The Assam Public Service Commission has released a new notification for the APSC AE (Civil) Recruitment 2022. 63 posts have been invited under Water Resources Department and 4 posts have been invited under the Directorate of Municipal Administration. The application dates are from 5th December 2022 to 4th January 2023. The last date to submit the online application fee is 6th January 2023 for the posts under Water Resources Department and for the posts under the Directorate of Municipal Administration the application dates are from 6th December 2022 to 5th January 2023 and the last day to submit the application fee is 7th January 2023. Candidates can check the details for the recruitment below.

• The candidates must satisfy the eligibility criteria required for the recruitment. The candidates who do not satisfy the eligibility criteria will be rejected by the authorities.
• Go through this article to know the details about the vacancy, eligibility, application process, important dates, fee, selection process, etc. 

Download APSC AE Recruitment Notification (22/2022) PDF
Download APSC AE Recruitment Notification (23/2022) PDF

APSC Assistant Engineer Vacancy 2022

The vacancies for the currently ongoing Assistant Engineer recruitments have been given below as per the department.

APSC Assistant Engineer Eligibility 2022

Assam Public Service Commission has given the detailed eligibility criteria for post of Assistant Engineer. Candidates applying for these 67 vacancies must ensure that they are fulfilling all the eligibility criteria mentioned in the official notification. The eligibility criteria are categorized as age limit, educational qualification and nationality of the candidates. Read further to know more.

Nationality

• The candidate must be a permanent resident of Assam as per the details given in the advertisement.
• The candidate must also have a PRC issued in Assam as a proof of residency.

Age Limit 

• Minimum age: 21 years
• Maximum age: 38 years

The above-mentioned age limit must be satisfied as of 1st January 2020. However, there are certain relaxations on the upper age limit given in the APSC AE Notification. 

Note: APSC will calculate the age on the basis of the Matriculation /HSLC Admit Card/ Certificate issued by a recognized Board/Council. To know more, please refer to the official notification. 

Educational Qualification for Water Resources Department

• Candidates must have Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from a Government Recognised University/Institute approved by AICTE. 
• Distance mode of education will not be accepted. 

Educational Qualification for Directorate of Municipal Administration

• Candidates must have Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from a Government Recognised University/Institute approved by AICTE. 
• Distance mode of education will not be accepted. 

APSC Assistant Engineer Application Process 2022

Candidates who are eligible for the APSC Assistant Engineer post can download the application form before the stipulated application date shared above. Follow the steps given below to apply for the Assistant Engineer vacancies. 

Direct link to Apply for APSC AE Recruitment 2022

Step 1: Visit the official application link given above. 

Step 2: New users can click on "Register Here".

Step 3: Now, fill up the application form and submit all the required details.

Step 4: After registering, log in.

Step 5: You have to pay the application fee via Treasury Challan/online means. The candidate may also have to upload scanned copies of important documents.

Step 6: After filling the form completely, submit and take a print.

APSC Assistant Engineer Application Fee

Candidates have to pay the application fee or else their application will be rejected. The APSC AE application fee can be paid via Treasury Challan or via an online mode of payment. Here is the fee for various categories as mentioned in the official notification. 

APSC AE Selection Process

Assam Public Service Commission will issue a corrigendum later regarding the selection process for the Assistant Engineer post in the latest recruitment. It is stated in the notification that the commission will decide to conduct the examination or test zone-wise as per the number of candidates against the districts given below. 

APSC AE Syllabus (Expected)

The expected topics of the syllabus for various subjects important for the examination are as follows.

A. General Studies

• Current Events of National & International importance.
• History of India & History of Assam.
• World Geography including India & Assam.
• Indian Economy, Indian National Movement.
• Mental Ability.
• Role and Impact of Science and Technology in India.
• Indian Polity, Political System in India.
• Indian Culture.

B. Civil Engineering

Structural Engineering:

• Engineering Mechanics: Simple stress and strain; analysis of plane stress and plane strain; Mohr’s circle of stress and strain; bending moment and shear force; simple bending theory; flexural and shear stresses; columns and struts; uniform torsion.
• Structural Analysis: Determinate and indeterminate structures; analysis of beams, trusses, arches, cables, and frames; deflection in beams; moment distribution method slope deflection method; conjugate beam method; rolling loads and influence lines.
• Construction Materials, Practices, and Management: Building materials- stone, sand, timber,’ bricks, cement, structural steel, paint~; concrete, technology cement its properties, classification and specification, provisions in I.S. code, properties of coarse and fine aggregates, production of fresh concrete, concrete mix design; detailing of walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, doors and windows, staircases; construction management; types of construction projects; Rate analysis and standard specifications; cost estimation; project planning and network analysis- PERT and CPM.
• Design of Concrete Structure: Working stress, limit state, and ultimate load design concepts; design of simple and continuous beams, slabs, columns, footings; principles of prestressed concrete design, materials, methods of prestressing, losses in prestressing, anchorages
• Engineering Surveying: Classification of surveys; principles of surveying; scales; errors and their adjustment; distance and angle measurement; leveling and trigonometric levelling traversing and triangulation survey; total station.

Water Resources Engineering:

• Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Engineering: Fluid properties and definitions, fluid statics- hydrostatic pressure, measurement of pressure, pressure on submerged surfaces, buoyancy; fluid kinematics; continuity momentum and energy equations applicable to fluid flow; viscous flow; flow in pipes; pipe networks; the concept of boundary layer and its growth; dimensional analysis and hydraulic similitude; open channel flow- uniform flow, energy-depth relationships, specific energy, critical flow, gradually varied flow, hydraulic jump; basics of hydraulic machines- pumps and turbines.
• Hydrology and Flood Management: Hydrology cycle; precipitation; evaporation; evapotranspiration; infiltration; watershed; Runoff components; hydrograph and its components; unit hydrograph; stream-flow measurement; the occurrence of groundwater; soil-water relationship; aquifers; application of Darcy’s law; the yield from wells for confined and unconfined aquifers; flood estimation- rational, empirical and unit hydrograph methods, design flood, Flood routing- definition, reservoir routing and channel routing; flood damage mitigation and river training works; dams and embankments- elements of gravity, arch and earth dams.
• Irrigation Engineering: Crop water requirements; duty; delta; estimation of vapor-transpiration; types of irrigation systems and irrigation methods; design of lined and unlined canals; heads works; design of weirs on a permeable foundation; waterlogging and drainage; canal regulatory works- cross drainage structures, outlets, and escapes.

Environmental Engineering:

• Water Supply Engineering: Water uses; quantity requirements; sources of water-surface and subsurface sources and their characteristics; water quality; drinking water standards; treatment of water-sequence of treatments, aeration, sedimentation, coagulation and flocculation, filtration, disinfection, hardness, and chemical softening, base exchange process; principles and methods of design of distribution systems.
• Waste Water Engineering: Quantity of sanitary sewage; sewerage systems and their design principles; sewer construction materials; sewer appurtenances; characteristics of domestic sewage; waste-water treatment methods and their sequence, preliminary treatment, primary: treatment, secondary treatment; waste-water disposal
• Introduction to air pollution, noise pollution, and solid waste.

Transportation Engineering: 

Highway alignment and engineering surveys; Geometric design of highways- cross-sectional elements, gradients, super-elevation, camber, sight distances, horizontal and vertical curves, transition curves, grade separations; highway materials- desirable properties and quality control tests; pavement design-types of pavement, design factors for flexible and rigid pavements, Indian Road Congress method of design; traffic engineering- traffic volume studies and characteristics, speed and delay studies, origin-destination studies, parking studies, traffic accident studies, traffic capacity, traffic signs and markings, traffic signals and its classification, traffic channelization islands and its design, road intersections, traffic rotary, and its design.

Geotechnical Engineering:

• Soil Mechanics: Origin of soils; soil structure and fabric; three-phase system and phase relationships; index properties; identification and classification of soils; permeability- one-dimensional flow, Darcy’s law; seepage through soils two – dimensional flow, flow net- its construction and uses; seepage through homogeneous earth dam with and without filters; compaction in laboratory and field conditions; one-dimensional consolidation; the time rate of consolidation; shear strength of soils; stress at a point; Mohr’s stress circle; soil stabilization.
• Foundation Engineering: Types of foundation, selection criteria; earth pressure theories- Rankine and Coulomb; stress distribution in soils- Boussinesq’s and Westergaard’s theories; shallow foundations- Terzagbi’s and Meyerhoff’s bearing capacity theories, effect. of the water table, combined footing and raft foundation, contact pressure, settlement of foundation in sand and clay; deep foundations- types of piles, dynamic and static formulae, load capacity of piles in sands and clays, pile load test, negative skin friction.

APSC AE Exam Pattern (Expected)

The APSC AE Exam Pattern 2022 will be released soon by the commission. However, candidates can check the expected exam pattern for the APSC AE below. The first stage of selection will be the Screening Test. This test will consist of objective type multiple-choice questions. The total questions will be 100, carrying one mark each. The questions will be asked from various topics of General Studies. Given below is the table is the detailed APSC AE Exam Pattern.

APSC Assistant Engineer Exam Date

The screening test and written examination dates are yet to release. Once they are announced by the conducting authorities, they will be updated soon.

APSC AE Admit Card

 Once the APSC AE Exam dates are announced, conducting authorities will also be releasing the APSC Assistant Engineer Admit cards. Generally, the APSC AE Admit card is released 15 days prior to the examination. Candidates can download the APSC AE Hall ticket by visiting the Official Website of Assam Public Service Commission.

APSC AE Cut-Off

The APSC AE Cut Off Marks are the minimum marks that you will have to score to qualify the Screening Test/ Written Exam. Candidates securing marks equal to or more than the minimum qualifying marks will be selected for the next phase of selection. There are various factors on which the APSC Assistant Cut-Off Marks 2022 will be decided by the conducting authorities of the APSC. They are:

• Candidates appearing in the APSC AE Exam 2022.
• Total number of APSC AE Vacancies and the total number of applications.
• Analysis of Previous Years' APSC AE Cut-Off marks.
• Category of the applicant.
• Level of difficulty of the APSC AE Exam.

APSC Assistant Engineer Merit List

Once the written exam is conducted, a merit list will be released by APSC. It will consist of the names of the candidates who scored the max marks in the APSC AE Screening examination. Applicants whose names are in the APSC AE Merit List 2022, will be called for the next phase of selection. You are requested to check the APSC AE Merit List by visiting the official website of the APSC that is apsc.nic.in.

If you are preparing for the exam then you can download APSC Assistant Engineer Exam Previous Year Papers here!

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