• 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):

• TELEVISION ASSISTANT - Open

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

Exam Code(s):

3033

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

Exam Code(s):

• EX-03033

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

Either I

Two years of broad technical experience in television production, including television production, professional sound recording, and tape editing.

Or II

Education: Equivalent to graduation from junior college with a major in television communications or completion of a television communications curriculum at an approved trade school.

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: Techniques of television production; sound recording; television photography; video taping; lighting; editing methods and equipment.

Ability to: Develop, create and produce professional quality television photography; operate a wide variety of television cameras and sound equipment; learn narration and continuity script writing; analyze situations accurately and take effective action; speak effectively; read and write English at the level required for successful job performance.

A Servicewide Open eligible list for the TELEVISION ASSISTANT 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:  Assist with the planning and organization of producing television/video programs including the operation of video tape recording and production equipment.

2:  Assist in the technical and artistic development of video/television programs including the preparation of graphics, narration, dialogue, sound effects, and music as required to ensure efficient unit operations.

3:  Coordinate the maintenance of video and electronic equipment to record, edit, and transmit radio and television programs, video conferencing, and/or multi-media presentations, for the creation of multimedia productions, in accordance with facility policies and procedures.

4:  Encode files and make DVD/VHS duplications for facility wide and department wide requests as necessary to maintain video library according to facility policies and procedures.

5:  Provide assistance in the planning and organization of technical work in video production projects, in addition to subject research and development of scripts.

6:  Provide assistance on the technical and artistic development of certain videos including the development of graphics, narration, dialogue, sound effects, and music as required in the production.

7:  Videotape conferences, meetings, and special facility presentations as requested according to facility policies and procedures.

8:  Provide equipment setup and tear down services of audio/video equipment for facility training and special presentations as needed.

9:  Coordinate and organize the video tape library for ease of accessibility to ensure efficient unit operations.

10:  Prepare existing tapes for broadcasting on a network including dubbing and editing to ensure efficient unit operations.

11:  Monitor network performance for quality and reliability and troubleshoot as necessary to ensure efficient unit operations.

12:  Monitor for out-of-stock supplies, low inventory and notify supervisor to ensure materials and supplies are ordered and received before inventory is depleted.

13:  Recognize and document unsafe equipment or environmental conditions and notify supervisor or management in order to ensure safe unit operations.

Knowledge, Skill, or Ability:

1:  Knowledge of techniques in television and multi-media production in order to create television and multi-media material.

2:  Knowledge of sound recording equipment and techniques in order to provide quality audio for television and multi-media productions.

3:  Knowledge of video and still television photography in order to produce professional quality images for television and multimedia production.

4:  Knowledge of videotaping techniques and procedures to record conferences, meetings, and other gatherings as necessary.

5:  Knowledge of television set staging and lighting to produce appealing television and multi-media images.

6:  Knowledge of editing methods and techniques including the use of editing software to produce effective and creative television and multi-media programs.

7:  Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words and proper grammar.

8:  Ability to develop creative and engaging television and multimedia productions for educational purposes and distribution of multimedia productions.

9:  Ability to operate a wide variety of television cameras and sound equipment tasks and projects related to television and multimedia programs.

10:  Ability to learn script writing and narration to assist in the development of workable scripts for television and multi-media productions.

11:  Ability to understand graphic placement, movement and editing aesthetics in post-production.

12:  Ability to understand written instructions, short memos and/or electronic correspondences.

13:  Ability to use word processing software to write scripts and electronic correspondences to effectively communicate with peers and management.

14:  Ability to possess and maintain sufficient hearing and vision to effectively perform the essential functions of the job.

15:  Ability to properly lift up to 60 lbs. (lifting through the knees) of equipment, climb ladders and work in tight spaces as required.

• 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.