CPCL Apprentice Recruitment 2026

CPCL Apprentice Recruitment 2026: Overview

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) has announced its Trade, Technician and Graduate Apprentice engagement for the skill-building programme under the Apprentices Act, 1961. The notice brings engineering, non-engineering, industrial trade and office-related streams into the same apprenticeship exercise. Your registration route depends on the stream, so the portal named against your trade matters when you look for the CPCL opportunity.

Posts and Disciplines

• Trade Apprentice, ITI: the industrial trades cover fitting, welding, electrical work, motor vehicles, machining, refrigeration and air conditioning, instrumentation, civil and mechanical draughtsmanship, and computer operation and programming.
• Laboratory Assistant: this designated trade is linked to chemical-plant laboratory work and uses the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS).
• Guest House Service Assistant: this optional trade covers food and beverages for the canteen and housekeeping, through NAPS.
• Non-engineering Graduate Apprentice: this stream uses the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS), separate from the office-assistant route.
• Secretarial Office Assistant: the oil and gas office-support stream is registered through NAPS.
• Executive, Human Resource: this is an optional oil and gas apprenticeship trade under NAPS.
• Engineering Graduate Apprentice: the disciplines span chemical, mechanical, electrical and electronics, electronics and communication or instrumentation, civil, computer science, information technology, fire and safety, and environment protection and safety.
• Technician Apprentice: the engineering diploma stream covers chemical, mechanical, electrical and electronics, and electronics and communication or instrumentation.
• Data Entry Operator: NAPS carries separate routes for fresher apprentices and skilled certificate holders. Keep the distinction in mind when choosing the advertised opportunity.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Nature of engagement: this notice concerns apprenticeship training under the Apprentices Act. The different streams belong to the same CPCL engagement.
• NATS payment arrangement: the government pays part of the stipend through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). Your bank account must be active, Aadhaar-seeded and enabled for DBT.

Application Submission Notes

Portal registration is a prerequisite: your NAPS or NATS profile must be fully completed. Look for the establishment named Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited on the portal assigned to your stream; the two schemes are not interchangeable.

NAPS handles ITI trades, Laboratory Assistant, Guest House Service Assistant, Secretarial Office Assistant, Executive (Human Resource) and both Data Entry Operator routes. NATS handles engineering and non-engineering graduate apprentices and technician apprentices; its registration address in the notice is https://nats.education.gov.in/student register.php.

For difficulties with the portals, contact recruitment@cpcl.co.in. This is the HR help address; the notice accepts applications only through the appropriate apprenticeship portal.

Corrigenda and Notices

• Last date extended to 22 October 2026: CPCL re-issued the Engagement of Apprentices 2026-27 notice as HRD:03:26 dated 12.10.2026 (the same eight trades, stipends and the 01.10.2026 age-reckoning date) with a new closing date — "Last date of submission application through NATS/NAPS portal is 22.10.2026". Applications already made on the NATS/NAPS portals stand.