Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 12/1/2026
• 3/1/2027
• 6/1/2027
• 9/1/2027

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.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• FISH AND WILDLIFE INTERPRETER II - Open

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

Exam Code(s):

5584

For FISH AND WILDLIFE INTERPRETER II, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-05584

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
  Department of Fish and Wildlife
  Department of Fish and Wildlife
  P.O. Box 944209
  Sacramento, CA 94244
  

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 Fish and Wildlife
  Department of Fish and Wildlife
  P.O. Box 944209
  Sacramento, CA 94244
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  Our Drop Off Location is currently closed.

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.

Once your application has been received and minimum qualifications can be verified, you will be sent a link to the Training and Experience Questionnaire. If minimum qualifications cannot be verified, you will be asked to submit additional information prior to receiving the exam link.

The following items must be submitted with your Examination/Employment Application form. Failure to submit these items may result in rejection of your application.

• Transcript (Official or Unofficial)

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

One year of experience in the California state service performing the duties of the class of Fish and Wildlife Interpreter I, Range B.

Or II

Experience: Three years of natural resource management experience, with at least one year of specialized work experience which must have been performing technical work in connection with a major natural resource interpretive program. (Possession of a Doctorate Degree in Interpretation of Natural Resources or a closely related field may be substituted for the required experience; possession of a master's degree may be substituted for the two years of required general experience.) and

Education: Equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university or an equivalent degree approved by the California Superintendent of Public Instruction under the provisions of California Education Code Section 94310(b) with major work in wildlife management, zoology, fisheries management, botany or other related biological science.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

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

Applicants will be sent a link through their CalCareers account to complete the Training and Experience Questionnaire. Applicants must submit the exam within ten (10) business days after receiving the link to not be automatically disqualified. Failure to submit an exam within the allotted timeframe shall result in receiving a "Did Not Appear" disqualification notice.

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:

1. Methods and techniques involved in conveying knowledge of natural systems to the public.
2. Principles of public interpretation.
3. History of natural resources of California.
4. Wildlife management principles and methods of their application to conservation conditions and problems in California.
5. Methods, materials and equipment used in wildlife habitat management and restoration.
6. Scientific research methods.
7. Accepted techniques for making biological investigations.
8. Fundamentals of statistics.
9. Private and public organizations in California concerned with conservation generally, and natural resource interpretation specifically.
10.Grounds and landscape maintenance practices.
11.Natural resource history features of Department of Fish and [Wildlife] wildlife areas and ecological reserves.                                                                                                                                                                          12.Laws, regulations and Department of Fish and [Wildlife] policies relating to conservation and restoration of lands and wildlife resources in California.

Ability to:

1. Plan interpretive exhibits and programs.
2. Plan, organize and conduct interpretive walks and trails.
3. Apply scientific knowledge, methods, and techniques in obtaining, arranging and interpreting data, and in collecting, identifying and cataloging specimens.
4. Establish and maintain cooperative relations with those contacted in the course of the work.
5. Interpret resource concepts to the public.
6. Communicate effectively.
7. Develop innovative solutions to interpretive problems.
8. Prepare written material for reports and publications.
9. Keep necessary records and prepare reports.
10.Maintain landscape and grounds.
11.Organize scientific materials for presentation and address audiences effectively.
12.Plan, organize and direct the work of permanent intermittent and seasonal employees and volunteers

Eligibility records for continuous exams with cut-off dates are not posted immediately. After each cut-off, eligibility will be sent within a couple of weeks. Please monitor your CalCareer account for updates.

A Departmental Open eligible list for the FISH AND WILDLIFE INTERPRETER II Classification will be established for:

• Department of Fish and Wildlife

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.

• Department of Fish and Wildlife

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 Fish and Wildlife 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.