A recently enacted
state law calls on municipalities to sharply reduce current numbers of provisional
employees. Union members who are provisionals should take civil service tests
they are eligible for to become permanent civil service workers. Listed below
are exams with May and June filing periods.
New York City has begun to
replace provisionals with permanent employees by giving exams and hiring and promoting
from civil service lists wherever possible. District Council 37 has responded
to members need to pass civil service examinations by offering a number
of test prep courses through the DC 37 Education Fund. Only members and agency-fee
payers eligible for Education Fund benefits may participate in the classes and
receive the materials. For upcoming courses, check the fund listings in PEP or
on the DC 37 Web site, www.dc37.net.
Signing up for a union test preparation
course does not register an employee to take the civil service test. The Education
Fund does not cover filing fees for civil service examinations.
Members
must submit their applications and filing fees for exams to the Dept. of Citywide
Administrative Services.
For more information, visit their Web site at
www.nyc.gov/dcas.
Exam
Title | Exam
No. | Filing
Period | Test
Date |
Nutrition
Consultant (C) | 8039 | 5/7/08
to 5/27/08 | |
Scientist
(Water Ecology) (C) | 8029 | 5/7/08
to 5/27/08 | |
Accountant
(C) |
7033 | 6/4/08
to 6/24/08 | 10/18/08 |
Accountant
(P) | 7527 | 6/4/08
to 6/24/08 | 10/18/08 |
Highway
Repairer (P) | 8502 | 6/4/08
to 6/24/08 | |
For applications and more information, go to Dept. of
Citywide Administrative Services at www.nyc.gov/dcas
or call 212-669-1357. All filing and test dates are subject to change by DCAS.
Note: DCAS has moved its walk-in Application Center from 18 Washington St. to
2 Lafayette St., 17th floor, in Manhattan (travel directions on the Web site).
Source:
District Council 37 Education Fund.