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Majority leader backs practical exam for city painters; DCAS says examination process complex
Summary
Resolution 8—0 asks DCAS to develop a practical skills exam for municipal painter civil service candidates to complement existing written testing. District Council 9 and other union representatives supported the resolution; DCAS said exam development is complex and declined to comment on the resolution itself at the hearing.
Majority Leader Farillas presented Resolution 8—0, which calls on the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and testing authorities to include a qualifying practical exam in the civil service testing process for municipal painters.
The resolution, supported by District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, would maintain the existing written exam but require candidates who pass it to complete a practical skills…
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