This is not a timed examination. If you request a Reasonable Accommodation, your account will be locked and you will not be able to proceed with the examination until the request is processed.

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):

• SUPERVISING OIL AND GAS ENGINEER - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 9 months:

Exam Code(s):

2585

For SUPERVISING OIL AND GAS ENGINEER, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 9 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-02585

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.

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.

Possession of a valid driver license of the appropriate class issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. (Applicants who do not possess the license will be admitted into the examination but must secure the license prior to appointment.) And

Either 1

Experience: Two years of experience in the California state service performing the duties of a Senior Oil and Gas Engineer (Specialist) or Senior Oil and Gas Engineer (Supervisor).

Or 2

Experience: Broad and extensive (more than five years) experience as a professional engineer or geologist in oil, gas, or geothermal resource exploration, production, or development work, at least two years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity. (A graduate degree in petroleum engineering, geology, or a closely related field of engineering may be substituted for two years of the nonsupervisory experience.) and

Education: Equivalent to graduation from college with major work in petroleum engineering, geology, or a closely related field. (Registration as a senior in a recognized college will admit applicants to the examination, but they must produce evidence of graduation before they can be appointed.)

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This examination consists of the following component(s):

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

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:

1. Principles, methods, equipment, and terminology of petroleum engineering and geology
2. Methods and equipment used in drilling, maintaining, and operating oil, gas, and geothermal wells
3. California laws and regulations concerning the drilling, maintenance, operations, and abandonment of oil, gas, and geothermal wells
4. Well operations
5. Principles of effective supervision and safety practices
6. The organization, policies, and objectives of the division and its operating units
7. Advanced engineering technologies and trends in hydrocarbon or geothermal resources management problems in California
8. Principles of research, design, and analytical techniques used in hydrocarbon and geothermal resources studies
9. Principles of electronic data processing
10. Principles of program planning and evaluation
11. Social and economic aspects of hydrocarbon or geothermal resources development
12. Principles of environmental planning and impact assessment
13. Principles, practices, and trends in public policy development and evaluation
14. Formal and informal aspects of the legislative and administrative regulation processes
15. Federal, State, local government, and private agencies involved in hydrocarbon or geothermal resource development and regulation
16. Recent research projects and literature on hydrocarbon or geothermal resources
17. Principles of effective communication
18. Reservoir engineering
19. Resource assessment
20. Exploration and development technology
21. Subsurface geology
22. Analysis and evaluation of regulatory requirements
23. Resource price control
24. Resource information systems
25. Environmental assessments
26. Public resource management policy development and evaluation
27. Intergovernmental resource management
28. Special government task forces
29. Safety and legality of proposed operations
30. Methods of monitoring production
31. Injection and development including estimation of reserves
32. Efficiency of production operations
33. Principles and techniques of personnel management, labor relations, and supervision
34. The organization's affirmative action objectives and a manager's role in meeting those objectives
35. Oil, gas, and geothermal reservoir characteristics and behavior
36. Safety and legality of proposed operations
37. Principles of fiscal management, budgeting, and other administrative functions
38. Organization and objectives of the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources and of other conservation and regulatory agencies in the resources field
39. Administrative hearing procedures and case preparation for processing legal actions

1. Reason logically and creatively in solving complicated hydrocarbon or geothermal resources problems
2. Interpret and analyze scientific and engineering data
3. Perceive impacts of findings and present ideas and information effectively
4. Develop and utilize a variety of analytical and technological research techniques to resolve complex resource management and conservation problems
5. Develop and evaluate alternatives and make recommendations
6. Consult with and advise management, staff, and high-level government and industry personnel on hydrocarbon or geothermal issues, problems, and needs
7. Gain and maintain the confidence and cooperation of others
8. Represent the division before the Legislature and professional groups, at hearings, and at meetings with government and private agencies
9. Analyze situations accurately and take effective action
10. Perform difficult and specialized engineering work of the division which requires the exercise of analytical skill, creativity, and critical judgment
11. Utilize technical expertise to provide consultative services and advice on the feasibility, impact, or potential of a variety of operations, projects, or proposals
12. Advise top management, staff, legislative bodies, governmental entities at all levels, and industry representatives on hydrocarbon or geothermal resources or resource management programs
13. Effectively plan, organize, direct, coordinate, and evaluate the work of others
14. Motivate and supervise technical and professional engineers
15. Apply the laws regulating oil, gas, and geothermal operations to specific proposals and form valid conclusions regarding safety and adequacy of operations
16. Prepare technical directives and administrative orders to assist in proper oil field operation and good conservation policies and practices
17. Act as a team or conference leader
18. Utilize interdisciplinary teams in the conduct of studies and projects
19. Establish and maintain project priorities
20. Prepare, review, and edit written reports and proposals
21. Effectively contribute to meeting the organization's affirmative action objectives
22. Coordinate the activities and develop uniform policies and procedures of the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources or for a statewide division program

A Departmental Open eligible list for the SUPERVISING OIL AND GAS ENGINEER Classification will be established for:

• Department of Conservation

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 Conservation

Technical questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

Administrative 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 Conservation 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.