Candidates, who get selected through Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentices Examination, would be having lucrative job experience, by getting the initial training from the Naval Dockyard School, Mumbai.
This Examination is conducted by the Navy for unmarried Indian male citizens. On successful completion of the Examination and the interview processes candidates will be sent for initial training and then for a further training at various Naval Establishments located at different places of the country.
Selected Sailors are also sent abroad for training in specific disciplines. Prior to release from service Sailors are also given pre-release courses to enable them to settle down in civil life.
Sailors in the Navy are liable to serve anywhere in India, on board ships and Submarines or abroad as ordered by the concerned authorities.
The training courses commence generally twice a year the first in August/September and second in February/March respectively. This Examination is generally held twice a year in the months of June (for the recruitment for the first training programme of the year) and December (for the recruitment for the first training programme of the year).