PROMOTIONAL
EXAMINATION
9-2293
FORENSIC SCIENTIST IV (DRUG CHEMISTRY)
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: FEBRUARY 26, 2020
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COUNTY ANNUAL
SALARY $70,470
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GRADE 30
SPECIFICATION # 2293
APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE and FEE WAIVER
The application
processing fee is $40. Application may be made
via the internet at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service. Payment must be made
by VISA or MasterCard credit card and there will be an additional convenience
fee of $1.95. An acknowledgement of
receipt of application will be sent to all internet
applicants via e-mail. Application may also be made using the Suffolk County application for
promotional examination (Form CS-203).
Make your check or money order payable to the Suffolk County Department
of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service. Do not send cash. Please indicate the examination title and the
last four digits of your Social Security number on the face of your check or
money order. A separate application and
processing fee are required for each examination (identified by examination
number) for which you are applying. The application processing fee is non-refundable and
non-transferable.
The application
processing fee may be waived for Suffolk County residents who are
veterans, auxiliary police, members in good standing of a local fire district
or ambulance company and volunteer CERT members. Internet applicants should complete the
“Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form online. All other
applicants should complete a “Request for Application Fee Waiver and
Certification” form and submit it with your application (Form CS-203). All claims for application fee waiver are
subject to verification.
DUTIES
An employee in this class is responsible for the administrative
supervision, and may be responsible for the technical supervision, of the Drug Chemistry
section of the Suffolk County Crime Laboratory. The incumbent is responsible
for the overall operations of the section, and for evaluating all methods used
in the section. May be
expected to perform the most complex scientific analyses in the section. Supervision is exercised
over all employees working in the section.
The incumbent is responsible for facilitating training, quality
assurance and proficiency testing within the section. May participate in crime scene investigations
or act as a crime scene team leader. Does related work as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
To be eligible, a candidate must now be
serving and have served on a continuous basis with permanent or contingent
permanent competitive status as a Forensic Scientist III (Drug Chemistry)
for at least two (2) years in the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s
Office.
Necessary Special Requirement
At time of appointment and during
employment in this title, employees will be required to possess a valid license
to operate a motor vehicle in New York State.
Candidates will be subject to a background investigation.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
There will be no written or oral test for
this examination. Candidates who meet
the minimum qualifications will receive a rating based on an evaluation of
their training and experience against the background of the duties of the
position. Please prepare a complete
summary of your relevant education and experience for this position on Form
CS-205A.
In your summary of training include a copy of your college transcript(s) showing
all college degrees.
In your summary of experience describe fully each relevant position you
have held during the past ten (10) years.
State the type of organization and your place within it. Give a clear and precise description of your
principal duties and responsibilities including experience in forensic
examinations. Include the percent of
time you normally devote to each. If you
have held more than one title with the same employer
describe each title separately.
Applications may be
supplemented by a resume, but submission of a resume does not relieve a
candidate of the responsibility for completing all sections of the official
application. To receive credit for
experience on a job, basic information such as your title, name and address of
employer, title of supervisor, hours in the work week,
dates of employment (including month and year), etc., must be shown.
Be as concrete and specific as possible in
your summary of training and experience; ambiguity and
vagueness will not be resolved in favor of the candidate. Additional information concerning a
candidate’s training and experience will not be accepted
after the application has been rated. Rank on the eligible list will be determined by the training and experience
evaluation plus seniority and veteran’s credits if applicable.
NOTES
1.
Should it become necessary to amend any
part of this announcement, the Department of Human Resources, Personnel and
Civil Service Department reserves the right to make such amendment on the
Department’s web page without notification to applicants. The most current copy of this announcement is
available during the filing period at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
2.
Candidates
who filed for this examination more than six months ago are
advised to amend their applications to include current information.
LOCAL
DATE
PREPARED: January 9, 2020
DATE
AMENDED: January 15, 2020
GENERAL CONDITIONS
PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Candidates
must submit Suffolk County Application forms CS-203 (Blue). Applications are
available at the Suffolk County Department of Human Resources, Personnel and
Civil Service in Hauppauge and at the Riverhead County Center display, or by
sending a stamped, self-addressed 9 ½" x 4" envelope for each title
to: Suffolk County Department of Human
Resources, Personnel and Civil Service, P.O. Box 6100, Hauppauge, New York
11788-0099.
2.
Applications
postmarked after midnight of the last filing date may not be
considered eligible for this examination.
3.
Unless
otherwise stated, candidates must meet the minimum qualifications by the date
of the written test, or last filing date in the case of training and experience
evaluations. Unless otherwise stated
part-time experience will be pro-rated.
4.
Candidates
found ineligible to compete in the training and experience examination may
appeal to the Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service for
reconsideration prior to the last filing date appearing on this announcement. Appeals received on or after the last filing date will not be considered.
5.
Candidates
who fail the examination, or who fail to appear for the examination as
scheduled, will be eliminated from further
consideration for purposes of this competition.
Unless otherwise specified, the final rank order of the eligible list
will be determined on the basis of the scores received
on the training and experience evaluation, plus seniority and veterans' credits
where appropriate.
6.
If
an application is rejected, due notice will be sent.
7.
Unless
specifically prohibited by the examination instructions, candidates are permitted to use quiet, hand-held, solar or battery
powered calculators. Devices with
typewriter keyboards, spell-checkers, personal digital assistants, address
books, language translators, dictionaries and any similar devices are prohibited.
8.
When
the examination is prepared and rated by the Suffolk County
Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service, the
provisions of the Suffolk County Civil Service Rules dealing with the rating of
examination will apply.
9.
When
the written examination is prepared and rated by the New York State Department
of Civil Service in accordance with Section 23-2 of the Civil Service Law, the
provisions of the New York state Civil Service Rules and Regulations
which deal with the rating of examination will apply.
10.
Eligible
lists resulting from promotional examinations are only
certified to the jurisdiction in which a candidate is employed.
11.
In
accordance with Section 52 of the Civil Service Law, for County Service, first
consideration in appointment will be given to employees in the department where
a vacancy occurs after which appointments will be made from the general list.
12.
The
eligible list established as a result of this
examination will remain in force for at least one year and may be extended by
the Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service Department for a
maximum of four years. Changing
conditions may make it necessary to certify to future vacancies at higher or
lower salaries than those announced.
13.
Information
regarding eligibility for veterans' credits appears on the application form
(CS-203).
14.
Pursuant
to Section 85-a of the Civil Service Law, children of firefighters and police
officers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive an additional
ten points added to a passing score attained in a competitive examination for
original appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent
served. If you are qualified to
participate in this examination, and you are the child of a firefighter or
police officer killed in the line of duty, please so notify us in writing when
you submit your application for examination.
A candidate claiming such credit must submit appropriate documentation
to verify eligibility to receive these additional credits before the eligible
list is established. No additional credits will be granted after the eligible list is established.
15.
Inquiries
may be made as to character and ability and all
statements made by candidates are subject to verification. Some employers may require the candidate to be fingerprinted and to pass a background investigation.
16.
Candidates
must be medically, physically and psychologically capable of performing the
duties of the job. Candidates who are appointed to positions in the Suffolk County service may
be required to pass qualifying medical and/or physical and/or psychological
evaluations.
17.
Residency
is not required for taking any examinations.
However, some non-county jurisdictions, such as schools, libraries,
etc., give hiring preference to residents.
Some towns also require employees to establish residency within the
township. For employment in a Suffolk County
Department, with only limited exceptions set forth in Suffolk County Law,
residency within Suffolk County is required throughout employment with the
county. In any case
in which residency preference is given, the appointee(s) must meet a specific
residency standard as defined in the Civil Service Rules.
18.
Saturday
Sabbath Observers and handicapped persons:
If special arrangements for testing are required, indicate this on your
application.
19.
No
smoking is permitted in the building or on the grounds
of the examination site.
20.
If
you will be on active military duty with the armed forces of the United States
on the date of this test, please contact the Suffolk County Department of Human
Resources, Personnel and Civil Service before the last filing date appearing on
this announcement for alternate test date information.
21.
Multiple Examinations Scheduled for the
Same Date: If you have applied to take a
written test announced by either one or several local jurisdictions (county,
towns, city) scheduled to be held on the same test date as this written test,
you must notify each of the local jurisdictions no later than two weeks before
the test date, so they can make arrangements for taking all test at one test
site. All examinations for positions in State
government will be held at a State examination
center. If you have any questions please
call the Suffolk County Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil
service at (631) 853-5500.
22.
For
information regarding a weather-related cancellation of this examination,
please refer to our website at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
click on the “Weather-Related Exam Cancellations” link. Civil Service Announcements are shown at the bottom of that page. The following stations will broadcast notice
of cancellation:
WALK PATCHOGUE 97.5 FM
WBAB
BABYLON 102.3
FM
WBLI BABYLON 106.1
FM
WLNG
SAG HARBOR 92.1 FM
WBZO FARMINGDALE 103.1
FM
WRCN
MEDFORD 103.9
FM
NEWS
12 LONG ISLAND TV CHANNEL 12 website: www.news12.com
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