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Section 5. Qualification Standards (a) Employees shall meet the employment standards established by the position classification plan and such other reasonable minimum standards of character, aptitude, ability to meet the public, and physical condition as may be established by the County Manager with the advice and recommendations of the department heads. (b) Qualifications shall be reviewed periodically to assure that requirements conform to the actual job performance requirements. (c) When a fully qualified applicant is not available, the County may employ in a trainee capacity an applicant who does not meet all minimum qualifications for a particular job, if the deficiencies can be eliminated through orientation and on-the-job training in a twelve-month period. (d) When qualified applicants are unavailable and there is no trainee provision for the vacant classification, an appointment may be made below the level of the regular classification in a work-against situation, for the purpose of allowing the employee opportunity to gain the qualifications needed for the full class, through on-the-job experience. The appointee must meet the minimum education and experience standard of the class to which initially appointed. A work-against appointment may not be made when applicants are available who meet the education and experience requirements for the full class of the position in question. Section 6. Tests Ail tests administered by the County or by persons or agencies for the County shall be valid measures of job perfom~ance. Section 7. Selection Process Department heads shall make such investigations and conduct such examinations as deemed appropriate to assess fairly the aptitude, education and experience, knowledge and skills, character, physical fitness and other qualifications required for positions in the service of the County. Section 8. Annointments Before any commitment is made to an applicfi, nt, the department head shall forward the applicant's completed application form to the County Manager with a salary to be paid and the reasons for selecting the particular applicant over others. After investigating the qualifications and exper/once of the applicant, the County Manager shall approve or reject the appointment and determine the classification and starting salary of the employee, except that the appointing authorities other than the County Manager shall make the appointment and determine the starting salaries, up to job rate, of new employees in those departments. 14