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):

• SHEETFED OFFSET PRESS OPERATOR IV - Open

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

Exam Code(s):

2278

For SHEETFED OFFSET PRESS OPERATOR IV, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-02278

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 95605
  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.

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

In the California state service, one year of experience performing the duties equivalent to either a Sheetfed Offset Press Operator III or a Webfed Offset Press Operator II.

Or II

Two years of journey level experience operating a large multicolor sheetfed offset press.

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.

Training & Experience Evaluation: SOPOIV_T-E_Rev.02.29.24.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. Basic lithography.
2. Single unit press and its functions including delivery systems, dampening system, feeding system, inking system, and printing system.
3. Basic printing process (e.g., electrostatic, photochemical, and produced image).
4. Pre-press (imaging) and finishing processes.
5. Printing instruments and tools.
6. Use and care of blankets, rollers, and offset plates and their installations on presses.
7. Types of fountain solutions on sheetfed presses using a lithograph process.
8. Safety requirements applied in the operation of printing equipment and industrial workplace safety practices.
9. Printing solvents and additives.
10. Print stock weights, textures, and finishes.
11. Types and uses of printing inks.
12. Multicolor sheetfed press.
13. Color and register control systems.
14. Four-color process work.
15. Types and uses of spot varnishes.
16. Operation and maintenance of a large sheetfed offset press.
17. Leadperson principles.

Ability to:

1. Perform basic math calculations.
2. Take accurate measurements needed for effective job performance.
3. Perform mechanical tasks needed to operate equipment.
4. Communicate effectively.
5. Follow oral and written instructions to assure quality and quantity of production.
6. Make minor mechanical adjustments and repairs.
7. Maintain proper fountain solutions.
8. Maintain satisfactory personal relations with other workers.
9. Willingness to work under noisy conditions.
10. Willingness to work various shifts.
11. Understand and follow basic safety and environmental regulations and practices.
12. Stand for long periods of time.
13. Move and/or lift up to 50 pounds.
14. Operate a multiunit press.
15. Operate an envelope press.
16. Maintain registration between printing units.
17. Mix and match colors.
18. Produce a printing plate.
19. Shoot and lay out negatives and half-tones.
20. Operate small sheetfed offset presses including perfecting units and powdering units.
21. Perform four-color process printing and dot-to-dot registration.
22. Trap colors.
23. Spot varnish.
24. Print large solids.
25. Pack the blanket and/or plate cylinder to register colors between units.
26. Print duotones and full reverses.
27. Convert from single-sided to two-sided printing and return.
28. Lead and instruct the work of a press crew.
29. Coordinate the activities of a press crew.
30. Operate a large sheetfed offset press.
31. Adjust all sheetfed offset press equipment and do minor repairs.

A Servicewide Open eligible list for the SHEETFED OFFSET PRESS OPERATOR IV Classification will be established for:

• State of California

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 24 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.

Applications are accepted on a continuous basis.  Check back periodically as cut-off dates are subject to change or can be cancelled at any time.  Such changes or cancellations will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules. Additionally, applications may be processed on a flow basis prior to the cut-off date to meet the hiring needs of the Department.

• Department of General Services
• State of California

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.