Civil Service News & Updates

May 15, 2013

May 15, 2013

1. Notices To Appear will be issued by email by June 1, 2013.
2. You must bring a photo ID and your Notice To Appear to the exam site.
3. You must NOT bring any cell phone/electronic communication device, hat, jacket, or other prohibited item(s) as listed in your Notice To Appear.
4. Study Guide is available at this link: 2013 Police Officer & State Trooper Written Exam Preparation Guide 

May 1, 2013: The 2012 Fire Promotional (Boston & Statewide) written examination results have been issued to the e-mail address provided by candidates when applying for the examination.  Please be sure to check your spam/junk folder if you have trouble locating the email. 

Your patience and understanding during the delay has been appreciated.

Thank you for your patience throughout this period while our office re-scheduled the postponed examination.

The 2013 Police & State Trooper exam will now be held on Saturday, June 15, 2013.

Due to the re-scheduling of the exam, if the new date poses a hardship, you must email the Civil Service Unit at civilservice@hrd.state.ma.us with an explanation and supporting documentation and our office will review the request.

 We have made several changes to test locations and you should disregard any prior Notice to Appear that was emailed to you.
Please be advised that new Notices to Appear will be emailed two weeks prior to the exam date, which will include your exam location and time. It will also contain information on what items are allowed OR prohibited from the exam site.

For further updates please check our website www.mass.gov/hrd or the hotline at 617.878.9895. You may also follow us on Twitter@MACivilService

Due to recent events the 2013 Police Officer Exam (Municipal, MBTA & State Trooper) has been postponed. The exam WILL NOT be administered on Saturday, April 20, 2013. Once the exam has been rescheduled, applicants will be notified.  For updates please check our website www.mass.gov/hrd or the hotline at 617-878-9895.  We apologize for this inconvenience and will continue to keep all candidates informed.

4/16/13 - Requests for a change in your testing location for the 2013 Police Exam cannot be accommodated due to the exceeding number of applicants for this year's examination.  All of our testing locations are fully booked.  The testing location listed in your Notice to Appear is the only location that is available.  We do apologize for any inconvenience.  

• 4/12/13: The 2012 Fire Promotional examination results will be issued by the end of April.  We are aware that many of you are anxious to receive them and we apologize for the delay.

  We appreciate your patience and understanding in this time of adjustment. Additional updates will be provided as they become available.

4/12/13: Notices to Appear for the 2013 Police Officer/State Trooper Examination will be emailed to candidates starting today and continuing this weekend.  Please be sure to check both your Inbox and SPAM folders for the email.  If you have not received an emailed Notice to Appear by Tuesday April 16, 2013, please email civilservice@state.ma.us or call 617-878-9700 to request a duplicate notice.

March 29, 2013 – Some candidates may not have received a score notice via email yesterday due to a technical error. We have rectified the error and all individuals effected have been issued an email score notice as of 11:00 a.m. today. Please check your email account, including your spam/junk folder.

October & November 2012 PROMOTIONAL EXAM UPDATE

March 28, 2013: The 2012 Police Promotional (Brookline & Statewide) written examination results have been issued to the e-mail address provided by candidates when applying for the examination.  Please be sure to check your spam/junk folder if you have trouble locating the email. 

Your patience and understanding during the delay has been appreciated.

MARCH 20, 2013

March 15, 2013: The 2012 Police Promotional (Brookline & Statewide) examination results will be issued by the end of March.  We are aware that many of you are anxious to receive them and we apologize for the delay.

There is no update on release of the Fire Promotional (Boston & Statewide) examination results, but please continue to watch online for updates.

We appreciate your patience and understanding in this time of adjustment. Additional updates will be provided as they become available.

Please be advised that due to volume over the last few days we experienced technical difficulty with the payment portion of the 2013 Police Officer & State Trooper exam application starting 3/11/2013 and the issue has since been resolved.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

 If you had submitted an application during this time and were unable to make payment, you may do so now by logging in to your application and completing the process.  To verify that you successfully applied and paid for the examination, you should receive two separate e-mail confirmations; one for receipt of your application and one for receipt of your payment. 

A Notice To Appear and additional exam information will be sent to you approximately 10 days prior to the exam.

The 2012 Police Promotional (Brookline & Statewide) and Fire Promotional (Boston & Statewide) examination results are delayed.  We are aware that many of you are anxious to receive them and we apologize for the delay.

As you may know, we transitioned this summer to a new online system which took longer than expected and did not go as smoothly as projected.

Additionally, we suffered some setbacks  that impacted  post-exam process, primarily with the Education & Experience review process.  With this, it is difficult to provide an exact date but we anticipate being able to release marks soon with minimal impact on the expected establishment dates for resulting Eligible Lists.

We appreciate your patience and understanding in this time of adjustment. Additional updates will be provided as they become available.

Civil Service is currently accepting applications for Exam Proctors to administer Civil Service exams throughout the year. If you are interested, please click on this Exam Proctor link to apply.

*If you are an employee in a Civil Service department, an immediate family member of such employee, or a candidate on an active Eligible List, DO NOT apply for this position.

Examination Date: April 20, 2013

Last date for filing applications: March 18, 2013

Reading list for the May 18^th, 2013 Deputy Police Chief and Police Chief series of municipal departmental promotional examinations.

Marks for the 2012 Municipal Open-Competitive Firefighter exam are being sent to candidates via mail.  The last day to appeal E&E scores will be December 6th, postmarked.

 If you do not receive your score notice in the mail within a few weeks, you may request a duplicate score letter via telephone or email to our office.

Candidates are encouraged to create a MaCS account and file an Update MaCS Application so that we have their most up-to-date information in our new system.  Please see mass.gov/hrd/macs for further instruction.

MAY EXAM UPDATE

MAY 19, 2012 EXAMINATIONS: POLICE CHIEF, DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF, CORRECTION OFFICER/CHEF, & CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM OFFICER A/B

Many of you are understandably anxious for the release of the marks from the exam you took in May. They are certainly delayed and we do apologize for that.

As you may know, we transitioned this summer to a new online system (MaCS; see www.mass.gov/hrd/macs for more info).  Unfortunately, all civil service functions, not just the on-line environment, were impacted and the transition took longer than anyone could have anticipated.

Please be advised that we are nearly done with processing and post-exam analyses; with the completion of Education & Experience (or Employment & Experience) scoring, we will be able to release marks and establish Eligible Lists. We anticipate marks being released later this month.

We appreciate your patience and understanding in this time of change and adjustment. Please watch for additional updates as they become available at www.mass.gov/hrd/macs. Also, please be sure to keep your contact information up to date to avoid delays.

APRIL EXAM UPDATE

Although it was our intention to release marks earlier, we remain on track to establish the new Firefighter Eligible List on December 1, 2012.  Over the next few weeks we expect to have the final exam marks released (Written & Physical components) once we have included all approved additional preferences and/or experience points.  You will receive written notification of your final results.

Please continue to follow Civil Service News & Updates for new information as it becomes available.

Thank you.

Massachusetts Automated Civil Service (MaCS) System OHC-Department User Training Announced

OCT. 19, 2012

Eligible lists resulting from the March 2012 Fire Chief Series examination have been established and posted at the MaCS Eligible Lists page

We are happy to say that we are on track for the Eligible List to be established on December 1, 2012. The release of scores has been delayed due to the expansion of the ELPAT testing period, which extended into September; however, this delay will not effect the establishment date of the Eligible List. Applicants can anticipate receiving their scores in a few weeks.

SEPT. 20, 2012

AUG. 23, 2012

Please note: The testing period for the 2012 Firefighter Entry-Level Physical Abilities Test (ELPAT) has been extended through September 10^th.  September 10^th will be the last date available for scheduling the ELPAT component of the 2012 Firefighter Exam, and no rescheduling requests will be approved for testing beyond that date. This is not an extension of the ELPAT application period, which closed on July 31.

AUG. 2, 2012

AUG. 1, 2012

Dear Exam Candidates, Current Employees, and Appointing Authorities:

We sincerely appreciate your patience in this time of transition in the Civil Service Unit. Our transition to MaCS is still in process, however, we are seeing great progress in our data conversion, and hope that MaCS will be available for public use within the next few weeks. We apologize for the delay, and look forward to using our new online system to better serve you all in the near future.

Please continue to watch www.mass.gov/hrd/macs for frequent updates, including the MaCS availability announcement. Also, follow us on Twitter @MACivilService

July 9, 2012: Marks have been released for the Correction Officer I/Head Cook exam (#5351) for the Department of Correction.

Please note: Our online application system was temporarily unavailable.  It is now available again, and the $100 fee for the ELPAT portion of the 2012 Firefighter exam will be extended until July 9th.

Appeals of education and experience must be received or postmarked no later than July 14, 2012.

The last day to submit appeals for E&E credit will be Monday, June 18, 2012 (postmarked). 

April 24, 2012

Written Examination Date: April 28, 2012 / Application Deadline: March 19, 2012*

*Applications filed after March 19^th will be assessed a late filing fee. Applicants will not be accepted after April 2.

Examination Date: May 19, 2012
Last date for filing applications: April 30, 2012

Examination Date: May 19, 2012
Last date for filing applications: April 30, 2012

March 9, 2012

The last day to appeal E&E will be Saturday, March 3^rd, 2012. 

The last day to appeal E&E will be Friday, March 2^nd, 2012.  

Exam Date: March 24, 2012
Last date to Apply: February 21, 2012

Examination Date: March 24, 2012  Last filing date: February 27, 2012*

*Applications filed after February 27^th will be assessed a late filing fee. Applicants will not be accepted after March 5.

Examination Date: March 24, 2012  Last Filing Date : February 27, 2012*

*Applications filed after February 27^th will be assessed a late filing fee. Applicants will not be accepted after March 5.

Please watch the News and Updates section of our website for application information.

Oct. 20, 2011