How do I become a Sanitarian?

 

Step 1:  Contact your local job service office in West Virginia to schedule a time to take the Sanitarian Civil Service Exam, or call or visit your local testing center for more information.

Step 2:  Once you have taken the exam, your name and score will be placed on a register for the counties in which you have indicated you will accept employment. 

Step 3:  When a vacancy for a Sanitarian occurs, the agency that has the vacancy has several options.   They can:

1. post the vacancy as a Sanitarian 1, for which they will request a copy of the register for their county.  If your name is on the register for that county, and your score places you in the top 10% of those who have taken the exam, you can be called for an interview. 
You can also apply directly to an agency for a vacancy in an area in which you had not expressed interest.  Vacancies are posted at the Division of Personnel web site.

2.  post the vacancy requiring that applicants already be trained and/or registered.  Only those already working in Sanitarian positions within the State will be eligible candidates for such a posting.

3.  post the vacancy for multiple levels of experience, filling only one job with the best candidate based on those who apply.  This enables an office to hire someone who has no experience to fill a vacancy, if no one who is already trained applies.