EXAM NUMBER 67-017

LAST DATE FOR FILING                                              EXAM DATE

AUGUST 20, 2008                             SEPTEMBER 20, 2008

 

***APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED OR POSTMARKED BY THE LAST FILING DATE***

The applicant should make sure EVERY question on the application is answered, and that the application is complete in all respects.  All statements made by candidates are subject to verification.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED OR POSTMARKED AFTER THE LAST FILING DATE WILL BE DENIED.

 

$10.00 NON-REFUNDABLE FILING FEE MUST ACCOMPANY EACH APPLICATION

MONEY ORDERS ONLY - NO CASH, NO PERSONAL CHECKS

 

STARTING SALARY/RANGE:   $23,371-$25,891            Comptroller’s Office  

       

VACANCIES: There is currently one (1) vacancy in the Office of the Comptroller.  The eligible list resulting from this examination will be used to fill this vacancy and any other vacancies as they occur in all agencies and special districts under the jurisdiction of the Utica Municipal Civil Service Commission.

 

RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT: Candidates must be legal residents of the City of Utica for at least four (4) months immediately preceding the date of the written examination.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Graduation from High School and three (3) years of clerical experience of which one (1) year shall have been in public contact work involving the handling and accounting for large sums of money.

 

NOTE:            Part-time experience will be pro-rated toward meeting the full-time experience requirement.  The following criteria will be used in order to pro-rate experience:

 

08 - 15 hours per week......................1/4 time

16 - 23 hours per week......................1/2 time

24 - 31 hours per week......................3/4 time

 

DUTIES: This is important public contact work involving responsibility for receiving, receipting, disbursing and accounting for large amounts of money rapidly and accurately.  The work requires the keeping of accurate control records of all money handled.  Employees are responsible for shortages in their own work.  The work is performed under general supervision in accordance with prescribed procedures.  The work is checked by immediate observation or by another step in the account keeping process.

 

SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION:

 

1.                  Cashiering Principles and Practices

These questions are designed to test for an understanding of such things as proper cashiering practices; terminology; and cashiering issues pertaining to currency, checks and other negotiable instruments.

 

2.                  Coding/Decoding Information

These questions test for the ability to use written directions to code and decode information accurately.  You will be asked to apply sets of coding rules to code information and to interpret coded information. 

 

 

 

Complete directions will be provided; no previous knowledge of or training in any coding system is required.