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

Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 1/3/2025
• 2/7/2025

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):

• LOCKSMITH I - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:

Exam Code(s):

3031

For LOCKSMITH I, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-03031

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 State Hospitals
  Department of State Hospitals - Sacramento
  Human Resources Office
  1215 O Street, MS 17
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  

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 State Hospitals
  Department of State Hospitals - Sacramento
  Human Resources Office
  1215 O Street, MS 17
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  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.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: Two years of experience as a locksmith. (Completion of an approved vocational training program in locksmithing may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience on a month- for-month basis; or experience in a recognized apprenticeship program involving 2,000 hours per year may be substituted on a month-for- month basis for the entire two-year experience requirement.)

Applicants must submit their exam applications AND complete the exam during the same cut-off period.  For example, if you submit your exam application on July 8^th, 2024 (which is after the July 5^th, 2024 cut-off) you must complete the exam by July 19^th, 2024.

Filling Cut-Off Dates are listed at the beginning of the exam bulletin.

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.

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 and Abilities

Knowledge of: Methods, materials, tools and equipment used in the trade of a locksmith.

Skill as: A locksmith.

Ability to: Read shop drawings and work from plans and specifications; understand and carry out oral and written directions; read and write at a level appropriate to the classification.

A Servicewide Open eligible list for the LOCKSMITH I 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 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.

Instructions:

Rate your knowledge and experience performing specific job-related tasks.

Tasks:

1:  Install, repair, and maintain locks using hand and power tools (e.g., screwdrivers, picks, drills, chisel, hammer, etc.).

2:  Cut new or duplicate keys for cylinders, cabinet locks, and padlocks using a variety of key machines (e.g., computerized and manual duplicate key cutters, key cutting machines, punches, duplicating machines, code cutters, etc.).

3:  Perform installation and repair of door knobs, door strikes, mortise locks, and stand-alone or network access locks.

4:  Rekey cylinder locks using followers, pins, drivers, springs, etc. to maintain/develop master key systems and change lock combinations.

5:  Replace damaged or worn lock actuators, power boards, motherboards, row boards, door latches, faceplates with solenoid, and batteries on electronic key boxes.

6:  Pick or circumvent locks, padlocks, safes, and vehicles using locksmith picking/bypass tools, drills, and cutters to gain entrance.

7:   Order parts, supplies, and equipment by assessing current inventory to ensure appropriate supplies are on hand.

8:  Write reports using hard copy or electronic files to document work orders and maintain logs of tasks.

9:  Troubleshoot and repair door position and detention hardware switches.

10:  Dispose broken or obsolete keys by smelting, crushing or grinding keys, transporting to key disposal sites, recycling keys, etc. to destroy key waste.

Knowledge, Skill, or Ability:

1:  Knowledge of the principles and methods of materials, tools, and equipment used in the trade of a locksmith.

2:  Knowledge of safety practices, rules, and safety equipment utilized in the daily activities of a locksmith.

3:  Knowledge of door hardware repair and maintenance.

4:  Skill to re-key cylinders to reconfigure to a new key.

5:  Skill to repair locks and door hardware to ensure locks are in working order.

6:  Skill to duplicate and originate keys.

7:  Skill to install and adjust door closers to ensure proper swing and speed of doors.

8: Skill to operate computer controlled systems (e.g., key panels, etc.).

9:  Ability to inventory supplies and equipment to maintain a logical and organized system.

10:  Ability to use a master key system to create, manage, and implement the systems’ information.

11:  Ability to listen and comprehend verbal and written instructions to carry out assigned tasks.

12:  Ability to communicate orally and in to a variety of audiences.

13:  Ability to install and adjust various hardware (e.g., cylindrical, tubular, and mortise locks, deadbolts, cabinet locks, etc.).

14:  Ability to identify information, materials, and resources needed to complete projects and assignments.

15:  Ability to read technical documents (e.g., shop drawings, plans, specifications, etc.).

• Department of State Hospitals
• 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 State Hospitals 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.