California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 1 - Administrative Personnel › Chapter 1 - State Personnel Board › Subchapter 1.3 - Classifications, Examinations, and Appointments › Article 8 - Examinations › Section 212 - Use of Out-of-Class Experience in Meeting Minimum Qualifications for an Examination

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Definition--Out-of-class experience is that work experience gained by the
					 performance of duties outside the class concept of the employee's class of
					 appointment.
Nothing in this part shall be deemed to condone or
						encourage the assignment by management or the performance of out-of-class work
						by an employee not authorized by law.
(b) Verification of out-of-class experience.
					 An employee shall be eligible to receive credit for out-of-class experience in
					 meeting the minimum qualifications for a civil service examination:
(1) When all of the following criteria are
					 met:
(A) The employee shall submit a written
					 request that the appointing authority, or his/her designee, certify that the
					 employee accepted and performed duties assigned by the appointing authority
					 that were not consistent with the employee's class of appointment. Requests
					 shall not be made prior to performing out-of-class duties a minimum of 30
					 consecutive calendar days, nor later than one year after the ending date of the
					 out-of-class duties.
(B) The
					 appointing power or his/her designee under whom the claimed out-of-class
					 experience was gained shall document by a written statement the employee's
					 request for certification of out-of-class experience. The statement shall
					 include a description of the type and level of duties performed; a conclusion
					 regarding whether the duties are or are not consistent with the employee's
					 class of appointment and, if not consistent, an identification of the class to
					 which such duties are appropriate; the beginning and ending dates of the
					 out-of-class experience; the title of the examination for which the employee is
					 applying, if applicable; and any further information required by the executive
					 officer.
(C) The applicant shall
					 attach a copy of the verification statement to the application form for any
					 examination for which he/she is applying.
(D) The out-of-class experience shall not be
					 used to progress from the trainee to the journey level in a class series or
					 deep class at a rate faster than that permitted for persons appointed to such
					 classes. If the employee's class of appointment has a transfer relationship, as
					 defined by section
					 433, to the class series or deep
					 class in which out-of-class was gained and verified, and the out-of-class
					 experience gained was at the trainee through journey level, the experience
					 shall be credited for examination purposes on a cumulative basis starting at
					 the level to which the employee could have transferred.
Where a promotional relationship, as defined in section
						(b) of section
						431, exists between the employee's
						class of appointment and the class series or deep class in which out-of-class
						experience is claimed and verified, the experience will be credited on a
						cumulative basis starting at the entry level of the class series or deep
						class.
For the purposes of this regulation:
A "class series" is any vertically related group of two
						or more classes in the same occupational specialty or program area but
						different in level of responsibility, which constitutes a primary promotional
						pattern for a specifically identifiable group of employees; and
A "deep class" is a class which has more than one salary
						range and where, by Board resolution, a salary range other than the lowest
						range of the class may be used for determining employee
						status.
(E) The out-of-class
					 duties were performed for a minimum time period generally required to assume
					 the full range of responsibilities of the class being claimed by the employee.
					 Under this requirement, the minimum verifiable length of out-of-class
					 experience is 30 consecutive calendar days.