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Procedure Manuals
Details

Title	2.1 Admission of Applicants to Original entry or Promotional Examinations
Manual	C. Examination Procedures
Subsection	2. Admission of Applicants
Status	Issued 7/29/2003

Applicants who are

not current employees, or
who are applying for admission to examinations for entry-level classes in promotional lines, or
who are applying for admission to examinations for classes that are not a part of any promotional line

shall be admitted to Original Entry examinations providing they possess the minimum acceptable qualifications for the class.

Applicants who are

current employees of a class in a promotional line who have successfully completed a probationary period in a class in that promotional line and
who are applying for admission to the examination for a higher class in that promotional line

shall be admitted to the Promotional Examination for that class providing they possess the minimum acceptable qualifications for the class.

NOTE: By definition, a status employee is “an employee who has successfully completed a probationary period in a class”. Therefore, probationary employees of classes in a promotional line shall be admitted to promotional examinations for higher level classes in that line providing they have successfully completed a probationary period in a class in that promotional line.