Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Programs: The
Director may establish trainee or apprenticeship programs for new and/or
incumbent employees in accordance with the Position Classification Plan or at
the request of a department. No trainee position under this Section shall be
established in any class other than a trainee class. A trainee or
apprenticeship program shall prescribe the purpose, duration, and method of
selection and shall include curriculum information and employee benefits in a
form and manner required by the Director. A trainee or apprenticeship program
may be established for one or more of the following purposes and shall be for a
duration not to exceed the limits stated in the class specifications therefor.
1) To develop, through an established program
of supervised training and experience, qualified employees for positions which
are, in the judgment of the Director, difficult to fill with qualified
employees;
2) To cooperate with
recognized educational institutions and organizations by making available
opportunities for supervised training and work experience required for
satisfactory completion of such cooperative or affiliated training
programs;
3) To provide specialized
orientation and training necessary for satisfactory performance of jobs in
technical or professional fields;
4) To attract and interest better qualified
employees to State service by selecting outstanding persons and giving them
supervised work experience during their period of academic training.
5) To provide training or developmental work
experience for the socially, culturally, economically, or physically
disadvantaged which would assist them in acquiring or augmenting employment
skills and/or provide employment opportunities of limited duration.
b) Appointments: Appointment to a
trainee position shall be made pursuant to a trainee or apprenticeship program
established and approved in accordance with Section
500.220(a).
c) Limitations on Trainee Appointments:
1) Trainees appointed to a position in a
trainee class in accordance with the Rules of the Department concerning
Examinations and Eligible Lists may be promoted after passing an appropriate
examination for the title for which they are training.
2) Trainees not selected by open competitive
examination shall obtain probationary appointments in the titles for which they
are training only after they have passed appropriate open competitive
examinations and their names have been reached on the resulting eligible
lists.
3) Trainees appointed in
such status as the result of an open competitive examination and whose
positions are allocated may be placed in probationary status in the class to
which said position is allocated.
4) Trainees appointed without open
competitive examination and whose positions are allocated may be placed in
probationary status in the class to which said position is allocated upon
successful completion of an appropriate open competitive examination, and their
names shall have been reached on the resulting eligible lists.
