Officers General Duty Branch

This is known as an operational branch of Indian Coast Guard, Which exercises the  duties of the Command of ships at sea . As a General Duty Branch Officer, the candidate must have the ability to operate weapons, operate sensors, and operate all the equipment under his command. The responsibility of  the safety of your ship, men and material and maneuvering of the ship in sea while in war or  peace lies upon this branch

Pilot Branch

For surveillance of exclusive economic  zones from shore air stations, fixed wing aircrafts are in operations  by Indian Coast Guard. Helicopters are also used in Coast Guard offshore  petrol vessels for  local surveillance and search and rescue operations at sea. This is a challenging task and so requires your skills in Coast Guard. Thus we have the chance to work both at shore air stations along the Indian coast as well as at sea  as an officer of the Pilot Branch.

Technical Branch

Ships and air crafts these days are fully equipped with modern technology. your responsibility in technical branch is to keep all these machines/equipments  well serviced.You will also find job opportunities in Coast Guard repair organizations.

In technical branch you have an opportunity to get yourself exposed to work in a wide  spectrum of modern engineering  to showcase your technical  abilities, which will enhance your capabilities to a Post Graduate level in modern engineering.

Women in Coast Guard

The selection of women in Coast Guard is similar to the male candidates. Recruitment  of  women in Coast  Guard is done as officers General Duty Pilot/ Navigator  and General Duty CPL Holder in short service entry branches. Their appointment is only for non-sea going operations. In Coast Guard women have the option to work till their retirement age except for CPL Holders and short service appointments.