Final Filing Date: 11/7/2019.

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 not be accepted.

Who Should Apply:

How To Apply:

Special Testing Arrangements:

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" I, "or" II, "or" III, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern I and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern II may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements for this examination by the final filing date.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Completion of a training program prescribed by the Federal Railroad Administration in railroad equipment inspection; and

Either I

One year of experience in the California state service performing the duties of an Assistant Railroad Equipment Inspector, Public Utilities Commission.

Or II

Three years of experience as a State or Federal Railroad Inspector engaged primarily in the inspection of freight car equipment.

Or III

Six years of progressively responsible experience in railroad freight car inspection performing the duties of mechanical foreman or master mechanic.

(A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related technical specialization may be substituted for three of the six years of the required experience under Pattern III above.)

This examination consists of the following components:

• Interview : A passing score must be achieved and is weighted 100% of the final score.

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

EXAMINATION LOCATION/ DATES

Interviews will be held in Los Angeles and Sacramento. However, locations of interviews may be extended as conditions warrant.

It is anticipated that the exam interviews will be held during the week of November 18, 2019.

The CPUC reserves the right to modify the selection process as necessary to conform to administrative or business necessity.

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:

QUALIFICATIONS ASSESSMENT PANEL – WEIGHTED 100%

The exam interview may include the following:

Knowledge of:

1. Freight car inspection, freight car maintenance methods, freight car equipment and general railroad safety.
2. Proper corrective action to be taken in order to bring freight cars into compliance with the Federal Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards.

Ability to:

1. Determine unsafe mechanical and structural problems in freight cars, rolling stock, and other railroad equipment.
2. Understand railroad maintenance standards and detect deviations therefrom.
3. Examine records and make inspections of freight cars to determine compliance. with Federal Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards.
4. Conduct investigations of railroad accidents and write clear and concise reports.
5. Compile and analyze data.

A Departmental Open eligible list for the ASSOCIATE RAILROAD EQUIPMENT INSPECTOR PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Classification will be established for:

• Public Utilities Commission

The list(s) will be abolished 18 months after being established, unless the needs of the State and conditions of the list(s) warrant a change in this period.

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.

• Public Utilities Commission

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

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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.

Public Utilities Commission 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.