EXPANDED SCOPE
FOR
SAFETY SUPERVISOR OC 1,2,3,4,5,6
SENIOR
SAFETY OFFICER PR 1,2,3,4,5,6
1.
ACCIDENT
PREVENTION AND CONTROL, INCLUDING SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS - These
questions test for knowledge of the principles and practices involved in
establishing and maintaining accident prevention and safety programs including
such areas as safety inspections and accident investigations, employee safety
training and workplace safety, identification and safe handling of hazardous
substances, mitigation of unsafe conditions, and proper use of personal
protection equipment.
2.
INSPECTION AND
INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES - These questions test your ability to select the
proper course of action in situations which might occur during routine inspections.
Question topics may cover, but will not be limited to, such areas as
interviewing, gathering information and evidence, maintaining proper attitude,
and handling irregularities and violations with integrity and sound judgment.
Some questions may be in a situational format while others may deal with the
proper principles and practices of inspection.
3.
STATUTORY AND
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND
BUILDING SAFETY
- These questions are designed to test the candidates' knowledge of those State
and Federal laws, rules and regulations that pertain to worker safety and
health practices and building safety. Questions may be drawn from, but are not
limited to, the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code,
Occupational Health and Safety Administration, National Fire Protection
Association, Life Safety Standards, and New York State Department of Labor
safety and health regulations.
4.
OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH AND SAFETY INCLUDING ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND CONTROL - These
questions test for knowledge of the principles and practices of occupational
health and safety, and accident prevention and control, including such areas as
causes of accidents, accident rates, behavior and attitudes of workers and supervisors,
accident investigations and interviewing techniques, and types of accident
prevention and safety programs.
5.
PREPARING
WRITTEN MATERIAL
- These questions test for the ability to present information clearly and
accurately, and to organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some
questions, you will be given information in two or three sentences followed by
four restatements of the information. You must then choose the best version.
For other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of
order. You must then choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the
sentences.
6.
PRINCIPLES AND
PRACTICES OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING - These
questions test for the knowledge and abilities used to develop and deliver
training. They address topics such as the assessment of training needs;
instructional design; training methods and techniques; the use of training
aids, materials, and technology; motivation; learning theory; classroom
management; the evaluation of learning outcomes; and the usage of
training-related data.
The New York
State Department of Civil Service has not prepared a test guide for this
examination. However, candidates may find information in the publication
"How to Take a Written Test" helpful in preparing for this test. This
publication is available online at: www.cs.ny.gov/testing/localtestguides.cfm.
Use of calculators is ALLOWED