California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 1 - Administration › Chapter 2 - Examination for County Officers/Employees › Article 1 - Qualifications › Section 107 - Minimum Qualifications-Deputy County Sealer of Weights and Measures

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following are the minimum qualifications for admission
					 to the licensing examination for Deputy County Sealer of Weights and
					 Measures:
(1) Possession of valid
				  County Weights and Measures Inspector licenses in all categories for which
				  licenses are issued; and
(2) Two
				  years of experience in the enforcement of weights and measures or agricultural
				  laws or in the inspection, maintenance, repair or installation of weighing or
				  measuring instruments or equipment; consumer protection or resolution of
				  consumer complaints in a public or private consumer affairs agency; law
				  enforcement or investigation work in a federal, state, or local jurisdiction;
				  responsible quality control or quantity control work in the production of
				  consumer commodities. This experience must have been at a level comparable to
				  county weights and measures or agricultural inspector/biologist; and
(3) Education equivalent to graduation from
				  college with major work in chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, or
				  other job related majors such as law enforcement, commerce and marketing.
				  (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for up to two years of the
				  required college education on a year-for-year basis. Persons applying under
				  this pattern must have a minimum of 15 semester units of college training in
				  one or more of the qualifying majors). Persons holding the required valid
				  licenses and permanently employed as a deputy commissioner, or weights and
				  measures or agricultural inspector/biologist shall be deemed to meet the
				  educational requirements of this section.
The scope of the licensing examination may include the
					 following:
Knowledge of: all laws relating to the office of County
					 Sealer of Weights and Measures; Department of Food and Agriculture policies;
					 the structure and function of county government; principles of administration
					 including program planning, personnel management, budgeting, supervision,
					 training, public relations, office procedures, and records management; legal
					 processes involved in County Sealer of Weights and Measures responsibilities;
					 those California Code of Regulations provisions dealing with work directly
					 related to the duties of the County Sealer of Weights and Measures and any
					 rules and regulations of a similar nature.
Ability to: lead others; demonstrate initiative to improve
					 supervisory and management skills; demonstrate potential as a first line
					 supervisor; handle the funds of the office in an economical manner; effectively
					 evaluate the qualifications of and demonstrate good judgment in selecting
					 assistants; organize and direct a staff of inspectors; analyze situations and
					 people accurately; make independent decisions quickly on matters of importance;
					 get along well with others; handle difficult situations accurately; take
					 effective action; make decisions on controversial matters; speak and write
					 effectively.
1. Amendment
					 filed 2-4-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No.
					 6).
2. Amendment filed 12-26-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter
					 (Register 74, No. 52).
3. Amendment filed 8-11-77; effective
					 thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 33).
4. Amendment of
					 section and new NOTE filed 10-4-95; operative 10-4-95 pursuant to Government
					 Code section
					 11343.4(d)
					 (Register 95, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						12027,
						Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
						12202,
						Business and Professions Code.