(a) “Bridging Career Ladders” and “Career Ladders and Lattices” mean the succession of job classifications in which employees may normally gain experience in order to advance from positions in low-paying occupations into technical, professional, or administrative positions.

(b) “Bridging Classifications” mean job classifications established to provide experience for employees in low-paying occupations that meet the minimum qualifications for traditional entry technical, professional, and administrative classifications.

(c) “Career Development Plan” means an employee's written plan for advancement, which identifies a career goal and the specific self-development actions, including, but not limited to, work experiences, college courses, and training classes, needed to achieve the goal.

(d) “Entry Technical, Professional, and Administrative Positions” mean those positions in technical, professional, and administrative classifications for which hiring is typically open to the public and into which employees in low-paying occupations may advance.

(e) “Good Faith Effort” means that the appointing authority can demonstrate by its actions that it is fully complying with all upward mobility statutes and regulations.

(f) “Low-Paying Occupations” mean the following groups of classifications identified in the California Civil Service Pay Scales (Pay Scales), 50th Edition, as published by the Department: Horticulture; Office and Allied Services; Custodian and Domestic Services; Mechanical and Construction Trades; and bridging and career development classifications in other occupational areas.

(g) “Technical, Professional, and Administrative Classifications” mean classifications in the following occupational categories identified in the Pay Scales: Agriculture and Conservation; Education and Library; Engineering and Allied Services; Fiscal, Management and Staff Services; Legal; Medicine and Allied Services; State Emergency Disaster Program; Protective Services and Public Safety; and Social Security and Rehabilitation Services.

(h) “Upward Mobility” means the development and advancement of employees from positions in low-paying occupations to entry technical, professional, and administrative positions.