic occupations often involve physical activities for getting things done using various tools and equipment. 

2. Conventional: You should have interests for Conventional Occupations. Conventional occupations involve repetitive and routine tasks as well as fixed processes or procedures for getting things done. These occupations involve working more with data, systems, and procedures and less with ideas or creativity.

Abilities

1. Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

2. Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.

3. Bodily-Kinaesthetic Intelligence: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and bodily motion; the ability to keep or regain your body balance when in an unstable position; the ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, hands, arms, fingers, or legs.

4. Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

5. Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.

6. Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

7. Hand-Eye Coordination: The ability to make quick and precise hand movements as per visual observations and understanding (that is, what you see and comprehend).

8. Inter-Personal: The ability to build and maintain good relationships with others at workplaces and elsewhere.

9. Manual Dexterity:  The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

10. Mental Stamina: The ability to sustain prolonged mental effort.

11. Musical Intelligence: The ability to understand sound variations, rhytms, melody, tones and music (if you are a Navy Musician).

12. Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

13. Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

14. Physical Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.

15. Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a long period of time without being distracted.

16. Speech and Language Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech and language of another person.

17. Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Skills

1. Active Learning: Focused and continuous learning from various sources of information, observation and otherwise for application in getting work done.

2. Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, understanding the points being made by others, asking questions, etc.

3. Coordination: Skills in working together with other people to get things done.

4. Electrical Instrument Repair and Maintenance: Skills in performing repair and maintenance of different electrical machines, engines, equipment, and devices (if you are in technical roles).

5. Electronics Instrument Repair and Maintenance: Skills in performing repair and maintenance of different electronic machines, equipment, and devices (if you are in technical roles).

6. Machine Repair and Maintenance: Skills in performing repair and maintenance of different machines, equipment, and devices (if you are in technical roles).

7. Musical Instrument: Skills in playing musical instrument of your choice (if you are a Navy Musician).

8. Operating: Skills in operating various machines, equipment, devices and systems.

9. Problem Solving: Skills in analysis and understanding of problems, evaluating various options to solve the problems and using the best option to solve the problems.

10. Process and Operation Controlling: Skills in controlling processes and operations of various machines, equipment, devices and systems using different types electrical and electronic control instruments and systems (if you are in technical roles).

11. Reading Comprehension: Skills in understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

12. Technical: Skills in using various technologies and technical methods to get things done or solve problems (if you are in Technical roles).

13. Time Management: Skills in prioritizing work, managing time effectively.

14. Troubleshooting: Skills in determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Personality

1. You are always or mostly organized in your day-to-day life and activities.

2. You are always or mostly about your actions and careful behavior.

3. You are always or mostly disciplined in your action and behaviour.

4. You are always calm or generally remain calm in most situations.

5. You trust others sometimes but not always.

6. You are not a soft-hearted person.

7. You are always practical or in most situations.

8. You always or mostly prefer to stick within a routine or carry out routine and repetitive activities. 

9. You are always or mostly dependent on others or on set rules and procedures. 

Career - Job Opportunities & Profiles 

1. If you are joining the Indian Navy as a Matric Recruit Sailor, then you will be placed as a Seaman II (Chef) / Seaman II (Steward) / Seaman II (Hygienist) / Seaman II (Musician).

2. If you are joing the Indian Navy as a Senior Secondary Recruit Sailor, then you will be placed as a Seaman I after 22 weeks of training.

3. If you are joing the Indian Navy as an Artificer Apprentice Sailor, then you will be placed as an Apprentice first after 9 weeks of training.

Working as an Indian Navy Sailor:

1. Your duties and responsibilities will depend upon the work area in which you join. This depends upon your educational qualifications or music/sports proficiency. You may join the Indian Navy as a sailor after passing class 10 examination as a Matric Recruit. If you pass class 11-12 with Physics and Mathematics and any one of Chemistry/Biology/Computer, then you can join as a Senior Secondary Recruit. If you can score a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate in class 11-12 final examination (with the above combination of subjects), then you can join as an Artificer Apprentice.

2. If you have talent in music or sports, then you can join as a Musician after class 10 as a Metric Recruit (Musician). If you are good in a specified sports, you can join as a Metric Recruit after class 10 or as a Senior Secondary Recruit after class 11-12. 

Following are the different roles and key tasks of sailors in Indian Navy:

1. Indian Navy Artificer (Sailors): Artificers are skilled Mechanics in Indian Navy. You will be working as a Sailor on technical duties. Technical roles in the Indian Navy are named as 'X' group of jobs.

2. Indian Navy SSR (Sailors): The SSR are the non-technical branch of Indian Navy. You will be working as a Sailor in non-technical duties. Non-technical roles in the Indian Navy are named as 'Y' group of jobs.

3. Indian Navy Matric Recruit: In this branch, you can find work as a Cook or Chef, Steward, Sanitary Hygienist, etc. As this role is a non-technical role, it falls under the 'Y' group of jobs.

4. Indian Navy Musician: In this branch, you can join as a Musician to play for the Naval Band in various occasions and ceremonies. As this role is a non-technical role, it falls under the 'Y' group of jobs.

5. Indian Navy Sportsman: You can join as a Sailor and participate in sports such as athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cricket, equestrian, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, handball, hockey, kabaddi, kayaking, polo, rowing, sailing, shooting, squash, tennis, volleyball, wind surfing, weightlifting, wrestling, etc. As this role is a non-technical role, it falls under the 'Y' group of jobs.

Specialisation Tracks In This Career

1. Indian Navy Sailor (Technical Artificer Apprentice Recruit - X Group Sailor)

You will be joining as an Artificer Apprentice. You will be working in various technical duties such as operating, maintaining and repairing engines, power systems, navigation systems, weapon systems as well as various equipment and machinery onboard of warships and submarines. You will also be working as a skilled Mechanic for maintaining Naval aircraft.

2. Indian Navy Sailor (Non-Technical SSR Recruit - Y Group Sailor)

You will be joining as a Senior Secondary Recruit. You will be involved in all sorts of non-technical duties that are required for running the warships and submarines.

3. Indian Navy Sailor (Non-technical Matric Recruit - Y Group Sailor)

In this branch, you will be working as a Cook or Chef, Kitchen Assistants, Stewards, Sanitary Hygienists, etc.

4. Indian Navy Musician (Sailor - Y Group Sailor)

As a Musician, you will be playing various instruments in the Naval Band.

5. Indian Navy Sailor (Sportsman - Y Group Sailor)

As an Indian Navy Sportsman, you will be undergoing training at various world-class training facilities of Indian Navy and participate in state, national and international competitions depending upon your proficiency. You will also be carried out other technical / non-technical / other duties as per your entry level (as an Artificer or SSR or Matric Recruit).

Career Growth

X Group of Sailors (Artificer Apprentice Recruit)

1. You will be placed as an Apprentice first. Then you will move through the following ranks:

2. Artificer V - Artificer IV - Artificer III-I - Chief Artificer - Master Chief Petty Officer II - Master Chief Petty Officer I

Y Group of Sailors (Matric/ Senior Secondary/all other recruits in non-technical roles)

1. You will be placed as an Seaman II or Seaman I first depending upon your qualification (Matric Recruit or Senior Secondary Recruit). Then you will move through the following ranks:

2. Seaman I (if you have started as Seaman II but if you have started as Seaman II you will move straight to Leading Seaman position) - Leading Seaman - Petty Officer - Chief Petty Officer - Master Chief Petty Officer II - Master Chief Petty Officer I​​​​​​​

Salary Offered  

As a 'X' Group Sailor

1. As an 'X' group sailor, in the beginning, you will be earning in the pay scale of Rs. 5,200 - 20,000 per month. Additionally, you will be paid DA (Dearness Allowance), Grade Pay, Military Service Pay, and X Group Pay. Your total monthly remuneration will be about Rs. 42,000.

2. At a senior 'X' group Sailor, in the rank of Master Chief Petty Officers, you will be earning in the pay scale of Rs. 9,300 - 34,800 per month. Additionally, you will be paid DA (Dearness Allowance), Grade Pay, Military Service Pay, and X Group Pay. Your total monthly remuneration will be about Rs. 1,57,000.

As a 'Y' Group Sailor

1. As an 'Y' group sailor, in the beginning, you will be earning in the pay scale of Rs. 5,200 - 20,000 per month. Additionally, you will be paid DA (Dearness Allowance), Grade Pay, and Military Service Pay. Your total monthly remuneration will be about Rs. 40,000.

2. At a senior 'X' group Sailor, in the rank of Master Chief Petty Officers, you will be earning in the pay scale of Rs. 9,300 - 34,800 per month. Additionally, you will be paid DA (Dearness Allowance), Grade Pay, and Military Service Pay. Your total monthly remuneration will be about Rs. 1,53,000.

Monthly Earning In Indian Rupee 

1. Entry level: 0 - 2 years of work experience

2. Junior Level: From 1 to 12 years of work experience

3. Mid-Level: From 5 to 20+ years of work experience

4. Senior Level: From 10 to 25+ years of work experience

Famous Personalities 

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Work Activities 

1. Assessing and evaluating quality: Assessing and evaluating quality of materials, systems, processes, products, services, etc.

2. Communicating with co-workers and others: Communicating with people in writing, verbally or otherwise inside your workplace and various other people who have professional relationships with your place of work including vendors, government officials, etc. or with people at large.

3. Defending and protecting land, air, and sea: Providing defence to potential enemy attacks to land, air and sea; securing and protecting people and geographical regions.

4. Developing and maintaining inter-personal relationships: Developing professional relationships with co-workers and others outside organisations and maintaining good relationships.

5. Estimating quantity, cost, time and resources: Estimating sizes, volumes, distance, and quantity; estimating and determining time, costs, and resources; estimating materials required to perform a task.

6. Exercising physically: Exercising physically using various methods, techniques, equipment and devices; exercising using a fitness regime; running.

7. Fabricating, assembling, and constructing equipment, devices and products: Fabricating, assembling, constructing or otherwise manufacturing products, equipment, devices and tools; testing and calibrating products, equipment, devices, tools and systems.

8. Getting Information and learning: Observing, hearing, reading, using computers, or otherwise obtaining information and learning from it.

9. Handling administrative activities: Handling various administrative tasks and managing day-to-day operations.

10. Handling and moving objects and materials: Using hands or otherwise use physical strength to handle and move objects and materials; manoeuvre, install, lift, place, manipulate, etc.

11. Identifying objects, actions, and events: Identifying various characteristics of objects; observing and understanding actions and events; understanding changes in actions and events.

12. Processing of information: Searching, compiling, tabulating, calculating, auditing, verifying or otherwise dealing with information processing including data entry, transcription, recording, storing and maintaining databases.

13. Inspecting equipment, systems, structures, and materials: Inspecting equipment, systems, structures, and materials to ascertain quality, performance, defects, causes of errors, etc.

14. Inspecting situations, events, and people: Inspecting situations, events and people to understand the reasons and causes for the situation or events to happen; inspecting people to understand reasons behind their behaviour and actions.

15. Installing, repairing and maintaining equipment, devices and products: Installing, servicing, repairing, and maintaining equipment, devices, and products for usages in homes, workplaces and industrial settings.

16. Operating machines, equipment, devices, systems and processes: Using various methods and techniques to operate machines, equipment, devices, systems and processes in industrial and other settings.

17. Performing physical activities: Performing physical activities that require use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.

18. Playing a sport or game: Playing individual or team sports or games outdoor or indoor (if you are Navy Sportsman).

19. Rendering music: Singing, playing various musical instruments (if you are a Navy Musician).

20. Securing and protecting: Providing security and protection to people and facilities.

21. Updating and using relevant knowledge: Keeping updated with the latest knowledge relevant to your fields of work and use of the relevant knowledge in getting things done.

22. Using computers for work: Using computers for day-to-day office work; using computer software for various applications in day-to-day professional work; entering data and process information; for writing.

23. Working in a team: Working in a team of people; developing team; maintaining professional relationships among team members.