The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• PRINTING MECHANICAL SUPERINTENDENT - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

1978

For PRINTING MECHANICAL SUPERINTENDENT, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-01978

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

• Department of General Services
  Recruitment and Examination Services Unit
  P.O. Box 989052
  West Sacramento, CA 95798-9052
  

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

• Department of General Services
  Recruitment and Examination Services Unit
  707 3rd Street, Lobby
  West Sacramento, CA 95798-9052
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

Via Email

DGSExams@dgs.ca.gov
The preferred method of application submittal is via email as it is the most expeditious method of communication.

Applicants are required to submit a completed, signed, and dated:
(1) State Application (Std. Form 678), AND
(2) Training and Experience Evaluation (found at the end of this bulletin) For this examination either by mail, in person, or via email to the addresses listed below. Training and Experience Evalautions received without the State Application (Std. Form 678) will not be accepted.

Applicants must use the telephone provided in the Lobby to contact the Office of Human Resources at (916) 376-5400 OR email To email the DGS Examination Services, please click on the DGSExams@dgs.ca.gov to set up an appointment to drop off their application.

Do not submit applications to the California Department of Human Resources.

Applications with an original or electronic signature will be accepted.

Dates printed on mobile barcodes or equivalent mobile print technology shall not be considered postmarks and, as such, are not acceptable proof of the date an application was filed.

Applications MUST include “to” and “from” dates (month/day/year), time base, civil service class title(s), and range (if applicable) for all work experience. College course information MUST include title, number of semester or quarter units, name of institution, completion dates, and degree (if applicable). Applications received without this information may have delays in processing and/or may be rejected.

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

Either I

Three years of journey level experience as a Printing Plant Machinist in State service. (College education with emphasis in business management may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience on a year-for-year basis.)

Or  II

Two years of experience in the California state service performing the duties of an Associate Printing Plant Superintendent. or three IIIor three Experience: Four years of journey level experience as a maintenance machinist in a large printing operation employing 25 or more journey level persons. And

Education: Twenty-four units of college level courses with an emphasis in business management (i.e., personnel management, budgeting, accounting, data processing, business communications, etc.)

This examination consists of the following component(s):

Components that are due with your application will be scored and will count toward your final examination result. Failure to submit these items may result in disqualification or elimination from the examination.

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

Complete and submit the following items with your application. These will be scored and count toward your final examination result. Failure to submit these items will result in disqualification from the examination.

Printing Mechanical Superintendent T&E: PrintingMechanicalSupt_T-E_Rev.09.11.23.pdf

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of:

1. Principles of effective management, supervision, and training.
2. Materials and equipment used in assembling, installing, adjusting, and maintaining printing plant machinery and equipment.
3. Specification and procedure writing.
4. Inventory control.
5. Trouble-shooting techniques.
6. Characteristics of various metals and materials used in printing plant operations.
7. Electrical and electronic mechanical concepts and principles.
8. Design for modifications to printing plant equipment. 9. The department's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program objectives.
10. A manager's role in the EEO Program and the processes available to meet EEO objectives.

Ability to:

1. Estimate time and material necessary to make repairs on printing plant machinery and equipment.
2. Establish work priorities.
3. Develop detailed specifications.
4. Train apprentices.
5. Supervise the work of journey level persons.
6. Apply mechanical principles.
7. Manage human and equipment resources.
8. Analyze data and present conclusions.
9. Communicate orally and in writing at a level required for successful job performance.
10. Maintain effective working relationships.
11. Understand and effectively contribute to the department's EEO objectives.

A Servicewide Open eligible list for the PRINTING MECHANICAL SUPERINTENDENT Classification will be established for:

• Department of General Services

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

• Department of General Services

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

Department of General Services reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.