Application Forms
- Employment/Civil Service Exam Application
- Application Completion Guidelines
- Form VC-1 (Application for Veteran’s Credit)
- Form VC-4 (Veteran’s Disability Records Release)
- Summer Employment Application
- Change of Name/Address Form
- Crossfiler Form
Each exam requires an individual application form. For help completing an application refer to the Application Completion Guidelines.
If you have applied for examinations offered on the same date as another civil service commission (ex. City of Rochester, New York State or another County), you must complete a crossfiler form.
Study Guides for Civil Service Exams
Monroe County Civil Service does not review or endorse any commercially available study guides, but the downtown Central Library does have a Job Information Center that can be of assistance in exam preparation and CSEA members can access unofficial preparation material through their union.
The following Civil Service Exam Study Guides for selected entry-level titles are available in PDF format.
Also helpful is the Application Completion Guide and the Civil Service Reference Guide and the Police/Deputy Sheriff FAQ page. How to Take a Written Exam
- Account Clerical Series, Higher Level
- Audit and Account Clerk Series, Entry Level
- Caseworker Series
- Clerical Series, Entry-Level
- Correction Officer Series, Entry-Level
- Correction Supervisors Series, First-Line
- Custodians and Janitors Series, Entry-Level
- Custodians and Janitors Series, High-Level
- Fire Chief/Assistant Fire Chief Series
- Fire Promotion Series, Lower Level
- Firefighter Series
- Investigator Series
- Law Enforcement Officer, Entry Level
- Legal Services Series
- Police Chief/Assistant Police Chief Series
- Police Supervisors/Investigators Series
- Police Supervisors Series, Second- and Third-Line
- Probation Series
- Public Health Technician Series
- Safety and Security Series
- Senior Stenographer/Senior Typist Series
- Social Welfare Examiner Series
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator/Trainee Series
Monroe County Civil Service does not review or endorse any commercially available study guides, but the Central Library does have a Job Information Center that can be of assistance in exam preparation.
