You must submit Application Supplement No. 2009-070-1 with your online or paper application.

TEST ANNOUNCEMENT

NUMBER  2009-070

ISSUED   APRIL 22, 2009

 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

State Civil Service Commission

 

Examination

 

for

 

INDUSTRIAL MINERALS UNDERGROUND MINE INSPECTOR

 

COMPLETING THE APPLICATION SUPPLEMENT IS THE TEST.

 

Exam

No.

 

Job Title

Job

Code

Pay Schedule

and Range

1.

Industrial Minerals Underground Mine Inspector

71700

S8

 

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

 

VETERANS:  Pennsylvania law (51 Pa.C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs.  To learn more about employment preferences and opportunities for veterans, visit the Commission’s website www.scsc.state.pa.us; visit one of our offices; or call our veterans information line, (717) 787-6039.

 

NATURE OF WORK

 

You will conduct inspections of underground industrial minerals mines to enforce and promote compliance with mining laws.  You will measure the velocity and oxygen content of the air and test for presence of noxious and explosive gases; explain unsafe conditions to mine owners and mine officials; and order required corrective action.  You will also investigate safety related complaints and mining accidents, and prepare reports of inspections and investigations.

 

You will work from your home, and be responsible for inspections statewide.

 

JOB REQUIREMENTS

 

Please make sure you meet all requirements.  If after reading the requirements you are not sure you qualify, contact one of the Commission's offices listed at the end of this announcement.

 

You must be willing to travel.  Travel expenses will be paid.

 

You must be a Pennsylvania resident, of good moral character and able to perform the essential functions of the job.

 

Necessary Special Requirements

You must have a valid Pennsylvania driver's license.

 

You must possess a Class A “General” blaster’s license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or possession of any valid blaster’s license or certificate that meets the approval of the Department of Environmental Protection.

 

Minimum Requirements

Five years of technical mining experience in underground industrial minerals mines; OR an equivalent combination of experience and training that includes a minimum of one year of technical mining experience in underground industrial minerals mines.

 

Clarification of Requirements

You may substitute related education to a maximum of four years for the required experience.  Unrelated experience or education will not be acceptable. 

 

Industrial mineral mines does not include coal mines.  It does include, for example, clay, copper, iron ore, limestone or salt mines.  However, underground mining experience as a mine worker, mine foreman, etc. that is in coal mines is acceptable to a maximum of four years.

 

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

 

There are currently 2 filled positions within the Department of Environmental Protection.

 

Lists created by this test will be used to fill future vacancies as they occur due to retirements, promotions, transfers, resignations and so forth.

 

For the most recent information on job opportunities contact:

 

Department of Environmental Protection

Bureau of Human Resources

Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building

P.O. Box 2357

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania  17105-2357

Telephone:  (717) 783-2021

Internet:  www.depweb.state.pa.us

 

TESTING

 

You will be rated on your experience and training.  Your score will be based on information you report on your application and application supplement.

 

You must provide complete and accurate information.  Failure to do so may delay the processing of your application, or result in a lower-than-deserved score or disqualification.

 

If you take the test and want to take it again, you may be retested after 6 months from the date of your "Notice of Examination Results."  A new application and application supplement are required for a retest.

 

If your name is on an eligible list for this job title and you take this test, your most recent examination result will be the only one counted.

 

TEST RESULTS

 

Employment and promotion lists will be established.  You will be notified in writing of your test results.

 

HOW TO APPLY

 

You may complete your application and Application Supplement No. 2009-070-1 online at www.scsc.state.pa.us or submit your completed paper application and paper application supplement to:

 

State Civil Service Commission

ATTN:  Applications

P.O. Box 569

Harrisburg, PA  17108-0569

 

Applications, Application Supplement No. 2009-070-1 and further information can be obtained from:

 

1.

State Civil Service Commission:

 

 

 

Harrisburg:  2nd Level, Strawberry Sq. Complex, 320 Market St., P.O.

 

Box 569, Hbg., 17108-0569; Telephone (Voice) (717) 783-3058, Text

 

Telephone (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing callers only) (717) 772-2685

 

 

 

Philadelphia:  110 North 8th St., Suite 503, Phila., 19107; Telephone

 

(Voice) (215) 560-2253, Text Telephone (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing

callers only) (215) 560-4367

 

 

 

 

Pittsburgh:  411 Seventh Ave., Room 410, Pgh., 15219;

 

Telephone (Voice) (412) 565-7666, Text Telephone

 

(Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing callers only) (412) 565-2484

 

 

 

Internet:  www.scsc.state.pa.us

 

 

2.

PA CareerLink offices

 

 

3.

The Human Resources Office listed under the "JOB OPPORTUNITIES"

 

section of this announcement

 

For further information on testing, assistance for persons with disabilities, veterans' preference and other items, refer to the instructions provided with the "Application for Employment/Promotion."