CIVIL SERVICE - About Us

The Civil Service system seeks to give everyone a fair chance at a job. All permanent jobs are publicly announced and applications are accepted until a specified date or until a maximum number are submitted. The announcement lists the minimum requirements for the job and other conditions that must be met by the applicants. All Civil Service systems follow procedures such as these, however, each agency develops its own rules and regulations.

For more information on the Civil Service Commission, click here

The Examination Process

Protest the Exam Process 

As part of the examination process for Civil Service positions, candidates have the right to review and/or protest certain testing components. This does not pertain to non-Civil Service positions. 

• Download the Candidates Rights to learn more.

Submitting a Protest:

The guidelines for submitting a protest vary on the type of protest: 1) Multiple Choice Written Tests, 2) Writing Exercise, Essay, Oral Interview, or Performance Exam, and/or the 3) Eligibility List. Each protest also has its own procedures and deadlines. 

• Download the Examination and Eligibility List Protest Procedures to learn more about submitting your specific protest.
• Click here if filing a Multiple Choice Written Examination Protest
• Click here if filing a Writing Exercise, Essay, Oral Interview, or Performance Examination Protest. 

Reschedule an exam

Because of the need to fill vacancies as quickly as possible, there are not many opportunities for rescheduling examinations; however, special consideration can be made to those applicants who are unavailable for examination due to special circumstances.

• Download the Special Administrative Of Examination Policy to learn more.
• Click here if filing a request for the Special Administration of an Examination

Veteran Status

Veterans who are discharged under honorable conditions and certain other individuals who earn a passing grade on an open competitive exam may be eligible to receive an additional ten (10) percent of their score added to their final score.

• Download the Veterans Preference Policy to learn more

Torrance Municipal Code

• Chapter 4 CIVIL SERVICE AND PERSONNEL

If you still have questions, you should contact the Civil Service Office at (310) 618-2915 or by email at JobInfo@TorranceCA.Gov.