372 aspirants attend physical test for grade-II govt jobs

Coimbatore: At least 372 men candidates participated in the physical test for the post of grade-II police constables, firemen and prison warders that was held on the police recruitment school premises here on Monday.
Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board had earlier invited applications for 3,784 armed reserve police constables, 6,545 special police constables, 119 prison warders and 458 firemen and conducted a written examination. Candidates who cleared the written test were called for the certificate verification and physical test.
At least 3,263 candidates from Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode and the Nilgiris had cleared the written examination. The board had appointed Coimbatore superintendent of police S Selvanagarathinam as chairman of the recruitment to conduct the physical test for the candidates from the four districts. While 500 men candidates were invited to attend the physical test on the day, only 372 turned up.
Ministerial staff conducted verification of education certificates, while police recorded their height and chest measures. The height is capped at 167cm for the men candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and 157cm for the SC/ST women candidates. In other categories, the height is capped at 170cm for men and 159cm for women and transgender.
For the men candidates, the chest measurement should be 81cm in normal position and 86cm in the expanded position. A 1500-metre running test was conducted for the candidates on the day and those who completed the same in seven minutes were selected for the next level of physical test, which would be conducted later.
Selvanagarathinam said, “The second phase of the physical test for men will include rope climbing, long jump or high jump and 100-metre or 400-metre running. We will conduct the test for women and transgender candidates on August 1. The women candidates should finish 400-metre running in two minutes and 30 seconds to enter the second phase of the physical test.” Muthusamy, deputy inspector general of police, Coimbatore range, was the super check officer of the physical test for men. Additional and deputy superintendents of police and 300 police personnel were deployed for the recruitment work.