• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.

Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 9/30/2026
• 10/30/2026
• 11/30/2026
• 12/31/2026

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked 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.

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):

• REGIONAL MANAGER DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH - Open

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

Exam Code(s):

2546

For REGIONAL MANAGER DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-02546

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:

• State Compensation Insurance Fund
  Classification & Selection Projects
  PO BOX 659015
  Sacramento, CA 95865
  

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:

• State Compensation Insurance Fund
  Classification & Selection Projects
  2275 Gateway Oaks Drive
  Sacramento, CA 95833
  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.

The following items must be submitted with your Examination/Employment Application form. Failure to submit these items may result in rejection of your application.

• Transcript (Official or Unofficial)

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 either:

1. One year of experience performing the duties of a Senior Safety Engineer; Senior Industrial Hygienist; District Manager, Division of Occupational Safety and Health; Area Manager, CAL/OSHA Consultation Service; or

2. Three years of experience performing the duties of an Associate Safety Engineer or Associate Industrial Hygienist.

Or II

Experience:  Five years of responsible experience as a safety engineer or industrial hygienist with overall responsibility for organizing and administering a comprehensive safety or industrial hygiene program, at least one year of which must have been in an administrative or supervisory capacity with responsibility for supervision of the work safety engineers or industrial hygienists.

And

Education:  Equivalent to graduation from college with major work in engineering, industrial hygiene, environmental health, chemistry, biology, physics, medicine, pub1ic health, or in a field directly related to occupational safety and health. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year- for-year basis.)

This examination consists of the following component(s):

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

The sole component of the Regional Manager, Division of Occupational Safety and Health examination will consist of a Training & Experience (T&E) Examination.

 If you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications, please include a copy of your transcripts or degree.

State Fund examination professionals will review submitted application and documents to determine if candidates meet the minimum qualifications. Candidates that meet the minimum qualifications will be sent an email with a link to the examination on SurveyMonkey and they will have two weeks to complete the exam.

Candidates are required to respond to the T&E questions in SurveyMonkey. For each listed task statement within the T&E examination, applicants will need to provide the following:

• Identify the one professional reference who can best verify the response you provide for each task statement (Within the T&E you will have an opportunity to pre-list up to five professional references and from this listing you will identify the one professional reference).
• Identifying level of proficiency rating and experience rating.
• Provide a brief narrative example for each task.

Any task statement missing a professional reference, level of proficiency rating, experience rating, or a brief narrative example will not be scored.

All information applicants provide in this examination is subject to verification.

A preview of the Regional Manager, Division of Occupational Safety and Health T&E questions can be found on this bulletin.

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. Engineering and industrial hygiene principles and methods
2. Principles and practices of safety engineering and industrial hygiene
3. State safety and health laws, the Safety and Health Rules and Orders of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health and applicable provisions of the Labor Code and Health and Safety Code
4. Accident prevention techniques
5. Industrial health hazards
6. Basic legislation concerning the Division of Occupational Safety and Health
7. Methods of organizations, planning, management and supervision
8. Purposes, organization and activities of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health
9. The Division's Equal Opportunity Program objectives
10. A manager's role in the Equal Opportunity Program and the processes available to meet equal opportunity objectives

Ability to:

1. Effectively plan, organize, and coordinate the work of a multidisciplinary engineering and industrial hygiene field team
2. Interpret and apply State safety and health laws, the Safety and Health Rules and Orders of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health and applicable provisions of the Labor Code and the Health and Safety Code
3. Analyze injury and illness data and develop appropriate accident and illness prevention techniques
4. Use good judgment and take appropriate action in emergencies
5. Direct the more difficult safety and health investigations and accident and illness prevention surveys
6. Secure and maintain the cooperation of those contacted in the course of the work
7. Write and speak effectively
8. Effectively contribute to the Division's equal opportunity objectives

A Departmental Open eligible list for the REGIONAL MANAGER DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH Classification will be established for:

• State Compensation Insurance Fund

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.

Regional Manager, Division of Occupational Safety and Health

General Information

• State Compensation Insurance Fund will be establishing an eligible list for the Regional Manager, Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
• State Fund examination professionals will review submitted documents to determine if the candidate meets the minimum qualifications.
• Candidates that meet the minimum qualifications will be sent an email with a link to the examination on Survey Monkey and will have two weeks to complete the exam.
• The Training & Experience evaluation is the sole component of the State Compensation
• Insurance Fund Regional Manager, Division of Occupational Safety and Health examination.
• To obtain a position on the Regional Manager, Division of Occupational Safety and Health eligible list, a minimum score of 70% must be received.
• All successful candidates will be merged onto an existing employment list and have 12 months of eligibility.
• Examination results will be released approximately two (2) to four (4) weeks after submitting this Training & Experience Evaluation.
• Candidates are encouraged to draft their responses prior to entering the testing environment.

Instructions for Completing the Survey Monkey

Step 1: Candidates are required to identify one professional reference who can best verify the responses provided for each task statement.

To assist in providing a professional reference, candidates can identify up to five (5) professional references to choose from whom best can verify their responses.

It is mandatory that candidates provide the reference’s contact information so that staff at State Compensation Insurance Fund can contact them for verification purposes.

NOTE:  If candidates do not identify a professional reference who can verify their response for a task statement, that statement will NOT be scored.

Step 2: Using the rating scale below, candidates will rate their level of proficiency for each task statement.

Step 3: Using the rating scale below, candidates will rate their experience level for each task statement.

Step 4: Provide a brief example of a time when you demonstrated the below listed task either on-the-job or in a classroom environment.

In the example, be specific about where you demonstrated the task.

An example must be provided for each of the statements.

Any task statement missing a professional reference, level of proficiency rating, experience rating, or a brief narrative example will NOT be scored.

Training and Experience Statements:

1. Documenting manager and staff performance using performance evaluations and/or probationary reports, to identify staff accomplishments, improvement opportunities, and occurrences of noncompliance.
2. Monitoring and evaluating the work of direct reports to ensure that all safety and health services are aligned with goals and work meets quality and timeliness standards.
3. Creating and maintaining a cooperative working environment to create a positive workplace.  
4. Interacting effectively with potentially uncooperative, fearful, anxious, or hostile persons whose input and/or participation may be needed to complete a work assignment.
5. Interacting professionally with and gaining the confidence and support of all levels of management, staff and the public and advising them on a wide range of safety and health matters.
6. Experience with the principles and practices of safety engineering and industrial hygiene and interpreting and applying California occupational safety and health laws and regulations.
7. Addressing the most complex, difficult, or sensitive safety and health matters using a high degree of independent judgment to pursue appropriate courses of action and achieve desired outcomes.
8. Mentoring staff to develop skills and knowledge in specialized areas of expertise to advance the objectives of the department/State.
9. Communicating with multiple persons or entities with different interests or positions about the most complex, difficult or sensitive safety and health matters.
10. Effectively plan, organize, and coordinate the work of a multidisciplinary engineering and industrial hygiene field team.
11. Identifying and prioritizing critical issues or assignments in order of importance to effectively meet deadlines and allocate resources.
12. Experience with the principles, practices, and trends of public administration including organizational management, strategic and tactical planning, cost/benefit analysis, and budgeting in order to maintain operations and plan for change.

• State Compensation Insurance Fund

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.

State Compensation Insurance Fund 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.