How many job classes are there and how are they organized?
There are approximately 850 job titles in the classification plan which covers about 21,000 positions in 55 state agencies, boards and commissions. The ratio of positions to classes is roughly 26 to1. The plan is organized first by occupational groups as follows: Occ Group #1 Office Support, Administrative and Fiscal Occ Group #2 Engineering, Environmental Protection and Applied Sciences Occ Group #3 Health and Human Services Occ Group #4 Public Safety, Law Enforcement and Corrections Occ Group #5 Labor/Trades, Equipment Operation and Institutional Services Occ Group #6 Education, Communication, Library & Museum Service Each occupational group has numerous sub-occupational groups to further define the work. For example, Occupational Group #1 is subdivided into General Administration, Fiscal, Office Support, Legal and Data Processing. The Fiscal sub-occ group is then further divided into smaller groupings such as Purchasing, Accounting/Auditing, Taxation, Financial Administration, etc.
