Common use of Examination Procedures Clause in Contracts

Examination Procedures. 1. Xxxxx County Human Resources shall have full responsibility for the design, development, administration, and security of entry level and promotional examinations. 2. For all classifications (Except for entry level positions of Fire Fighter I, Fire Fighter/Paramedic I, Fire Inspector, Fire Inspector Trainee, and Fire Training Instructor) in Appendix A and for Battalion Chief, the County shall give at least ninety (90) days notice of the study material to be used for promotional examinations, and at least thirty (30) days notice of the date, time, and place of these promotional examinations. Once a thirty (30) day notice has been posted of date, time, place and there are two (2) or more candidates the written examination shall be administered as posted. 3. For the positions of Fire Engineer and Fire Captain, the County shall automatically give a promotional exam. The County shall establish an Officer’s Training Academy, and the County shall maintain an Engineer’s Academy, for employees preparing for these examinations. The County agrees to provide on-going training for Engineers and Captains. Promotional examinations shall not use Paramedic certification as a requirement for testing for Engineer or Captain, nor be used as preference for testing for Engineer or Captain. Fire Captain shall be tested during the period from March 1st to April 30th, in every even numbered year. The Fire Engineer exam shall be given during the period from March 1st to April 30th, in every odd numbered year. Employees must be eligible to test by December 31st of the year prior to the appropriate exam. The eligibility list developed for the Captain and Engineer examination shall be effective for two (2) fiscal years. When only two (2) names remain on a promotional list and the County anticipates that the list shall be exhausted prior to its expiration, the County may give another promotional examination. This examination shall follow all the time lines identified in both Sections 2 and 3, and create a new list that shall remain in effect until the end of the year that the original list would have expired. The County shall continue to follow the schedule for regular Engineer and Captain testing as outlined in this section, ensuring the continuity of the examination process and the maintaining of eligibility lists. FOR EXAMPLE, AN ENGINEER EXAMINATION GIVEN IN MARCH 2005, SHALL PRODUCE AN ELIGIBILITY LIST THAT SHALL BE EFFECTIVE FROM JULY 1, 2005 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2007. Human Resources shall give at least ninety (90) days notice of the study material to be used for promotional examinations, and at least thirty (30) days notice of the date, time and place of these promotional examinations. 4. The entry level and promotional examination for each classification shall be comprised of the same components for each employee taking the exam for that classification. 5. For any promotional examination covered by this Agreement, in the event that two (2) or more candidates received the same scores, there shall be additional factors to determine which employee is promoted. In this event, promotions shall be determined by considering the following factors: a. Higher ranking employees b. Current in-grade seniority c. Departmental seniority In the event that factor A is not conclusive, factor B shall govern. In the event that factor B is not conclusive, then factor C shall govern. For example: If a Fire Fighter and Engineer test for Captain’s position, and both receive the same score, then the Engineer shall be promoted. If two Engineers test for Captain’s position, and both receive the same score, then the Engineer with the highest current in-grade seniority shall be promoted. 6. Effective July 1, 2006 Human Resources shall provide the union with a copy of the promotional examination procedures for each classification covered by this agreement (including the Battalion Chief examination). Human Resources reserves the right to amend, modify or change said procedures but shall notify and provide the Union a copy of the changes prior to the thirty 30 day notice being posted. If the promotional examination procedures developed by Xxxxx County Human Resources are not followed, the resulting deviation(s) shall be subject to the grievance procedure in Article 23, including binding arbitration. 7. The Union and the County agree that no Fire Academy (rookie school) shall be scheduled and conducted unless the academy is composed of a minimum of fifty percent (50%) Fire Fighter/Paramedic I. Academy participants shall be selected from a Fire Fighter/Paramedic I recruitment or Fire Fighter I recruitment if the Fire Fighter/Paramedic I list is exhausted. The County shall maintain an active list of Fire Fighter/Paramedic I eligibles, by conducting examinations for this classification on a regular basis. 8. For positions within this bargaining unit, the Union shall be furnished an accurate copy of all job announcements, promotional announcements, agenda items creating new positions, the name of the person filling the new position, monthly report of vacancies, including who vacated the position and the name of the person filling a vacancy. 9. The Union and County agree that they shall continue to mutually establish job descriptions and qualifications required to act in a higher classification as well as to be eligible to take promotional exams.

Examination Procedures. 1. Xxxxx County Human Resources shall have full responsibility for the design, development, administration, and security of entry level and promotional examinations. 2. For all classifications (Except for entry level positions of Fire Fighter I, Fire Fighter/Paramedic I, Fire Inspector, Fire Inspector Trainee, and Fire Training Instructor) in Appendix A and for Battalion Chief, the County shall give at least ninety (90) days notice of the study material to be used for promotional examinations, and at least thirty (30) days notice of the date, time, and place of these promotional examinations. Once a thirty (30) day notice has been posted of date, time, place and there are two (2) or more candidates the written examination shall be administered as posted. 3. For the positions of Fire Engineer and Fire Captain, the County shall automatically give a promotional exam. The County shall establish an Officer’s Training Academy, and the County shall maintain an Engineer’s Academy, for employees preparing for these examinations. The County agrees to provide on-on- going training for Engineers and Captains. Promotional examinations shall not use Paramedic certification as a requirement for testing for Engineer or Captain, nor be used as preference for testing for Engineer or Captain. Fire Captain shall be tested during the period from March 1st to April 30thmonth of March, in every even numbered year. The Fire Engineer exam shall be given during in the period from March 1st to April 30thmonth of March, in every odd numbered year. Employees must be eligible to test by December 31st of the year prior to the appropriate March exam. The eligibility list developed for the Captain and Engineer examination shall be effective for two (2) fiscal years. When only two (2) names remain on a promotional list and the County anticipates that the list shall be exhausted prior to its expiration, the County may give another promotional examination. This examination shall follow all the time lines identified in both Sections 2 and 3, and create a new list that shall remain in effect until the end of the year that the original list would have expired. The County shall continue to follow the schedule for regular Engineer and Captain testing as outlined in this section, ensuring the continuity of the examination process and the maintaining of eligibility lists. FOR EXAMPLE, AN THE ENGINEER EXAMINATION GIVEN IN MARCH 2005, SHALL PRODUCE AN ELIGIBILITY LIST THAT SHALL BE EFFECTIVE FROM JULY 1, 2005 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2007. Human Resources shall give at least ninety (90) days notice of the study material to be used for promotional examinations, and at least thirty (30) days notice of the date, time and place of these promotional examinations. 4. The entry level and promotional examination for each classification shall be comprised of the same components for each employee taking the exam for that classification. 5. For any promotional examination covered by this Agreement, in the event that two (2) or more candidates received the same scores, there shall be additional factors to determine which employee is promoted. In this event, promotions shall be determined by considering the following factors: a. Higher ranking employees b. Current in-grade seniority c. Departmental seniority In the event that factor A is not conclusive, factor B shall govern. In the event that factor B is not conclusive, then factor C shall govern. For example: If a Fire Fighter and Engineer test for Captain’s position, and both receive the same score, then the Engineer shall be promoted. If two Engineers test for Captain’s position, and both receive the same score, then the Engineer with the highest current in-grade seniority shall be promoted. 6. Effective July 1, 2006 Human Resources shall provide the union with a copy of the promotional examination procedures for each classification covered by this agreement (including the Battalion Chief examination). Human Resources reserves the right to amend, modify or change said procedures but shall notify and provide the Union a copy of the changes prior to the thirty 30 day notice being posted. If the promotional examination procedures developed by Xxxxx County Human Resources are not followed, the resulting deviation(s) shall be subject to the grievance procedure in Article 23, including binding arbitration. 7. The Union and the County agree that no Fire Academy (rookie school) shall be scheduled and conducted unless the academy is composed of a minimum of fifty percent (50%) Fire Fighter/Paramedic I. Academy participants shall be selected from a Fire Fighter/Paramedic I recruitment or Fire Fighter I recruitment if the Fire Fighter/Paramedic I list is exhausted. The County shall maintain an active list of Fire Fighter/Paramedic I eligibles, by conducting examinations for this classification on a regular basis. 8. For positions within this bargaining unit, the Union shall be furnished an accurate copy of all job announcements, promotional announcements, agenda items creating new positions, the name of the person filling the new position, monthly report of vacancies, including who vacated the position and the name of the person filling a vacancy. 9. The Union and County agree that they shall continue to mutually establish job descriptions and qualifications required to act in a higher classification as well as to be eligible to take promotional exams.