RCFL Apprenticeship 2026-27: 326 Posts, Apply by 20 September

RCFL Apprenticeship 2026-27 is a live application opportunity for 326 Graduate Apprentice, Technician Apprentice and Trade Apprentice positions at Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited’s Trombay, Mumbai and Thal, Raigad units. The current RCF recruitment page shows the last date for online registration as 20 September 2026 at 5:00 PM, and the official application portal is reachable. AvsarIQ’s verified record classifies the opportunity as open and links the detailed advertisement, recruitment page and form. If you are considering this notice, the immediate work is to confirm your discipline, qualifying-course date, training location and document files before starting the online form. This is apprenticeship training under the Apprentices Act, not a promise of regular employment with RCF, so the service conditions matter as much as the headline number of seats.

The detailed advertisement gives the online-registration period as starting on 4 September 2026 at 8:00 AM and closing on 20 September 2026 at 5:00 PM. The current RCF recruitment page was rechecked on 19 September and carries the same cutoff, with an update note describing the last-date extension. The live form is available through the RCF-linked online application portal. Use the closing time as the controlling planning point, but check the recruitment page again immediately before submission in case RCF publishes a further notice. The form instructions say it should be completed and submitted in one attempt, after which a unique application number or registration slip is generated for later communication.

The official advertisement divides the intake into three groups. Graduate Apprentices account for 145 positions across Accounts Executive, Secretarial Assistant and Recruitment Executive (HR), with 12-month training. Technician Apprentices account for 105 positions across Diploma Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Instrumentation and Mechanical disciplines, also with 12-month training. Trade Apprentices account for 76 positions, including Chemical Plant operations, Instrument Mechanic, Laboratory Assistant, Boiler Attendant, Electrician, Horticulture Assistant and Medical Laboratory Technician (Pathology), with the training duration depending on the trade. The notice shows a grand total of 177 positions at Trombay and 149 at Thal. These figures are the notified intake in the detailed advertisement; the company also says the training numbers are indicative and subject to change without prior notice.

The notice sets 18 years as the minimum age as on 1 September 2026 and generally shows an upper age limit of 25 for the listed apprentice categories, subject to the concessions and reservation rules in the advertisement. The qualifying course must be from a recognised university or institute and must be a regular full-time course. The notice excludes candidates who have already completed Act Apprentice training, have one year or more of job experience, or are pursuing higher studies. It also says that the qualifying final examination should have been passed on or after 1 July 2023. Allied branches of diploma engineering are not automatically accepted: match the exact discipline in the table rather than assuming a related subject will be treated as equivalent. Distance, part-time and correspondence qualifications are also excluded under the stated conditions.

RCF’s online form requires a deliberate choice. The advertisement says a candidate may apply for only one discipline or trade and that multiple applications or multiple training-area choices can lead to rejection. The form also asks applicants to choose either Trombay or Thal. That posting choice cannot be changed later, and the final placement depends on the approved intake quota of the selected unit. The advertisement describes the training locations as the company units at Trombay in Mumbai and Thal in Raigad district. Both are practical decisions: choose a discipline you can document and a location you can actually join if called.

RCF says selection will be based on a merit list using the percentage in the prescribed essential qualification and applicable reservation. Candidates from the merit list are called for document verification. Appointment as an Apprentice Trainee follows successful verification and approval of the apprenticeship contract on the relevant NATS or NAPS portal. The notice also says that a CGPA or other grade must be converted to an equivalent percentage under the university or institute’s norms, with proof produced at verification. Meeting the minimum qualification alone does not guarantee selection.

The advertisement describes working hours of 9 AM to 6 PM for Graduate Apprentices and 8 AM to 5 PM for Technician and Trade Apprentices, excluding weekly offs and holidays. It also says the selected posting is non-transferable during the training period. The stipend table includes a component paid by the Board of Apprenticeship Training for some categories; RCF notes that it is not responsible for a delay or non-payment of the BOAT component. Most importantly, the notice expressly says the apprenticeship does not create a right or claim to regular employment with RCF during or after training.

Start with the RCF recruitment page, where the current deadline and the official links are listed. Open the RCF online application portal only after reading the detailed advertisement and preparing the files. The detailed PDF, which is listed in the article’s official sources, controls the discipline-wise qualifications, age conditions, training periods, stipend table, selection method and document-verification rules. The AvsarIQ record is a current-data convenience layer checked against those official sources; if RCF publishes a later corrigendum or deadline notice, follow the latest official page and notice.