Common use of Promotion Criteria Clause in Contracts

Promotion Criteria. All ranks within the Department of Fire, with the exception of the Director of Fire, Deputy Director of Fire and Assistant Chief positions shall be classified. All promotional candidates to be tested will come from classified positions within the Dayton Fire Department. Such promotional vacancies shall be filled from an eligible list established by fair and objective promotional examinations. Promotions shall occur in the following order: Firefighter to Lieutenant, Lieutenant to Captain, and Captain to District Chief, Firefighter with Paramedic certification or Paramedic to Senior Paramedic. To be eligible for the Lieutenant's or Senior Paramedic's promotional examination, the candidate must have at least five (5) years of accredited service in the Dayton Fire Department in the next lower rank that is eligible for promotion to either position. An applicant must have at least two (2) years of service in the next lower eligible rank and meet all other promotional criteria on the examination posting date for each successive rank. Promotional eligible lists shall be for two (2) years from the certification date of the eligible list. A new certified eligible list will be available within three (3) months of the expiration of the old eligible list unless an extension is mutually agreed upon by Civil Service and the Union. The Union agrees to continue the existing extension for the posting of a certified eligible list for promotion into the rank of Senior Paramedic. This extension shall continue for a period of six (6) months from the date that Management notifies the Union of a scheduled promotional exam for the Senior Paramedic rank. Management will maintain a standing list of study materials from which promotional examinations will be drawn. There shall be no new commercially available texts added to this list within one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days prior to any examination posting date. Management will post the final list of publications and parts of publications for study not less than sixty (60) calendar days prior to an examination posting date. This final list of study material may contain material from no more than six (6) commercially available textbooks, in addition to material from internally produced publications of Management. The physical posting of the exam announcement will be not less than thirty (30) calendar days before the first date of the beginning of the examination. Civil Service will allow for a review and protest process. During this specified review and protest period, candidates will be permitted to review their submitted and scored incorrect multiple choice test. The candidates will be permitted to protest examination answers for the multiple choice test. An eligibility list shall be posted no more than sixty (60) calendar days from the last date of the examination for each rank, but no sooner than 14 days after the postmark date of the civil service rulings on the protest questions.

Promotion Criteria. All ranks within the Department of Fire, with the exception of the Director of Fire, Deputy Director of Fire and Assistant Chief positions shall be classified. All promotional candidates to be tested will come from classified positions within the Dayton Fire Department. Such promotional vacancies shall be filled from an eligible list established by fair and objective promotional examinations. Promotions shall occur in the following order: Firefighter to Lieutenant, Lieutenant to Captain, and Captain to District Chief, Firefighter with Paramedic certification or Paramedic to Senior Paramedic. To be eligible for the Lieutenant's or Senior Paramedic's promotional examination, the candidate must have at least five (5) years of accredited service in the Dayton Fire Department in the next lower rank that is eligible for promotion to either position. An applicant must have at least two (2) years of service in the next lower eligible rank and meet all other promotional criteria on for the examination posting Captain and District Chief rank. Accredited service time for Captain and District Chief promotional exams is calculated from the date for each successive rankof promotion into the current rank through the date of the desired exam. Promotional eligible lists shall be for two (2) years from the certification date of the eligible list. A new certified eligible list will be available within three (3) months of the expiration of the old eligible list unless an extension is mutually agreed upon by Civil Service and the Union. The Union agrees to continue the existing extension for the posting of a certified eligible list for promotion into the rank of Senior Paramedic. This extension shall continue for a period of six (6) months from the date that Management notifies the Union of a scheduled promotional exam for the Senior Paramedic rank. Management will maintain a standing list of study materials from which promotional examinations will be drawn. There shall be no new commercially available texts added to this list within one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days prior to any examination posting date. Management will post the final list of publications and parts of publications for study not less than sixty (60) calendar days prior to an examination posting date. This final list of study material may contain material from no more than six (6) commercially available textbooks, in addition to material from internally produced publications of Management. The physical posting of the exam announcement will be not less than thirty (30) calendar days before the first date of the beginning of the examination. Civil Service will allow for a review and protest process. During this specified review and protest period, candidates will be permitted to review their submitted and scored incorrect multiple choice test. The candidates will be permitted to protest examination answers for the multiple choice test. An eligibility list shall be posted no more than sixty (60) calendar days from the last date of the examination for each rank, but no sooner than 14 days after the postmark date of the civil service rulings on the protest questions.thirty