(A) The employee shall submit a written request that the appointing authority, or his/her designee, certify that the employee accepted and performed duties assigned by the appointing authority that were not consistent with the employee's class of appointment. Requests shall not be made prior to performing out-of-class duties a minimum of 30 consecutive calendar days, nor later than one year after the ending date of the out-of-class duties.

(B) The appointing power or his/her designee under whom the claimed out-of-class experience was gained shall document by a written statement the employee's request for certification of out-of-class experience. The statement shall include a description of the type and level of duties performed; a conclusion regarding whether the duties are or are not consistent with the employee's class of appointment and, if not consistent, an identification of the class to which such duties are appropriate; the beginning and ending dates of the out-of-class experience; the title of the examination for which the employee is applying, if applicable; and any further information required by the executive officer.

(C) The applicant shall attach a copy of the verification statement to the application form for any examination for which he/she is applying.

(D) The out-of-class experience shall not be used to progress from the trainee to the journey level in a class series or deep class at a rate faster than that permitted for persons appointed to such classes. If the employee's class of appointment has a transfer relationship, as defined by section 433, to the class series or deep class in which out-of-class was gained and verified, and the out-of-class experience gained was at the trainee through journey level, the experience shall be credited for examination purposes on a cumulative basis starting at the level to which the employee could have transferred.

Where a promotional relationship, as defined in section (b) of section 431, exists between the employee's class of appointment and the class series or deep class in which out-of-class experience is claimed and verified, the experience will be credited on a cumulative basis starting at the entry level of the class series or deep class.

For the purposes of this regulation:

A “class series” is any vertically related group of two or more classes in the same occupational specialty or program area but different in level of responsibility, which constitutes a primary promotional pattern for a specifically identifiable group of employees; and

A “deep class” is a class which has more than one salary range and where, by Board resolution, a salary range other than the lowest range of the class may be used for determining employee status.

(E) The out-of-class duties were performed for a minimum time period generally required to assume the full range of responsibilities of the class being claimed by the employee. Under this requirement, the minimum verifiable length of out-of-class experience is 30 consecutive calendar days.