• Any editable section on the Exam Bulletin has been updated.
• Any editable section on the Exam Bulletin has been updated.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.
• Continuous filing dates have been added.

Final Filing Date: Continuous 

Results may take between 4-6 weeks to process after each cut-off date indicated below. 

Cut-off dates for 2024: December 31

Cut-off dates for 2025: January 31, February 28, March 31, April 30, May 31, June 30, July 31, August 31, September 30, October 31, November 30, December 31

Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 12/31/2024
• 1/31/2025
• 2/28/2025
• 3/31/2025
• 4/30/2025
• 5/31/2025
• 6/30/2025
• 7/31/2025
• 8/31/2025
• 9/30/2025
• 10/31/2025
• 11/30/2025
• 12/31/2025

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):

• AVIATION SAFETY OFFICER II - Open

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

Exam Code(s):

2707

For AVIATION SAFETY OFFICER II, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-02707

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:

• Caltrans Examination Services (MS 86)
  Caltrans
  P.O. Box 168036
  Sacramento
  Sacramento, CA 95816-8036
  

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:

• Caltrans
  Examination Services
  1727 30th Street
  Sacramento, CA 95816
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  **Candidates are responsible for obtaining proof of mailing or submission of their exam.

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.

Education:  Graduation from college with a 4-year degree.  (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on the basis of one year of experience being equivalent to one year of education.)  A Commercial Pilot's certificate with a fixed-wing airplane and instrument rating; and possession of a valid driver’s license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

and

Either I

Two years of experience in the California state civil service performing the duties of an Aviation Safety Officer I.

Or II

Experience:  Three years of responsible experience in airport operations, airport planning, airport management or airport safety, or in a Federal Aviation Administration or state aeronautics position, involving the interpretation or implementation of aeronautical development policies.  (Experience in the California state civil service applied toward this requirement must be performing the duties of a class at a level of responsibility at least equivalent to an Aviation Safety Officer I.)

Or III

Five years of experience as a Commissioned Officer in a branch of the U.S. Armed Services with duties preferably involving aviation operations, maintenance, safety, or airfield management.

Or IV

Four years of employment as a Chief Pilot or Manager of a Flight Operations Department.

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:

Skills:  Safely operate department aircraft in visual and instrument meteorological conditions, day and night, in diverse topographic and geographic areas in accordance with applicable office procedures, State law, and Federal Aviation Regulations; identify the need for and provide creative thinking and effective solutions related to complex aviation problems; represent the Department in discussions involving policy, regulatory, and legal aviation matters; act independently; and act as a lead on a team or special aviation projects or studies.

Ability to:  Gather, compile, anayze, and interpret data; reason logically; analyze situations accurately and take effective action; communicate effectively; prepare clear and concise correspondence and reports; use word processing, spreadsheets, and automated design software programs; apply effective investigative methods and procedures by gathering facts, interviewing persons involved in controversial matters, and understanding the application of laws and regulations to draw conclusions and recommend corrective action; ability to read and interpret engineering and planning documents including drawing, plans, specifications, contracts, design standards, maps, and survey notes; secure compliance with state regulations firmly, tactfully, and expeditiously; recognize potentially hazardous conditions at airports/heliports, in approaches to airports/heliports and flight patterns; identify the need for and provide creative thinking related to aviation problems; may participate in discussions involving policy, regulatory, and legal aviation matters; stimulate community interest and participate in establishing and maintaining an aeronautical program adapted to local needs; secure cooperation and maintain effective working relationships with persons interested in aeronautical programs; encourage, inspire, and coordinate various work programs of numerous committees and public and private agencies; identify the need for and provide creative thinking and effective solutions related to complex aviation problems; represent the Department in discussions involving policy, regulatory, and legal aviation matters; act independently; and act as a lead on a team or special aviation projects or studies. 

A Servicewide Open eligible list for the AVIATION SAFETY OFFICER II Classification will be established for:

• Department of Transportation

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 48 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 Transportation

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 Transportation 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.