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% Weights <br /> 1. Written examination 60% <br /> 2. Seniority 10% <br /> 3. Oral Examination 20% <br /> 4. Ascertained Merit 10% <br /> Section 5. Test Components: <br /> A. Written examination: The written examination for a particular rank shall consist <br /> of matters relating to the duties regularly performed by persons holding that rank <br /> within the department. The examination shall be based only on the contents of <br /> written materials that the City has identified and made readily available to <br /> potential examinees. <br /> B. All written test materials shall be available at least 90 days before the written <br /> exam. <br /> C. The written exam shall be given last in the promotional process. <br /> D. The Fire Department shall maintain reading and study materials for a pending <br /> written examination for each rank and shall make those materials available at <br /> each duty station. The Fire Chief shall maintain the reading lists of the last two <br /> examinations for each rank and shall make such lists available to candidates and <br /> the Union upon request. <br /> Seniority. Five (5) seniority points per year shall be awarded for each full year of service, to a <br /> maximum of twenty (20) years. A seniority list with all applicants $hall be posted with total <br /> number of seniority years and points. The applicant shall notify the Chief and Union President <br /> of any discrepancies. <br /> Oral examination. Any subjective component shall be identified to all candidates prior to its <br /> application, be job-related, and be applied uniformly to all candidates. Every examinee shall <br /> have the right to documentation of his or her score on the su�jective component upon <br /> completion of the subjective examination component or its applicatior�. The oral examination <br /> shall be completed no fewer than 30 days nor more than 60 days from the posting of the written <br /> examination. <br /> Ascertained merit. Exhibit E shall list all points awarded for ascertained merit. To receive <br /> ascertained merit points an applicant will need to submit a copy of all certificates with his or her <br /> application for the position affected to the Fire Chief not fewer than th�irty (30) days before the <br /> written examination. As per the Act, total points for Ascertained Merit shall not exceed 100. <br /> Section 6. Veterans' Preference. A person on the preliminary promotion list who is <br /> eligible for veteran's preference under any law or agreement applicable to an affected <br /> department may file a written application for that preference within 10 days after the initial <br /> posting of the preliminary promotion list. The veteran's preferenc� shall be calculated as <br /> provided in 65 ILCS 5/10-1-16 and added to the applicant's total score on the preliminary , <br /> promotion list. Any person who has received a promotion from a promotion list on which his or ' <br /> 8 <br />