ORDNANCE FACTORY BOARD(OFB)

Ordnance Factory Board(OFB) comprising of the Indian Ordnance Factories is a government agency under the control of the Department of Defence Production( DDP), Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India. Ordnance Factory Board is affianced research, development production, testing, marketing and logistics of the broad product range in the areas of air, land and sea systems. 

It consists of 41 ordnance factories,9 training institutes,3 regional marketing centres,4 regional controllerates of safety spread across the country. Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is the world’s largest government-operated production organisation and the oldest organization in India. It is commonly called “Fourth Arm of Defence” and the “Force Behind the Armed  Forces” of India. It is the 35th largest defence equipment, manufacturer

In the world. The two largest arms producers are Indian Ordnance Factories and Hindustan Aeronautics. It is the 2nd largest in Asia. Ordnance Factory Board antedates all the other organisations like th6e Indian Army and the Indian Railways.

PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY  ORDNANCE FACTORY BOARD(OFB)

The type of ordnance material produced is very divergent including Small arms, aircraft weapons, anti-aircraft warfare, naval weapons, anti-ship warfare, anti-submarine warfare, anti-tank warfare, missiles, missile launchers, rockets, rocket launchers, bombs, grenades, mortars, mines, metals, alloys, machine tools, military vehicles, engines, armoured vehicles, parachutes, optoelectronics, chemicals, clothing, artillery, ammunition, propellants, explosives.

ENDOWMENTS:

The Indian Ordnance Factories have not only keep up India through the wars but played an important role in establishing India with the growth of technology and have escorted the Industrial Revolution in India starting with the first modern steel plant of India much before Tata Steel, first modern electric textile mill of India, first chemical industries such as smokeless propellant plants of India, established the first engineering colleges of India as its training schools, played a key role in the founding of research and industrial organisations like ISRO, DRDO, BDL, BEL, BEML, SAIL, etc. 

Headquarters

1. Ordnance Factory Board, Kolkata (OFBHQ)
2. Armoured Vehicles Headquarters, Chennai (AVHQ)
3. Ordnance Equipment Factories Headquarters, Kanpur (OEFHQ)
4. Ordnance Factory Board, New Delhi Office (OFBNDO)
5. Ordnance Factory Cell, Mumbai (OFBMUM)
6. Ordnance Factories Recruitment Centre, Nagpur (OFRC)

Ordnance factories

Training institutes

1. National Academy of Defence Production, Nagpur (NADP)
2. Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning Ambajhari, Nagpur (OFILAJ)
3. Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning Ambernath, Mumbai (OFILAM)
4. Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning Avadi, Chennai (OFILAV)
5. Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning Dehradun (OFILDD)
6. Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning Ishapore, Kolkata (OFILIS)
7. Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning Khamaria, Jabalpur (OFILKH)
8. Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Kanpur (OFILKN)
9. Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Medak (OFILMK)

 Each Ordnance Factories Institute Of Learning is headed by a principal director and National Academy of Defence Production (NADP) by a senior principal director. National Academy of Defence Production (NADP) issues training to Group A officers, whilst the other eight institutes impart training to Group B and Group C employees of the ordnance factories

Regional marketing centres

1. Regional Marketing Centre, Avadi, Chennai (RMCAV)
2. Regional Marketing Centre, Delhi (RMCDL)
3. Regional Marketing Centre, Pune (RMCPU)

Every regional marketing centre is headed by a regional director.

Regional controllerates of safety

1. Regional Controllerate of Safety Ambajhari, Nagpur (RCSAJ)
2. Regional Controllerate of Safety Avadi, Chennai (RCSAV)
3. Regional Controllerate of Safety, Kanpur (RCSKN)
4. Regional Controllerate of Safety, Pune (RCSPU)

Every regional controllerate of safety is headed by a regional controller of safety.

CLIENTS:

Armed Forces

The customers of Indian Ordnance Factories are the Indian Armed Forces like Indian Army, Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force. Apart from contributing armaments to the Armed Forces, Ordnance Factories also meet the requirements of other customers like. the Central Armed Police Forces, State Armed Police Forces, Paramilitary Forces of India and the Special Forces of India in respect of arms, ammunition, clothing, bulletproof vehicles, mine-protected vehicles etc

Civil trade

Customers are in the central/state government organisations and departments such as Indian Railways, Indian Space Research Organisation, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Nuclear Fuel Complex, Aeronautical Development Agency, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Telecommunications, and State Electricity Boards Public Sector Undertakings in India (PSUs) such as HMT Limited, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Bharat Dynamics Limited private companies and individuals etc. who purchase industrial chemicals, explosives, arms, ammunition, brass, aluminium alloy products for aircraft, steel castings and vehicles, clothing and leather goods, cables and optoelectronic instruments.

Exports

Arms and ammunition, weapon spares, chemicals and explosives, parachutes, leather and clothing items are exported to more than 25 countries worldwide.

1.  Asia: Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia
2. Europe: Germany, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Sweden, France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Cyprus
3.  Middle East: Oman, Egypt, UAE, Israel, Saudi Arabia,
4.  Africa: Kenya, Botswana, Nigeria
5. North and South America: United States, Canada, Brazil

The number of vacancies is approx 6060 including 3847 ITI and 2219 Non-ITI, as part of Ordnance Factory Board Skill India Mission. The closing date for submission of online applications is 9th February 2020.

Starting Date to Apply Online: 10-01-2020

 Last Date for Apply Online: 09-02-2020

OFB Trade Apprentice Recruitment 2020 56th Batch (OFRC ADVERTISEMENT No. 1457)

Factory wise Vacancies:

Stipend:

Selection Process: The Selection will be done based on the merit list. The merit list will be prepared separately for NON-ITI and EX-ITI category.

Application Fee: A non-refundable fee of ₹ 100/- only. The fee payment can be made by using Internet Banking /debit card/credit card / Cash Card, Wallets/IMPS/NEFT/UPI, BHIM, by providing information as asked on the screen.