• Continuous filing dates have been added.

Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 10/1/2025

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will be processed in the next group.

Please read this bulletin in its entirety before taking this examination.

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):

• TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN III - Open

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

Exam Code(s):

2100

For TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN III, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-02100

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.

• The examination title and/or exam code on the application
• “To” and “from” dates (month/day/year)
• Hours per week you worked
• Civil service or private sector titles
• Duties performed (Do not list see attached resume)
• If using education to qualify please provide a copy of your transcripts
• Resumes do not replace a completed application (STD 678)
• Applications received without this information 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.

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.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN III EXAMINATION

• Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications to receive examination results and be merged onto the eligibility list. Possession of the minimum requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list.
• Interested candidates must submit an electronic Examination Application (STD 678) AND take the examination.
• The STD 678 and examination must be submitted by the associated cut-off date to be considered as filed timely for that cut-off period.
• Incomplete examination responses, application packages, or otherwise missing information may lead to an inability to process a candidate's examination.
• The Examinations Unit is not responsible for contacting candidates who fail to submit either the online examination or application materials by the cut-off date.

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: The laws, rules and regulations of FCC relating to radio and microwave communications to ensure compliance; and effective team leadership principles, practices, and techniques to plan, oversee, and lead the work activities of personnel; departmental policies regarding the procedures used to lead personnel; and various on the job training methods.

Basic electrical and electronic principles relating to circuits, resistance, voltage, amperage; the wiring (including color coding), cabling, and connectors used to successfully interconnect various pieces of electronic equipment; safety procedures to reduce risk of injury applicable to working with electrical energy, and hand and power tools; basic math utilizing both whole numbers and decimals; basic algebra and electronic formulas; proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure to ensure accuracy of documents; computer operating software to meet work requirements; and knowledge of safety regulations and procedures of public safety communications tools, vehicles, and equipment.

RF communications systems and equipment both analog and digital; procedures and techniques used in the installation and modification, diagnosis, repair, programming and maintenance of communications equipment and network systems; MPLS, servers, hosts, desktop station, VoIP, RoIP PBX Switches and network systems in public safety communications equipment at the systems and component levels, manufacture software applications to effectively configure, program, import/export data files; computer based communications network systems, equipment and digital transmission formats; backup power systems.

Ability to: Interpret and apply the laws, rules, and regulations of FCC relating to radio and microwave communications to ensure compliance; plan, organize, act as lead for and direct the work activities of personnel to ensure quality, and timeliness standards are met; facilitate meetings and discussions to ensure participants are active and remain focused on the intended topic; provide detailed instructions for assigned personnel to ensure comprehension, and proper completion of tasks; consistently establish and maintain priorities in order to complete projects and assignments within timelines.

Utilize tools related to electricity to effectively measure and safely maintain electrical equipment; and safely use and operate electrical power and hand tools. Read and comprehend technical manuals, schematics, drawings, manufacturer specifications, troubleshooting guides used in installation, configuration and programming of communications equipment; understand mechanical relationships to use mechanical tools and equipment; use algebra and electronic formulas to prepare summaries, and to perform electronic calculations. Install public safety communications equipment; safely operate public safety communications tools, vehicles, and equipment; and diagnose basic problems with radio and communication network systems at the module level to ensure operability of equipment.

Diagnose problems or malfunctions with radio, microwave, and communications network systems; modify and assemble communications equipment to properly interface with communications network systems in accordance with specifications and engineering instructions; detect, eliminate, and prevent sources of radio frequency interferences; use precision instruments for measuring radio frequencies, power, deviation, modulation and other parameters; monitor and maintain backup power systems; create or edit drawings, schematics, or other documentation that illustrates layouts of equipment to maintain accurate records; be adaptable and flexible to work assignments and schedules to meet changing priorities of work objectives, personnel resources, and workload demands; and determine necessary equipment repairs and methods required to meet communications needs.

Frequently lift and carry items of equipment weighing up to fifty pounds. Assist others in lifting and carrying objects weighing more than fifty pounds.

Climb and perform work on antenna structures and towers, after proper training, for the purpose of installation, repair and maintenance of VHF, UHF, 700, 800 MHz and microwave antenna systems and related equipment; work in varied and, at times, adverse weather conditions; after proper training, traverse in snow cats at higher altitudes; fly in helicopters, and work on uneven surfaces to access remote telecommunications sites. (Training and certification will be provided by Public Safety Communications.)

A Departmental Open eligible list for the TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN III Classification will be established for:

• California Governor's Office of Emergency 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.

• California Governor's Office of Emergency 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.

California Governor's Office of Emergency 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.