Workers Compensation Consultant - California

1 Workers ' Compensation Consultant Exam Code: 0 PBEG. Department: Department of Industrial Relations Exam Type: Departmental, Open Final Filing Date: Continuous CLASSIFICATION DETAILS. Workers ' Compensation Consultant $6, - $7, per month. View the Workers ' Compensation Consultant classification specification APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS. Final Filing Date: Continuous Who Should Apply: Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications as stated on this bulletin may apply for and take this examination. Once you have taken this examination, you may not retake it for nine (9) months. How To Apply: The link to connect to the Training and Experience Evaluation is located farther down on this bulletin in the Taking the Exam section.

2 Special Testing Arrangements: If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact Information section of this bulletin. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS. All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted into the examination. Part-time or full-time jobs, Bulletin Date: 11/3/2022. regardless of whether paid or volunteer positions, and inside or outside California state service will count toward experience. Workers ' Compensation Consultant Either I. One year of experience in California state service performing the duties of a Workers '. Compensation Assistant, Range C.

3 (Those with six months' experience may take the examination but may not be appointed until the completion of 12 months of experience.). Or II. Experience: Three years of experience which must have been acquired in one or a combination of the following types of disability insurance: 1. Reviewing, investigating, or adjusting Workers ' Compensation claims in a non-clerical capacity and with direct client applicant contact for a Workers ' Compensation carrier, public agency, or self-insured employer or such employer's adjusting agent. ( California state experience applied toward this requirement must have been in performing duties of a class comparable to the level of a Workers ' Compensation Insurance Representative II for at least one year.)

4 2. Performing claims examination work primarily of Workers ' Compensation insurance carriers and with responsibility for reviewing the work of others. ( California state service experience must have been in performing duties of a class comparable to the level of an Insurance Examiner, Range E.). 3. Obtaining and analyzing medical, personal, and vocational information and using such information in the determination of disability cases resulting primarily from vocational injury. ( California state service experience must have been in performing duties of a class comparable to the level of a Disability Evaluation Analyst, Range C.). and Education: Equivalent to graduation from college, preferably with emphasis in Insurance, Economics, Rehabilitation, Business Administration.

5 (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.). POSITION DESCRIPTION. Workers ' Compensation Consultant This is the full journey level. Depending on program assignment and under general direction of a Supervising Consultant , assists and advises employees, employers, insurance carriers, and public agencies concerning their rights, benefits, and obligations under Workers ' Compensation laws and rules; develops, initiates, maintains, and audits Workers ' Compensation , self-insurance plans, and/or disability evaluations; resolves Bulletin Date: 11/3/2022. issues and disputes arising under or concerning Workers ' Compensation laws and its application; analyzes the application of and enforces Workers ' Compensation rules, regulations, programs, and laws; recommends settlements; analyzes, reviews, audits, adjusts, or investigates medical reports, industrial injury claims, wage information, occupational duties, or extent of compliance with Workers ' Compensation coverage, laws, and programs; appears and testifies in pretrial hearings and judicial proceedings of Workers ' Compensation Appeals Board; assists in training subordinate staff; and does other related work.

6 EXAMINATION SCOPE. This examination consists of the following components: Training and Experience Evaluation Weighted 100% of the final score . The examination will consists solely of a Training and Experience Evaluation. To obtain a position on the eligible list, a minimum score of 70% must be received. Applicants will receive their score upon completion of the Training and Experience Evaluation process. In addition to evaluating applicants' relative knowledge, skills, and ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education and/or experience, emphasis in each exam component will be measuring competitively, relative job demands, each applicant's: Knowledge of: 1. Principles, practices, and procedures of the California Workers ' Compensation System and Appeals Board 2.

7 Laws and rules of the Labor Code, California Administrative Code, and leading court decisions relating to Workers ' Compensation coverage, insurance, enforcement, rights and benefits, rules of practice, interpretation, and application of the schedule of ratings to permanent disabilities, of physical and vocational rehabilitation, and of general accounting, auditing, and insurance principle applicable to self-insurance 3. Medical and anatomical terminology 4. Procedures used in treating industrial disabilities 5. Occupations and their hazards, duties, skills, and physical requirements, and how to classify them accordingly to such variations Ability to: 1. Interpret, analyze, and summarize medical reports, fact situations, and Workers '.

8 Compensation laws and rules 2. Determine the significance of injury relative to occupational demands, make recommendations and mathematical calculations relative to the extent of temporary and permanent disability and the Disability Rating Schedule Bulletin Date: 11/3/2022. 3. Determine case reserves and whether proper medical treatment and benefits are being provided 4. Make pre-adjudication recommendations for settlement 5. Investigate, mediate, and conciliate claims and disputed issues 6. Testify on direct and cross examination on the witness stand 7. Prepare clear, complete, concise reports 8. Communicate effectively 9. Maintain cooperative relationships with those persons contacted in the course of work ELIGIBLE LIST INFORMATION.

9 A departmental, open eligible list for the Workers ' Compensation Consultant classification will be established for: Department of Industrial Relations The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list in order of final score regardless of exam date. Eligibility expires twenty-four (24) months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility. Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. In accordance with Government Codes and , whenever any veteran, or widow or widower of a veteran achieves a passing score on an open examination, he or she shall be ranked in the top rank of the resulting eligible list. Veterans status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR).

10 Information on this program and the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. form 1093). is available online. Additional information on veteran benefits is available at the Department of Veterans Affairs. EXAMINATION INFORMATION. Preview of the Workers ' Compensation Consultant Training and Experience Evaluation PREPARING FOR THE EXAMINATION. Here is a list of suggested resources to have available prior to taking the exam. Employment History: Employment dates, job titles, organization names and addresses, names of supervisors or persons who can verify your job responsibilities, and phone numbers of persons listed above. Education: School names and addresses, degrees earned, dates attended, courses taken (verifiable on a transcript), persons or office who can verify education, and phone numbers of persons or offices listed above.