Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 9/30/2026
• 12/31/2026
• 3/31/2027
• 6/30/2027

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.

Following the cut off date, an examination link will be sent to the email address provided on your state application.

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):

• SUPERVISING INVESTIGATOR, ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL - 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):

5489

For SUPERVISING INVESTIGATOR, ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 9 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-05489

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:

• Human Resources Branch- Exams
  Department of Cannabis Control
  PO Box 419106
  Rancho Cordova, CA 95741
  

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 Cannabis Control
  Human Resources Branch- Exams
  2920 Kilgore Road
  Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  This location is non operational and weekends or holidays

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.

Must meet the peace officer selection standards developed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training per Penal Code section 13510(a) and in accordance with existing law; and

Either I

One year of experience performing the duties of an Agent, Alcoholic Beverage Control, Range B, in the California state service; or

Two years of experience performing the duties of an Agent, Alcoholic Beverage Control, Range A, in the California state service.

Or II

Experience: Three years of experience in investigation work, at least two years of which involved complete responsibility for difficult and unusual cases; and

Education: Education equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.

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:

Knowledge of:

• Law enforcement policies, procedures, and standards to accomplish the Department’s mission, goals, and objectives.
• The supervisor’s role and responsibilities within the department’s various policies to ensure compliance with laws, rules, and departmental policies.
• Supervisory principles, practices, and techniques to plan, oversee, and direct the work activities of employees.
• Peace Officer Bill of Rights to ensure employee rights are not violated.
• Current law enforcement tactics and methodology (including community-oriented policing theory, strategies, and techniques) and appropriate law enforcement investigative techniques and procedures.
• Evidence procedures to ensure proper evidence handling from collection to destruction.
• Interviewing and interrogation techniques to obtain pertinent information from individuals.
• Safety precautions associated with the handling of life-threatening health hazards (e.g., needles, blood-borne pathogens, communicable disease, and narcotics exposure).
• Conducting risk assessments while performing job duties.
• Surveillance techniques and equipment.

Ability to:

• Supervise, direct, train, and assist staff in conducting investigations of criminal/civil violations.
• Plan difficult and complex criminal/civil investigations, monitor the implementation of the investigative plan and ensure timely progress, to achieve program goals and objectives.
• Adapt plans and schedules to meet changing priorities of the office to address immediate needs and sensitive issues by assessing and reallocating personnel and resources.
• Apply time management techniques to prioritize and complete work assignments for self and staff within established timeframes, meeting overall objectives and specific deadlines.
• Perform job duties as a team member to achieve common objectives in accordance with the Department’s mission.
• Establish and maintain professional working relationships with all individuals.
• Review and evaluate the work of staff to determine deficiencies and/or accuracy of work.
• Analyze situations and effectively identify key elements in order to take an appropriate course of action in a timely manner.
• Maintain the integrity of confidential/sensitive information and documents.
• Coordinate difficult and complex investigations with allied law enforcement to ensure investigations are conducted properly and within policy.
• Prepare clear, concise, and accurate documents (e.g., correspondence, search warrants, reports, affidavits, subpoenas, discovery requests) which could be used for the purpose of criminal/civil prosecution and administrative action
• Multi-task (e.g., phone, driving, situational awareness, radio, communicating) in the performance of duties.
• Completely and accurately record pertinent information obtained during investigations.
• Recognize and identify the elements of a criminal/civil and/or administrative violation in order to properly conduct investigations.
• Utilize evidence collection techniques to ensure evidence security, integrity, and preservation to ensure admissibility in criminal/civil and/or administrative cases.
• Maintain high ethical standards in completing all assignments and projects to support the missions and goals of the organization.
• Provide instructions and guidance related to investigation plans and assignments to ensure investigation objectives and timeframes are met.
• Make physical arrests utilizing use of force options (e.g., weapons, restraining devices, control holds, chemical agents, etc.) to protect oneself and others.
• Recognize, diffuse, and resolve sensitive, hostile, and stressful situations in a professional, tactful, and effective manner.

A Departmental Promotional eligible list for the SUPERVISING INVESTIGATOR, ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL Classification will be established for:

• Department of Cannabis Control

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 Cannabis Control

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 Cannabis Control 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.