SSA Class Reviews

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SSA January 28 Class Review
The Union met with SPB and DPA to review the impact of SSA class changes on hiring, promotion and upward mobility.  Topics included:

SPB will be giving an SSA transfer exam, in addition to SSA transfer exams now being given by various departments; no date yet for this exam;

SPB and DPA are reviewing with departments their department-specific classes comparable to the SSA class. The review will include whether:

  • The department wants to exchange its class for the SSA class, thus allowing it to use the SSA exam list;
  • The department wants to retain its class, but change it to match SSA alternate range criteria (ARC); or 
  • The department wants to retain its class as is.  
 
Various departments have responded; e.g., PERS and STRS have requested changing, respectively, the Retirement Program Specialist I and Pension Program Analyst ARC to match that of the SSA; CalTrans has requested substituting the SSA and AGPA classes for the Assistant and Associate Caltrans Administrator classes; and the Treasurer has requested substituting the SSA and AGPA classes for the Assistant and Associate Treasury Program Officer classes.  DPA will notify the Union of proposed changes, which we will then discuss with impacted members.