• Continuous filing dates have been added for 2025.
• Continuous filing dates have been added for 2025.
• Continuous filing dates have been added for 2025.
• Continuous filing dates have been added for 2025.
• Continuous filing dates have been added for 2025.
• Continuous filing dates have been added for 2025.
• Continuous filing dates have been added for 2025.
• Continuous filing dates have been added for 2025.
• Continuous filing dates have been added for 2025.
• Continuous filing dates have been added for 2025.
• Continuous filing dates have been added for 2025.
• Continuous filing dates have been added for 2025.

Please Note: Examinations and Applications must both be submitted via ECOS and SurveyMonkey for your attempt to be considered.  Your cut-off window for processing is determined only after both items have been received.  Results may take between 4-6 weeks to process after each cut-off date indicated above. 

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.

Promotional Examination(s):

• CALTRANS HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC LEADWORKER - 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 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

3432

For CALTRANS HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC LEADWORKER, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-03432

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
  Examination Services
  P.O. Box 168036
  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.

Either I

Experience: Two years' experience comparable to a Caltrans Heavy Equipment Mechanic in the California state service.

Or II

Experience: Five years' experience as a journeyperson mechanic, at least two years of which shall have been within the last five years. (This time limitation is extended for a period equivalent to that spent in recognized military service during the last five years.) Two years of the five total years of experience shall have been spent in major repair and construction of gasoline-and diesel-powered highway maintenance and construction equipment. (Experience in the California state service applied toward this requirement must include at least two years' experience comparable to a Caltrans Heavy Equipment Mechanic. Experience outside of California state service used to meet this requirement must be comparable in level to two years as a Caltrans Heavy Equipment Mechanic in the California state service.)

Drug Testing Requirements:

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 of: Methods, materials, tools and equipment used in construction, assembly, overhaul, repair and adjustment of gas-and diesel-powered trucks, heavy construction and maintenance equipment; operating characteristics of heavy construction and maintenance equipment and gas-and diesel-powered trucks; and basic occupational safety and health work practices to protect their own safety and health and the safety and health of others, construction, operation and repair of automobiles, trucks, tractors, loaders, graders, personnel hoists, hydraulic cranes, snowplows, pumps, motors, and other equipment used in the construction and maintenance of highways; methods, materials, tools, machines and shop equipment used to construct, repair and adjust highway construction and maintenance equipment; laws and regulations pertaining to the construction, operation and repair of highway construction and maintenance equipment, such as smog control and hazardous waste disposal; computer systems and electronic data collection systems and programs adequate to be successful in learning the Equipment Management System (EMS); requirements of air quality programs; basic occupational safety and health regulations contained in Title 8 Industrial Relations, General Industry Safety Orders, and safety and health policies and procedures as contained in the Department's Injury and Illness Prevention Program, including requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Program, the Hearing Protection Program, the Hazardous Materials Communications Program, the Respiratory Protection Policy; industry preventive maintenance concepts; and the Department's Preventive Maintenance (PM) Program.

Skill in: Mechanical repair, adjustment, and fabrication of special equipment.

Ability to: Communicate effectively as required for successful job performance; fabricate, diagnose, repair and make adjustments to various equipment and systems (e.g., heavy construction and maintenance equipment, gas- and diesel-powered trucks and electronic systems); install and test pumps, motors and similar equipment; perform welding; estimate repair costs; work from drawings and sketches and make sketches of broken parts for replacement; make repairs in the field without supervision; learn the operation of the computer system used for the Equipment Management System (EMS); work independently; determine the condition of highway equipment?and estimate the time and cost of repairs; establish realistic completion?dates; communicate effectively at a level required for successful job performance, including effectively communicating technical instructions and providing on-the-job training to skilled technicians and communicating effectively with the functional units, supervisors and the public; prioritize and schedule work in cooperation with the functional units to best meet their needs; operate computer equipment, shop equipment and test equipment to diagnose electronic fuel injection systems and computer-controlled engine components; plan and coordinate the work of other staff; act in a lead person capacity; read, interpret and work from plans, drawings and specifications; analyze situations accurately and take effective action; apply laws and regulations pertaining to the construction, operation and repair of highway construction and maintenance equipment, such as smog control, Biennial Inspection of Terminals and hazardous waste disposal; and use tact and good judgment in directing highway equipment construction, repair and maintenance.

A Departmental Promotional eligible list for the CALTRANS HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC LEADWORKER 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 12 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 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.