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Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 5/1/2025
• 11/1/2025
• 5/1/2026
• 11/1/2026
• 5/1/2027

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.

Promotional Examination(s):

• PARK MAINTENANCE CHIEF III - Promotional

In addition to meeting the Minimum Qualifications, competition is limited to individuals who meet at least one of the following filing criteria:

• 1. Have a permanent civil service appointment with a promotional testing department (see Testing Departments), or
• 2. Are current or former employees of the legislature for 2 or more years as defined in Government Code 18990, or
• 3. Are current or former non-elected exempt employees of the executive branch for 2 or more consecutive years as defined in Govt. Code 18992, or
• 4. Are persons retired from the United States military honorably discharged from active duty with a service disability or honorably discharged from active duty as defined in Government Code 18991. Applicants must provide a copy of discharge papers (DD 214) for verification purposes at the time of application.

Under certain circumstances other employees may be allowed to compete under provisions of Rules 234, 235 and 235.2. California Code of Regulations Rules 233, 234, 235.2 and 237 contain provisions regarding civil service status and eligibility for promotional examinations.

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

Exam Code(s):

3147

For PARK MAINTENANCE CHIEF III, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 9 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-03147

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:

• Christine Hendricks
  Department of Parks & Recreation
  Selections
  P.O. Box 942896
  Sacramento, CA 94296-0001
  

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 Parks & Recreation
  Selections
  715 P Street
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  Drop box is at the security desk

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.

Equivalent to completion fo the 12th grade.

Possession of a valid Class C driver license. (Applicants who do not possess the license will be admitted to the examination, but must securethe license prior to appointment.)

Either I

One year of experience in the California state service performing the duties of a Park Maintenance Chief II.

Or II

Two years of experience in the California state service performing the duties of a Park Maintenance Chief I.
 

This examination consists of the following component(s):

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

Training and Experience Evaluation – Weighted 100% of the final score.

The examination will consist solely of a Training and Experience Evaluation. To obtain a position on the eligible list, a minimum score of 70% will be required.

The Training and Experience (T&E) Examination will consist of statements designed to measure how your training, and work history have provided you the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities, and potential to effectively perform the duties relative to the classification.

*Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be sent an email with the link to access and take the T&E examination. Candidates must include a current/valid email address on their application. Failure to provide your current/valid email address will prevent you from taking the examination.

Reschedules will only be considered based on the California Government Code and the California Department of Human Resources policy.

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:

Knowlege of:

1. Method, materials, tools, and equipment used in construction, maintenance, and repair work of roads, structures, and infrastructuring.
2. Various construction material and their uses.
3. Basic methods, material, tools, and equipment used in maintaining, protecting and improving landscape.
4. Material estimating and ordering.
5. Industrial Safety Orders, general safety practices and accident prevention techniques in the construction and maintenance field.
6. Equipment management and maintenance principles.
7. Products, material, and technology regarding "state-of-the-art" preservation of specific historical objects and structures.
8. Application of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to the State Park System.
9. Applicaiton of 5024 PRC in working with historical structures.
10. Department's budget process.
11. Principles of effective supervision and personnel management.   
12. Basic State budgeting and administrative procedures.
13. Department's Equal Employment Opportunity program objectives.
14. A supervisor's role in the Equal Employment Opportunity program and the processes available to meet EEO action objectives.
15. Principles of budgeting and program control.
16. Procurement rules and procedures and administration of contracts.
17. Landscaping and associated chemical application.
18. Environmental protection requirements.
19. Labor relations program objectives.
20. Supervisor's role in safety, health, and labor relations and the processes available to meet these program objectives
21. Principles of management and accounting systems. 
22. Principles and procedures for initiating and administering contract work and work accomplished through special programs.
23. Principles of public administration.
24. Goals, policies, organization and procedures of the Department as related to the  maintenance function.
25. Management problem solving methods.
26. Methods of conducting field research and investigations of procedural violations.
27. Seasonal and cyclical staffing and material needs  unique to the maintenance function.   

A Departmental Promotional eligible list for the PARK MAINTENANCE CHIEF III Classification will be established for:

• Department of Parks & Recreation

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 24 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference is not granted for promotional examinations.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

• Department of Parks & Recreation

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 Parks & Recreation 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.